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The Distinctiveness of Religion in American Law
Rethinking Religion Clause Jurisprudence
Inbunden, 2015
1114 kr
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In recent decades, religion's traditional distinctiveness under the First Amendment has been challenged by courts and scholars. As America grows more secular and as religious and nonreligious convictions are increasingly seen as interchangeable, many have questioned whether special treatment is …
Pope Benedict XVI's Legal Thought
A Dialogue on the Foundation of Law
Av Marta Cartabia, Andrea Simoncini
Inbunden, 2015
1648 kr
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Throughout Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's pontificate he spoke to a range of political, civil, academic, and other cultural authorities. These speeches reveal a striking sensitivity to the fundamental problems of law, justice, and democracy. He often presented a call for Christians to address issues …
The Western Case for Monogamy over Polygamy
Inbunden, 2015
2067 kr
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For more than 2,500 years, the Western tradition has embraced monogamous marriage as an essential institution for the flourishing of men and women, parents and children, society and the state. At the same time, polygamy has been considered a serious crime that harms wives and children, correlates …
Christianity and Freedom: Volume 1, Historical Perspectives
Av Timothy Samuel Shah, Allen D. Hertzke
Inbunden, 2016
1708 kr
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In Volume 1 of Christianity and Freedom, leading historians uncover the unappreciated role of Christianity in the development of basic human rights and freedoms from antiquity through today. These include radical notions of dignity and equality, religious freedom, liberty of conscience, limited …
Christianity and Freedom: Volume 2, Contemporary Perspectives
Av Allen D. Hertzke, Timothy Samuel Shah
Inbunden, 2016
2547 kr
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Volume 2 of Christianity and Freedom illuminates how Christian minorities and transnational Christian networks contribute to the freedom and flourishing of societies across the globe, even amidst pressure and violent persecution. Featuring unprecedented field research by some of the world's most …
How Marriage Became One of the Sacraments
The Sacramental Theology of Marriage from its Medieval Origins to the Council of Trent
Inbunden, 2016
2410 kr
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Among the contributions of the medieval church to western culture was the idea that marriage was one of the seven sacraments, which defined the role of married folk in the church. Although it had ancient roots, this new way of regarding marriage raised many problems, to which scholastic theologians …
God and the Secular Legal System
Inbunden, 2016
1018 kr
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This timely book offers a theistic approach to secular legal systems and demonstrates that these systems are neither agnostic nor atheist. Critical but succinct in its approach, this book focuses on an extensive range of liberal legal approaches to religious and moral issues, and subjects them to …
Calvin's Political Theology and the Public Engagement of the Church
Christ's Two Kingdoms
Inbunden, 2017
1791 kr
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In Calvin's Political Theology and the Public Engagement of the Church, Matthew J. Tuininga explores a little appreciated dimension of John Calvin's political thought, his two kingdoms theology, as a model for constructive Christian participation in liberal society. Widely misunderstood as a …
Agape, Justice, and Law
How Might Christian Love Shape Law?
Av Robert F. Cochran, Jr, Zachary R. Calo
Inbunden, 2017
1243 kr
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In a provocative essay, philosopher Jeffrie G. Murphy asks: 'what would law be like if we organized it around the value of Christian love, and if we thought about and criticized law in terms of that value?'. This book brings together leading scholars from a variety of disciplines to address that …
God and the Illegal Alien
United States Immigration Law and a Theology of Politics
Inbunden, 2017
1577 kr
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Today in the United States, millions of men, women, and children are considered 'illegal aliens' under federal law. While the presence of these migrants runs against the law, many arrive in response to US demand for cheap labor and stay to contribute to community life. This book asks where migrants …
Church, State, and Family
Reconciling Traditional Teachings and Modern Liberties
Inbunden, 2019
1769 kr
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This book defends the fundamental place of the marital family in modern liberal societies. While applauding modern sexual freedoms, John Witte, Jr also defends the traditional Western teaching that the marital family is an essential cradle of conscience, chrysalis of care, and cornerstone of …
Christianity and Natural Law
An Introduction
Av Norman Doe
Inbunden, 2017
1686 kr
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Historically, natural law has played a pivotal role in Christian approaches to the law, and a contested role in legal philosophy generally. However, comparative study of natural law across global Christian traditions is largely neglected. This book provides not only the history of natural law ideas …
Great Christian Jurists in English History
Inbunden, 2017
1764 kr
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The Great Christian Jurists series comprises a library of national volumes of detailed biographies of leading jurists, judges and practitioners, assessing the impact of their Christian faith on the professional output of the individuals studied. Little has previously been written about the faith of …
The Western Case for Monogamy over Polygamy
Häftad, 2015
718 kr
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For more than 2,500 years, the Western tradition has embraced monogamous marriage as an essential institution for the flourishing of men and women, parents and children, society and the state. At the same time, polygamy has been considered a serious crime that harms wives and children, correlates …
Christianity and Freedom: Volume 1, Historical Perspectives
Av Timothy Samuel Shah, Allen D. Hertzke
Häftad, 2016
658 kr
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In Volume 1 of Christianity and Freedom, leading historians uncover the unappreciated role of Christianity in the development of basic human rights and freedoms from antiquity through today. These include radical notions of dignity and equality, religious freedom, liberty of conscience, limited …
