Book Review: After the Natural Law Assignment Instructions
The goal paper is to provide a concise, well-reasoned analysis of the topics presented. This is an open research project, meaning that you are expected to locate, use, and cite support outside of the course readings. Better papers will demonstrate that you sufficiently pondered the ideas at issue to understand them, recognize them, and develop a well-reasoned approach to them.
Be sure to read closely the grading rubric for the assignment and note that at least 10 scholarly sources (peer-reviewed academic journal articles or books published by university presses) are required, which should include the course readings for the included Natural Law thinkers.
Scriptural excerpts with citations are required in all written assignments.
Instructions
Explain the assignment in detail. Specify the exact requirements of the assignment. Items to include are outlined as follows:
· The papers must each be at least 10 pages long, which does not include the title page and bibliography, with default margins and 12-pt Times New Roman font.
· APA Format
· Citations to at least 10 scholarly sources are required.
· Scriptural excerpts with citations are required in all written assignments, but these do not count toward the 10 required sources
· Acceptable sources: the book under review (required), all course readings for the included Natural Law thinkers (required), other primary sources by the included Natural Law thinkers, academic journal articles, books published by university presses.
· For Book Review: After the Natural Law Assignment, review the following: Hill, John Lawrence. 2016. After the Natural Law: How the Classical Worldview Supports Our Modern Moral and Political Views. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
· You should state the purpose of the book under review, give your critique of the author’s success in meeting this purpose, and relate the content of the book to the ideas of the Natural Law thinkers covered to that point in the course, especially those required in the instructions for each review listed below.
· In your review of this work, be sure to mention the Natural Law theories of the thinkers covered between Weeks 3 and 6 (Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Hooker, and Calvin) and include a discussion of their relationship to democracy, covenantal statesmanship, and positive law/public policy formation.
· Include a concluding section entitled Public Policy Applications that relates the lessons of the reviewed book and included Natural Law thinkers to three public policy areas of your choice: one must be moral; one must be economic; and one can be any other area of public policy of interest to you.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
