Data · dataset · 2026
The role of natural law in the development of the political theory of John Owen (1616-1683)
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This thesis examines the function of natural law in the political theology of John Owen (1616–1683) during the English Revolution.
Description
Against narratives of discontinuity, it argues that natural law supplied a durable grammar of political reasoning across Owen’s work. Using a contextualist methodology, the study shows how Owen forged a form of “covenantal Thomism” to rebut Stuart defences of divine right and to render the regicide intelligible and licit within a Reformed framework.
It then traces how Owen redeployed natural-law argument to delineate the scope and limits of Cromwellian magistracy, advancing a “magisterial Independency” that integrated a realist natural-law framework with the exigencies of revolutionary Protestant politics.<br><br><i>Thesis is embargoed until 31 July 2031.</i>
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.17034/32805347.v1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from zivahub uct ac za
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from zivahub uct ac za
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Earth & Environmental Science · Earth & Environmental Science · Social Science · Social Science · Social Science
- Inferred from text
- Law in context 73%
Provenance · 3 source records, 12 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZivaHub | oai:figshare.com:article/32805347 | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Deakin Research Online | oai:figshare.com:article/32805347 | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| DMU Figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/32805347 | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4804 | enrichment · zivahub uct ac za | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (73%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | connector:figshare_dmu_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · dro deakin edu au | connector:dro_deakin_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · dro deakin edu au | connector:dro_deakin_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | connector:figshare_dmu_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/description |
| license_text | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/title |