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Church Law In Modernity - Toward A Theory Of Canon Law Between Nature And Culture

by Judith (Ruhr-Universitat, Bochum, Germany) Hahn

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 This book discusses natural law as a traditional but highly contested source of canon law. In doing so it marks a contribution to the heated debates on natural law in general and on the foundation of law, both secular or religious, in legal studies, philosophy, and ethics.
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The Cambridge History Of The Polar Regions

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 The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions is the first comprehensive reference work to draw together the history of both the Arctic and Antarctica from earliest times to the present. This landmark collection from an international team of scholars showcases new, diverse, and exciting approaches to Arctic and Antarctic history.
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The Profession Of Ecclesiastical Lawyers - An Historical Introduction

by R. H. (University Of Chicago) Helmholz

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 The book should interest practicing lawyers with an interest in the history of their profession. It adds to what has been written about the subject by legal historians, many of whom have described the legal profession's history in England without taking more than cursory account of the English civilians.
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Catholic Social Teaching - A Volume Of Scholarly Essays

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 A suitable text for graduate courses and upper level undergraduate seminars in religious ethics, moral theology and related subjects. Will be of interest to nearly anyone in the humanities or social sciences fields.
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The Immortal Commonwealth - Covenant, Community, And Political Resistance In Early Reformed Thought

by David P. Henreckson

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 How would we understand early modern political context differently if we accounted for the theological commitments of early modern resistance theorists? The Immortal Commonwealth argues that by taking these theological sources seriously, we have a richer, truer perspective on early modern radical political thought.
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Care For The World - Laudato Si' And Catholic Social Thought In An Era Of Climate Crisis

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 This volume convenes leading scholars to reflect on the legal, economic, practical, and philosophical implications of religious values. Inspired by the celebrated encyclical Laudato Si', they offer gracefully written and learned reflections on what it would mean to express an ethic of compassion and care for the world.
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Common Law And Natural Law In America - From The Puritans To The Legal Realists

by Andrew (Yale University, Connecticut) Forsyth

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 Students of law, history, ethics, or religion will learn from this fresh and ambitious four-hundred-year narrative of the varied interactions of American common law - the stuff of courtrooms - and natural law, a higher moral law. Arguing against prevailing scholarly views, its chapters re-assess major figures and debates.
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The Possibility Of Religious Freedom - Early Natural Law And The Abrahamic Faiths

by Karen (Arizona State University) Taliaferro

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 Drawing on classical natural law to bridge the gaps between human and divine law, Taliaferro expounds a new, practical theory of religious freedom for the modern world, and lucidly explains the challenges involved. This book will appeal to scholars of religion, and law, as well as classical Judaism, Christianity and Islamic studies.
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Agape, Justice, And Law - How Might Christian Love Shape Law?

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 This book will be of interest to students, teachers, and scholars in a variety of fields, including law, theology and religious studies, political science, philosophy, and history. The essays, by leading scholars from these fields, address classic theological issues as well as contemporary debates in law and politics.
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Great Christian Jurists In English History

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 The influence of Christianity on Western legal thought is of interest to a broad audience of scholars and students. This authoritative work will be a welcome reference, providing a unique study of the pervasive influence of Christianity in jurisprudence and legal scholarship in both common law and civil law jurisdictions.
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Church, State, And Family - Reconciling Traditional Teachings And Modern Liberties

by Jr., John (Emory University, Atlanta) Witte

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 This book defends the fundamental place of the marital family in modern liberal societies. It encourages churches, states, and other social institutions to collaborate in promoting the integration of sex, marriage, and family life. It defends the rights of women and children against Christian critics, and resists modern liberal efforts to abolish, privatize, or fracture the marital family.
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How Marriage Became One Of The Sacraments - The Sacramental Theology Of Marriage From Its Medieval Origins To The Council Of Trent

by Philip L. (Emory University, Atlanta) Reynolds

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 An indispensable guide to how marriage acquired the status of a sacrament. This book analyzes in detail how medieval theologians explained the place of matrimony in the church and her law, and how the bitter debates of the sixteenth century elevated the doctrine to a dogma of the Catholic faith.
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Infidels And Empires In A New World Order - Early Modern Spanish Contributions To International Legal Thought

by David M. (University Of Notre Dame, Indiana) Lantigua

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 Explores the ambivalent legacy of indigenous peoples' natural rights articulated by Europeans in Spanish and English colonial contexts. It will appeal to scholars of religion, law, international relations, Latin America, history, and politics interested in early modern religious and legal arguments for the dispossession and freedom of Amerindians.
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Christianity And International Law - An Introduction

