Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE) is widely recognised as providing the foundational theological discussion of the natural law for Western Christianity. Yet his thinking on the natural law has not been examined in depth, despite the growing interest among contemporary theologians and philosophers in the natural law. For Christian thinkers, the idea of a natural moral law directly raises the question of the relationship between reason and revelation. In particular, the idea of the natural law needs to be reconciled with the idea of the divine law: that is, with the traditional Christian claim that knowing right from wrong is dependent in some way, or to some extent, on receiving God's self-revelation in Jesus Christ. This study revisits and revises our understanding of how Augustine reconciled reason and revelation in his discussion of the natural law.
| ISBN: | 9781009677738 |
| Publication date: | 26th February 2026 |
| Author: | K Lindsey Chambers |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 75 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Elements. Elements in the History of Philosophy and Theology in the West |
| Genres: |
Nature and existence of God and of the Divine Medieval Western philosophy Christianity |
Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE) is widely recognised as providing the foundational theological discussion of the natural law for Western Christianity. Yet his thinking on the natural law has not been examined in depth, despite the growing interest among contemporary theologians and philosophers in the natural law. For Christian thinkers, the idea of a natural moral law directly raises the question of the relationship between reason and revelation. In particular, the idea of the natural law needs to be reconciled with the idea of the divine law: that is, with the traditional Christian claim that knowing right from wrong is dependent in some way, or to some extent, on receiving God's self-revelation in Jesus Christ. This study revisits and revises our understanding of how Augustine reconciled reason and revelation in his discussion of the natural law.
Augustine and the Natural Law features in the following genres: Nature and existence of God and of the Divine, Medieval Western philosophy, Christianity
Augustine and the Natural Law is available in Hardback, Paperback
Augustine and the Natural Law was written by K Lindsey Chambers and published by Cambridge University Press
Augustine and the Natural Law has 75 pages
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