Christianity, Ethics and the Law

Zachary R. Calo is Professor of Law at Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar. He is also Professor of Law (Adj.) at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Visiting Professor at The Open University (UK), Visiting Professor at Tashkent State University of Law (Uzbekistan), and Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University, Qatar, as well as Research Scholar in Law and Religion at Valparaiso University and Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University.Joshua Neoh is Associate Professor of Law at the Australian National University (ANU), Australia.A. Keith Thompson is Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA), Australia.

‘This impressive volume probes several hard dialectics that have occupied Christianity from its biblical beginnings… The authors reflect both the hard-nosed realism of seasoned lawyers with the faith-based imagination of sincere believers. The authors toe no party line, herd no sacred cows, and trade in no naïve nostalgia… St. Paul, Martin Luther, and other titans take several hits… This is rigorous law and theology scholarship of a rare and refined sort.’John Witte, Jr., Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University

• Foreword – John Witte Jr.List of contributors Introduction ZACHARY R. CALO, JOSHUA NEOH, AND A. KEITH THOMPSONPART I Law and Love in Augustine, Calvin, and Luther? 1 John Calvin on the Law of Love CONSTANCE YOUNGWON LEE2 “To Heal the Wounds of Sinners”: Law, Love, and Forgiveness ZACHARY R. CALO3 Why Secularism Is No Option for a Christian Citizen: Augustine’s Analysis of Love in the City RENÉE KÖHLER-RYAN4 Why Lutheranism Is No Option for a Meaningful Jurisprudence of Love AUGUSTO ZIMMERMANNPART II Law, Love, and Political Theology 5 Law and Love in Monasticism JOSHUA NEOH6 The Law of Love as Principles of Civility: Secular Translation or Religious Contribution? ALEX DEAGON7 The Loving Sword: The Implications of Divine Simplicity for Civil Law BENJAMIN B. SAUNDERS8 Aquinas on Love, Law, and Happiness: The Interconnection between Divine Law, Human Law, and Rational Love STEFANUS HENDRIANTO SJPART III The Ethics of Law and Love 9 From Alterity to Proximity: Emmanuel Levinas on the Natural Law of Love JONATHAN CROWE10 “Proving Contraries”: Joseph Smith on Law and Love DONLU THAYER11 From Coercion to Covenant: What Kind of Higher Law Did Jesus Have in Mind? A KEITH THOMPSON12 The Forgiveness of Love in Charity: Getting Conversationally Opened Up PATRICK MCKINLEY BRENNANIndex