The context of natural law: John Calvin's doctrine of the two Kingdoms.

From: Journal of Church and State | Date: June 22, 2004| Author: Vandrunen, David | Copyright information

Scholars continue to produce a great deal of literature on John Calvin's social thought. His views on legal, political, and economic issues still intrigue those interested in how Calvin used the medieval tradition that he inherited, where he fit in the reformation, humanist, and renaissance movements of his day, and how his thought shaped Western society in subsequent centuries. Almost inevitably, those engaged in such discussions turn to the question of natural law. That Calvin ap...

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