TY - JOUR AU - Onyiloha, Chiedu PY - 2020/12/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - NATURAL LAW AND SOCIETY: A Christian Perspective JF - Journal of Dharma JA - JD VL - 45 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://dvkjournals.in/index.php/jd/article/view/1025 SP - 499-512 AB - <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>This study argues that natural law is a body of laws imbedded in the order of creation, which provides rationale for the created order including human person both in a state of rationality or spirituality. Natural law lays the key frame for the understanding of the self and other non-human beings in creation. Aristotle developed the concept, but Thomas Aquinas put a garb of ethical theory on it, chiefly from a Christian outlook. Thus, the phenomenon is considered from its nature, meaning, functions and significance including extant controversies. The Catholic Church’s pedagogy and ethics also form the study’s scope. From methodology, the work is phenomenological, historical, and analytical as well as logically compliant with syllogism in collection and analysis of data. The research infers that natural law is useful to societal wellbeing.</p> ER -