Augustine and Natural Law: Negotiating the Saeculum with Markus, Milbank, and Mathewes

Contemporary Augustinian political theology has encompassed numerous interpretations of Augustine's understanding of the two cities, but a common feature of many is a denial of the presence of natural law in the bishop's thought. This paper surveys three major interpreters of Augustine - R...

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Autor principal: Fogleman, Alex (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2019]
En: Political theology
Año: 2019, Volumen: 20, Número: 7, Páginas: 595-612
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Augustinus, Aurelius, Santo 354-430 / Derecho natural / Markus, R. A. 1924-2010 / Milbank, John 1952- / Mathewes, Charles T. 1969-
Clasificaciones IxTheo:CG Cristianismo y política
KAB Cristianismo primitivo
KAJ Época contemporánea
VA Filosofía
Otras palabras clave:B Augustine
B John Milbank
B Creation
B Natural Law
B Charles Mathewes
B use-enjoyment
B Robert A. Markus
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Sumario:Contemporary Augustinian political theology has encompassed numerous interpretations of Augustine's understanding of the two cities, but a common feature of many is a denial of the presence of natural law in the bishop's thought. This paper surveys three major interpreters of Augustine - Robert Markus, John Milbank, and Charles Mathewes - and their conceptions of the secular and its relation to natural law. It argues first that, despite major divergences, they share a common distrust of natural law. Second, drawing on Vincent Lloyd's distinction of natural law as process versus product, I suggest a picture of what a uniquely Augustinian account of natural law might entail, grounded in a semiotic theory of creation, a distinction between orders of nature and wills, and a view of the use-enjoyment paradigm. An Augustinian natural law, then, is not only warranted but also may be a useful means of rapprochement between Augustinians and natural law theologians.
ISSN:1743-1719
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Political theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2019.1631549