The Law of God : Exploring God and Civilization.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Pieter Vos and Onno Zijlstra -- part 1 -- Secularity -- The Law of God in a Secular State -- Gé Speelman -- Multiculturalism, Religion and Public Justice -- Jonathan Chaplin -- The Natural Law and Liberal Traditions -- David VanDrunen -- The Empire and the Desert -- Alfons Brüning -- Whose Civilization is Europe Today? -- Ábrahám Kovács -- part 2 -- Monotheism -- The Aniconic God in Isaiah 43:10 and the Contemporary Discourse on Monotheism -- Emanuel Gerrit Singgih -- Is Christ Among Us? -- Jaeseung Cha -- A Violent God? -- Renée van Riessen -- The Irreducibility of Religious Faith -- Pieter Vos -- part 3 -- Transformation -- Civic Integration -- Mechteld Jansen -- Prophecy and Democracy? -- Nico Koopman -- Mapping the Christian Character -- Heleen Zorgdrager -- In Defense of Authenticity -- Onno Zijlstra -- Religious Transformations within Modernity -- Wilhelm Gräb -- List of Contributors -- Index.

In today's society, religion as adherence to 'the law of God' is often considered inherently violent and a threat to civilization. This volume contains theological and philosophical explorations of clashes as well as disclosures of God and civilization.

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