2023
Christianity and Natural Law and Natural Rights
Herdt J. Christianity and Natural Law and Natural Rights. 2023, 581-592. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197606759.013.42.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNatural lawChristian thinkersNatural rightsDoctrine of natural rightsNatural law thinkingNatural rights discourseEarly modern periodPositive legal rightAbstract ChristianityGod's purposeMedieval theologiansProtestant thinkersTheological doctrineThomas AquinasDivine commandDivine revelationGod’s lawMoral lawStoic notionLaw thinkingMoral standardsMedieval canonistsConstrued natureEthical standardsModern period
2014
Calvin's legacy for contemporary Reformed natural law
Herdt J. Calvin's legacy for contemporary Reformed natural law. Scottish Journal Of Theology 2014, 67: 414-435. DOI: 10.1017/s0036930614000192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchScience of human natureNatural lawMoral knowledgeNatural lawyersHuman natureMoral normsHuman instinctSources of moral knowledgeTranscendence of GodNatural moral lawNatural human instinctCalvin's understandingMoral incapacityCalvin himselfMoral lawReformed thinkersTheological commitmentsSecular orderEmpirical scienceMoral qualitiesContinuous traditionCivic orderConscienceNatural well-beingCalvin