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 This volume offers a many-sided introduction to the theme of Christianity and international law. Using a historical and contemporary perspective, it will appeal to readers interested in key topics of international law and how they intersect with Christianity.
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Under Caesar'S Sword - How Christians Respond To Persecution

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 The global persecution of Christians is an urgent human rights issue, yet remains underreported in the mainstream media and by human rights organizations. In this volume a group of well-respected scholars investigates contemporary persecutions of Christians in twenty-four nations and how Christians have responded to these actions.
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The Blessings Of Liberty - Human Rights And Religious Freedom In The Western Legal Tradition

by Jr., John (Emory University, Atlanta) Witte

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 This book traces the religious sources and dimensions of human rights and the complex interaction of human rights and religious freedom norms historically and today. It also answers various modern critics who see human rights as a betrayal of Christianity and religious freedom as a betrayal of human rights.
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Great Christian Jurists In Spanish History

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 These intellectual biographies illustrate the rich and enduring interactions between Christianity and law by examining the contributions that twenty Spanish jurists have made over the centuries to legal ideals, institutions, and practice, and how their Christian faith informed their thinking about the law.
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Law, Love And Freedom - From The Sacred To The Secular

by Joshua (Australian National University, Canberra) Neoh

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 This book relates our most important mode of social organization, law, to two of our most cherished values, love and freedom. It sketches the moral vision that underlies our modern legal order. This book speaks to lawyers, philosophers, theologians and historians, who are interested in law as a humanistic discipline.
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Blessings Of Liberty - Human Rights And Religious Freedom In The Western Legal Tradition

by Jr. John Witte

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 This book traces the religious sources and dimensions of human rights and the complex interaction of human rights and religious freedom norms historically and today. It also answers various modern critics who see human rights as a betrayal of Christianity and religious freedom as a betrayal of human rights.
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Blessings Of Liberty - Human Rights And Religious Freedom In The Western Legal Tradition

by Jr. John Witte

45,05€ + 10% CARD

 This book traces the religious sources and dimensions of human rights and the complex interaction of human rights and religious freedom norms historically and today. It also answers various modern critics who see human rights as a betrayal of Christianity and religious freedom as a betrayal of human rights.
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Great Christian Jurists In The Low Countries

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 This book highlights the impact of Christianity on the history of law and society in the Lowlands. The diversity of Protestant and Catholic jurists' engagements with the organization of society in the Southern and Northern Netherlands over a period of thousand years is examined from a multi-disciplinary and trans-confessional perspective.
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Great Christian Jurists In The Low Countries

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 This book highlights the impact of Christianity on the history of law and society in the Lowlands. The diversity of Protestant and Catholic jurists' engagements with the organization of society in the Southern and Northern Netherlands over a period of thousand years is examined from a multi-disciplinary and trans-confessional perspective.
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Christianity And The Laws Of Conscience - An Introduction

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 This book explores Christian theological, legal, constitutional, historical, and philosophical meanings of conscience. In doing so, it surveys how conscience has been deployed in the New Testament text, across Christian history, and in various contemporary applications, including rights to sexual expression and constitutional law.
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The Blessings Of Liberty - Human Rights And Religious Freedom In The Western Legal Tradition

by Jr., John (Emory University, Atlanta) Witte

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 This book traces the religious sources and dimensions of human rights and the complex interaction of human rights and religious freedom norms historically and today. It also answers various modern critics who see human rights as a betrayal of Christianity and religious freedom as a betrayal of human rights.
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