This new work clarifies Aquinas' concept of natural lawthrough his biblical commentaries, and explores its applications toU.S. constitutional law.* The first time the use of Aquinas on the U.S. Supreme Court hasbeen explored in depth, and its applications tested through arigorous reading of the biblical commentaries* Shows how key judgments in the Supreme Court have rested onmedieval natural law, and applies critical gender theory to discussproblems with these applications* Offers new research data to give a different picture of Aquinasand natural law, and a fresh take on Aquinas' biblicalcommentaries* New research based on passages in the biblical commentariesnever before available in English

Acknowledgments xiBibliographic Note xivList of Abbreviations xvii1 Aquinas on the Supreme Court - and on the Bible, or Howto Read This Book 1Part I Aquinas on the Failure of Natural Law 232 What Aquinas Thinks We Cannot Know 253 How God Moves Creatures: For and Against Natural Law 634 How Aquinas Reads Scripture 975 How the Law of Nature Is a Character in Decline 1186 How the Narrative Sexualizes Nature's Decline 147Part II Aquinas on the Redemption of Natural Law 1777 How Aquinas Gets Nature and Grace Back Together Again: AquinasMeets Karl Barth 1798 How Faith and Reason Follow Glory 2159 How Aquinas Makes Nature Dynamic All the Way Down: AquinasMeets Judith Butler 23210 How the Spirit Moves the Law 24711 How Natural Science Becomes a Form of Prayer 26512 How the Semen of the Spirit Genders the Gentiles: RereadingRomans 289Conclusion: Questions Answered and Unanswered 298Subject Index 305Index of Thomistic Citations 313