Natural Law
A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2014
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780198745006
- Publish Date
- Sep 2015
- List Price
- $52.00
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780198706601
- Publish Date
- Jun 2014
- List Price
- $130.00
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This book is an examination of natural law doctrine, rooted in the classical writings of our respective three traditions: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic. Each of the authors provides an extensive essay reflecting on natural law doctrine in his tradition. Each of the authors also provides a thoughtful response to the essays of the other two authors. Readers will gain a sense for how natural law (or cognate terms) resonated with classical thinkers such as Maimonides, Origen, Augustine, al-Ghazali and numerous others. Readers will also be instructed in how the authors think that these sources can be mined for constructive reflection on natural law today.
A key theme in each essay is how the particularity of the respective religious tradition is squared with the evident universality of natural law claims. The authors also explore how natural law doctrine functions in particular traditions for reflection upon the religious other.
About the authors
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David Novak is the J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff professor of Jewish Studies and Philosophy at the University of Toronto.