Christianity and Freedom: Volume 2, Contemporary Perspectives
Av Allen D. Hertzke, Timothy Samuel Shah
Häftad, 2016
658 kr
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Volume 2 of Christianity and Freedom illuminates how Christian minorities and transnational Christian networks contribute to the freedom and flourishing of societies across the globe, even amidst pressure and violent persecution. Featuring unprecedented field research by some of the world's most …
Christianity and Family Law
An Introduction
Av John Witte, Jr, Gary S. Hauk
Häftad, 2017
630 kr
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The Western tradition has always cherished the family as an essential foundation of a just and orderly society, and thus accorded it special legal and religious protection. Christianity embraced this teaching from the start, and many of the basics of Western family law were shaped by the Christian …
Christianity and Family Law
An Introduction
Av John Witte, Jr, Gary S. Hauk
Inbunden, 2017
1498 kr
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The Western tradition has always cherished the family as an essential foundation of a just and orderly society, and thus accorded it special legal and religious protection. Christianity embraced this teaching from the start, and many of the basics of Western family law were shaped by the Christian …
The Possibility of Religious Freedom
Early Natural Law and the Abrahamic Faiths
Inbunden, 2019
1648 kr
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Religious freedom is one of the most debated and controversial human rights in contemporary public discourse. At once a universally held human right and a flash point in the political sphere, religious freedom has resisted scholarly efforts to define its parameters. Taliaferro explores a different …
Under Caesar's Sword
How Christians Respond to Persecution
Av Daniel Philpott, Timothy Samuel Shah
Inbunden, 2018
2215 kr
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The global persecution of Christians is an urgent human rights issue that remains underreported. This volume presents the results of the first systematic global investigation into how Christians respond to persecution. World-class scholars of global Christianity present first-hand research from …
Law, Love and Freedom
From the Sacred to the Secular
Av Joshua Neoh
Inbunden, 2019
1588 kr
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How does one lead a life of law, love, and freedom? This inquiry has very deep roots in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Indeed, the divergent answers to this inquiry mark the transition from Judeo to Christian. This book returns to those roots to trace the twists and turns that these ideas have …
Great Christian Jurists in Spanish History
Av Rafael Domingo, Javier Martínez-Torrón
Inbunden, 2018
1775 kr
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The Great Christian Jurists series comprises a library of national volumes of detailed biographies of leading jurists, judges and practitioners, assessing the impact of their Christian faith on the professional output of the individuals studied. Spanish legal culture, developed during the Spanish …
The Blessings of Liberty
Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the Western Legal Tradition
Inbunden, 2021
1573 kr
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Leading legal scholar John Witte, Jr. explores the role religion played in the development of rights in the Western legal tradition and traces the complex interplay between human rights and religious freedom norms in modern domestic and international law. He examines how US courts are moving …
Great Christian Jurists in the Low Countries
Av Wim Decock, Janwillem Oosterhuis
Inbunden, 2021
1723 kr
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What impact has Christianity had on law and policies in the Lowlands from the eleventh century through the end of the twentieth century? Taking the gradual 'secularization' of European legal culture as a framework, this volume explores the lives and times of twenty legal scholars and professionals …
The Possibility of Religious Freedom
Early Natural Law and the Abrahamic Faiths
Häftad, 2022
344 kr
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Religious freedom is one of the most debated and controversial human rights in contemporary public discourse. At once a universally held human right and a flash point in the political sphere, religious freedom has resisted scholarly efforts to define its parameters. Taliaferro explores a different …
Under Caesar's Sword
How Christians Respond to Persecution
Av Daniel Philpott, Timothy Samuel Shah
Häftad, 2019
748 kr
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The global persecution of Christians is an urgent human rights issue that remains underreported. This volume presents the results of the first systematic global investigation into how Christians respond to persecution. World-class scholars of global Christianity present first-hand research from …
Law, Love and Freedom
From the Sacred to the Secular
Av Joshua Neoh
Häftad, 2021
512 kr
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How does one lead a life of law, love, and freedom? This inquiry has very deep roots in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Indeed, the divergent answers to this inquiry mark the transition from Judeo to Christian. This book returns to those roots to trace the twists and turns that these ideas have …
The Distinctiveness of Religion in American Law
Rethinking Religion Clause Jurisprudence
Häftad, 2018
613 kr
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In recent decades, religion's traditional distinctiveness under the First Amendment has been challenged by courts and scholars. As America grows more secular and as religious and nonreligious convictions are increasingly seen as interchangeable, many have questioned whether special treatment is …
Catholic Social Teaching
A Volume of Scholarly Essays
Av Gerard V. Bradley, E. Christian Brugger
Häftad, 2022
553 kr
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Catholic social teaching (CST) refers to the corpus of authoritative ecclesiastical teaching, usually in the form of papal encyclicals, on social matters, beginning with Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum (1891) and running through Pope Francis. CST is not a social science and its texts are not …
Great Christian Jurists in Spanish History
Av Rafael Domingo, Javier Martínez-Torrón
Häftad, 2019
589 kr
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The Great Christian Jurists series comprises a library of national volumes of detailed biographies of leading jurists, judges and practitioners, assessing the impact of their Christian faith on the professional output of the individuals studied. Spanish legal culture, developed during the Spanish …
