Natural Law and Religious Freedom

J. Daryl Charles serves as a contributing editor to Providence: A Journal of Christianity and American Foreign Policy; is an Affiliated Scholar and faculty member of the John Jay Institute, USA; and is the author, co-author or editor of fourteen books, including (with David D. Corey) The Just War Tradition: An Introduction (ISI Books, 2012), Retrieving the Natural Law: A Return to Moral First Things: (Eerdmans, 2008), Virtue amidst Vice (Sheffield Academic Press, 1997) and most recently (with Mark David Hall), America’s Wars: A Just War Perspective (University of Notre Dame Press, forthcoming). Charles has taught at Taylor University and Union University; was a 2013/14 visiting professor in the honors program at Berry College; and served as a 2007/8 William B. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life at the James Madison Program, Princeton University; and served as a 2003/4 visiting fellow of the Institute for Faith and Religion, Baylor Univerisity. He is a member of the James Madison Society, Princeton University. The focus of Charles’ research and writing is the natural law, the ethics of war and peace, criminal justice ethics, and religion and society. Prior to entering the university classroom, Charles did public policy work in criminal justice in Washington, DC.

1 Introduction – Religious Freedom as the "First Freedom": What It Is and Why It Matters; 2 Natural Law and Our Cultural and Religious Traditions; 3 Religious Freedom, Natural Law, and the American Experiment; 4 Second Thoughts on "Pluralism," "Neutrality," and "Tolerance"; 5 Natural Law, Human Dignity, and Human Moral Obligation; 6 The Natural-Law Underpinnings of Religious Freedom – A Closer Look: Justice and Neighbor-Love in Symbiosis; 7 Human Personhood, Moral Truth, and What Is at Stake: A Test-Case; 8 Conclusion