Tag Archives: natural law

Mencken Week 2011

By D. G. Hart | Published: September 16, 2011

Unfortunately, old Henry’s birthday anniversary got lost in the shuffle of thoughts generated by 9/11. Since he was born on 9/12 Mencken will forever have to compete in the memories of Americans for attention. Even so, he has been much on my mind since I am offering a seminar on him for Hillsdale students. And… Read More→

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Two Kingdom Tuesday: When the Light of Nature Brightens

By D. G. Hart | Published: March 22, 2011

For the critics of natural law and two kingdoms who think the light of nature needs the lift of special revelation to be discernible, comes a sensible essay by one of my favorite writers, Joseph Epstein. The occasion for the piece published in the Weekly Standard was the presentation by a professor at Northwestern University… Read More→

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Where’s Waldo Wednesday

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 16, 2010

It is often said that union is key to connecting justification and sanctification, the forensic and the renovative. In that light, Calvin’s discussion of the motivation for good works is surprising for the way that he counts union one among several other biblical grounds for sanctification. [Philosophers], while they wish particularly to exhort us to… Read More→

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The Bible and the Politics of Sex

By D. G. Hart | Published: March 29, 2010

Discussions about the relative value of special (i.e. the Bible) or general revelation (e.g. natural law) for politics and society often bog down on the politics of sex. What about abortion? It is a heinous practice that cannot be outlawed on as flimsy a basis as natural law or private conscience. What about gay marriage?… Read More→

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Some of This and More of That

By D. G. Hart | Published: March 5, 2010

Rabbi Bret explains why short of theonomy, even transformationalists like the Baylys are guilty of two-kingdom thinking: . . . the Bayly’s are victims of compartmentalized thinking. They seem to think that one can have a Constitutional objection or financial objection that isn’t at the same time a theological connection. Would someone mind introducing me… Read More→

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