In our second episode, Rev. Andrew Christiansen discusses natural theology and its sub-topic of natural law. We cover many years and many figures in this episode: Athanasius, Gregory of Nyssa, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Richard Hooker and more! There is no guest tonight, we just had some free time and some paid for podcast hours... so enjoy!
For further reading on your own, we briefly referred to some excellent writings by scholars in this episode:
*Jaroslav Pelikan's book Christianity and Classical Culture
*Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica
*D.A. Degnan's article "Two Models of Positive Law in Aquinas" from the Thomist journal
*Siegbert Becker's book The Foolishness of God
*Gifford Grobien's article "What is Natural Law? Medieval Foundations and Luther's Appropriation" as found in the book Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal
*Torrance Kirby's chapter on natural law from the Cambridge Companion to Richard Hooker
*David VanDrunen's excellent book Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms: A Study in the Development of Reformed Social Thought.