The Resurrection of Nature: Political Theory and Human Character

Politics & Social Sciences

Budziszewski, J.

Philosophy

Cornell Univ Pr

Nearest Coast of Darkness: A Vindication of the Politics of Virtues

<ul><li>Voted one of Christianity Today's 1998 Books of the Year</li></ul> With uninterrupted clarity, frequent eloquence and occasional humor, J. Budziszewski presents and defends the natural law tradition in what is at once a primer for students and a vigorous argument for scholars. Written on the Heart expounds the work of the leading architects of theory on natural law, including Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas and John Locke. It also takes up contemporary philosophy, theology and political science, colorfully running against the intimidating tide of advanced pluralism that finds natural law so difficult to tolerate. Throughout the volume, Budziszewski sure-footedly achieves his self-confessed aim of displaying the "subtlety, richness and intellectual surprise" of the natural law tradition.

Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law

IVP Academic

Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on the One God

Cambridge University Press

Although history shows that evangelicals have consistently engaged in politics, the pattern of their engagement has been checkered. Evangelicals in the Public Square offers a brief history of evangelical political thought over the past fifty years, assessing the theological, political, and ethical reflections of four key founders of evangelical political perspectives: Carl F.H. Henry, Abraham Kuyper, Francis Schaeffer, and John Howard Yoder. Beyond this review, Budziszewski recommends that the evangelical political cause be informed by the tradition of natural law. Expert respondents – David Weeks, William Edgar, John Bolt, Ashley Woodiwiss, and Jean Bethke Elshtain – offer perceptive commentary on the evangelical thinkers under review.

Evangelicals in the Public Square: Four Formative Voices

Religion & Spirituality

Bolt, John

Elshtain, Jean Bethke

WEEKS, DAVID

Edgar, William

Woodiwiss, Ashley

Christian Books & Bibles

Independently published

In the chaos of modern jurisprudence, how can we know what is right? J. Budziszewski provides a clear, brief, and practical introduction to a tradition which is mostly ignored in law school but was once the foundation of legal education and is presently enjoying a renaissance: Classical Natural Law. At the root of this tradition is the idea that the legislative decrees of governments depend on a higher law for their authority -- a law human beings discover rather than enact, but whose foundational principles we "can't not know."

Natural Law for Lawyers

Legal Theory & Systems

Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Law

Natural moral law stands at the center of Western ethics and jurisprudence and plays a leading role in interreligious dialogue. Although the greatest source of the classical natural law tradition is Thomas Aquinas' Treatise on Law, the Treatise is notoriously difficult, especially for nonspecialists. J. Budziszewski has made this formidable work luminous. This book - the first classically styled, line by line commentary on the Treatise in centuries - reaches out to philosophers, theologians, social scientists, students, and general readers alike. Budziszewski shows how the Treatise facilitates a dialogue between author and reader. Explaining and expanding upon the text in light of modern philosophical developments, he expounds this work of the great thinker not by diminishing his reasoning, but by amplifying it.

Although St Thomas Aquinas famously claimed that his Summa Theologiae was written for 'beginners', contemporary readers find it unusually difficult. Now, amid a surge of interest in virtue ethics, J. Budziszewski clarifies and analyzes the text's challenging arguments about the moral, intellectual, and spiritual virtues, with a spotlight on the virtue of justice. In what might be the first contemporary commentary on Aquinas' virtue ethics, he juxtaposes the original text with paraphrase and detailed discussion, guiding us through its complex arguments and classical rhetorical figures. Keeping an eye on contemporary philosophical issues, he contextualizes one of the greatest virtue theorists in history and brings Aquinas into the interdisciplinary debates of today. His brisk and clear style illuminates the most crucial of Aquinas' writings on moral character and guides us through the labyrinth of this difficult but pivotal work.

Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Virtue Ethics

Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Happiness and Ultimate Purpose

This monumental, line-by-line commentary makes Thomas Aquinas's classic Treatise on Happiness and Ultimate Purpose accessible to all readers. Budziszewski illuminates arguments that even specialists find challenging: What is happiness? Is it something that we have, feel, or do? Does it lie in such things as wealth, power, fame, having friends, or knowing God? Can it actually be attained? This book's luminous prose makes Aquinas's treatise transparent, bringing to light profound underlying issues concerning knowledge, meaning, human psychology, and even the nature of reality.

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