Religion & Law

A friend passes on this notice, which might be of interest:

I am writing to invite you to attend ?Natural Law and Evangelical Political Thought?--a conference hosted by Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, February 17-19, 2011. 

Long a cornerstone of social and political thought in the broader Christian tradition, natural law theory describes moral norms common to all humans and intelligible to all. Several scholars have recently critiqued evangelicals for neglecting natural law in their political thought. Its relative absence, they contend, has weakened the coherence of evangelical political thought, limited the extent to which evangelicals can communicate with others, and undermined efforts to reach common ground in political morality. This conference brings together a diverse group of scholars to explore a variety of questions on the role of natural law in evangelical political thought. 

Featured speakers giving public addresses will include Professor Robert George of Princeton University and Professor J. Budziszewski of University of Texas, Austin. In addition, there will be nine workshop-style conference panels discussing papers written by invited scholars. 

For more information, please visit: http://www.westmont.edu/natural-law/index.html