Christian Natural Law and Religious Freedom: A Foundation Based on Love, the True, and the Good

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Alex Deagon (Queensland Uni of Tech)

Christian Natural Law and Religious Freedom

A Foundation Based on Love, the True, and the Good

Alex Deagon (Queensland Uni of Tech)

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Routledge
30 June 2025

Philosophy of religion; Christianity; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law

Deagon addresses the need for a robust theoretical foundation for religious freedom that accounts for its transcendent nature.

What is the idea of religious freedom? Where does it come from? Why should it be protected? These important questions for understanding religious freedom are usually addressed through secular and immanent foundations which are unable to sufficiently grapple with the religious nature of religious freedom – its connection with the divine. Deagon proposes an alternative approach rooted in Christian Natural Law. In Part I of the book, Deagon defines and develops Christian Natural Law, identifying three consistent themes: Love, the True and the Good. In Part II, Deagon deploys Christian Natural Law to articulate a theological framework for religious freedom which shows that religious freedom is an individual and social good, is oriented to the true and is grounded in love. In doing so, Deagon offers a new foundation for religious freedom which properly considers it as a matter of both human and divine action.

This book will be of interest to those engaged in law and religion studies, in particular scholars of religious freedom, theology and jurisprudence and human rights.

By: Alex Deagon (Queensland Uni of Tech)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9781032619989
ISBN 10: 1032619988
Pages: 156
Publication Date: 30 June 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword Chapter One: Introduction Part I: Articulating Christian Natural Law Chapter Two: The Different Traditions of Christian Natural Law Chapter Three: The Theological Nature of Traditional ‘Secular’ Natural Law Chapter Four: Radical Orthodoxy and the Reconciliation of Christian Natural Law Part II: Christian Natural Law as a Foundation for Religious Freedom Chapter Five: Bona: Basic Goods and the Common Good Chapter Six: Aletheia: Divine Revelation Chapter Seven: Agape: The Law of Love, or the Culmination of the True and the Good

Alex Deagon is Associate Professor in the School of Law, Queensland University of Technology. He is an international expert in religious freedom and the author of From Violence to Peace (2017) and Reconciling Freedom and Discrimination (2023).