VanDrunen, David, 1971-

Natural law and the two kingdoms : a study in the development of Reformed social thought / David VanDrunen. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2010. - x, 466 p. ; 23 cm. - Emory University studies in law and religion . - Emory University studies in law and religion. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-462) and index.

Natural law, the two kingdoms, and the untold story of Reformed social thought -- Precursors of the Reformed tradition -- Reforming natural law and the two kingdoms : John Calvin and his contemporaries -- Natural law in early Reformed resistance theory -- The age of orthodoxy : natural law and the two kingdoms in Reformed doctrine and practice -- Theocratic New England, disestablished Virginia, and the spirituality of the church -- An ambiguous transition : Abraham Kuyper on natural law and the two kingdoms -- The Christological critique : the thought of Karl Barth -- The Kuyperian legacy (I) : Herman Dooyeweerd and North American neo-Calvinism --The Kuyperian Legacy (II) : Cornelius Van Til and the Van Tillians -- The survival and revival of Reformed natural law and two kingdoms doctrine.

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Natural law--Religious aspects--Reformed Church--History of doctrines.
Church and state--Reformed Church--History of doctrines.
Christian sociology--Reformed Church--History of doctrines.
Reformed Church--Doctrines--History.

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