Christianity and Law An Introduction

Name: Christianity and Law An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780521697491

ISBN-10: 0521697492

ISBN-13: 9780521697491

Edition: 2008

Authors: John Witte, Frank S. Alexander

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What impact has Christianity had on the law from its beginnings to the present day? This introduction explores the main legal teachings of Western Christianity, set out in the texts and traditions of scripture and theology, philosophy and jurisprudence. It takes up the weightier matters of the law that Christianity has profoundly shaped - justice and mercy, rule and equity, discipline and love - as well as more technical topics of canon law, natural law, and state law. Some of these legal creations were wholly original to Christianity. Others were converted from Jewish and classical traditions. Still others were reformed by Renaissance humanists and Enlightenment philosophies. But whether…

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List price: $45.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.06" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

John Witte Jr. is the Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law and co-director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. He has published numerous volumes, including Law and Protestantism: The Legal Teachings of the Lutheran Reformation.Frank S. Alexander is interim dean and professor at the Emory School of Law. He is the founder and co-director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University.



List of illustrations


List of contributors


Preface


Introduction




Law and religion in Judaism




Law in early Christianity




Western canon law




Natural law and natural rights




Conscientious objection, civil disobedience, and resistance




The Christian sources of general contract law




Proof, procedure, and evidence




Family law and Christian jurisprudence




Poverty, charity, and social welfare




Property and Christian theology




Christian love and criminal punishment




Christianity and human rights




Religious liberty




Modern church law




Religious organizations and the state: the laws of ecclesiastical polity and the civil courts




Christianity and the large-scale corporation



Index to biblical texts


General index