A natural law right to religious freedom

A reformed perspective

Authors

  • David VanDrunen

Keywords:

Religious freedom, natural law, Christianity, Bible, Romans, Genesis, Noah

Abstract

This article presents a Protestant defense of a natural law right to religious freedom, properly understood. Though arguing from the classic natural law text, Romans 1:18-32, that human persons have no ultimate natural law right to religious freedom before God, this article finds strong support in the account of God’s covenant with Noah in Genesis 8:20-9:17 that human persons do have a penultimate natural law right to religious freedom before fellow human beings, a blessing granted by God.

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Published

2021-10-08

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2012): Measuring and Encountering Persecution

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2012 The International Journal for Religious Freedom (IJRF)

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