Faith and Law : How Religious Traditions from Calvinism to Islam View American Law /

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The relationship between religion and the law is a hot-button topic in America, with the courts, Congress, journalists, and others engaging in animated debates on what influence, if any, the former should have on the latter. Many of these discussions are dominated by the legal perspective, which vie...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Aprill, Ellen P. (Contribuidor), Baker, Anthony V. (Contribuidor), Bost, Thomas G. (Contribuidor), Caudill, David S. (Contribuidor), Chakrabarti, Kisor K. (Contribuidor), Cochran Jr., Robert F. (Editor ), Cochran, Robert F. (Contribuidor), Durham, W. Cole (Contribuidor), Emon, Anver M. (Contribuidor), French, Rebecca R. (Contribuidor), Hall, Timothy L. (Contribuidor), Howard Yoder, John (Contribuidor), Juárez, José Roberto (Contribuidor), Levine, Samuel J. (Contribuidor), McKinley Brennan, Patrick (Contribuidor), Mensch, Elizabeth (Contribuidor), Scharffs, Brett G. (Contribuidor), Shaffer, Thomas L. (Contribuidor), Tuttle, Robert W. (Contribuidor), Young, Michael K. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2007]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Augustinian Framework: The City of God and the City of Man
  • Introduction
  • 1. Augustine
  • Part II. Reformation Faiths
  • Introduction
  • 2. Calvinists
  • 3. Lutherans
  • 4. Anabaptists
  • 5. Baptists
  • Part III. Home-Grown American Faiths
  • Introduction
  • 6. Evangelicals
  • 7. African-American Churches
  • 8. Churches of Christ
  • 9. Latter-Day Saints
  • Part IV. Catholicism
  • Introduction
  • 10. Catholic Natural Law
  • 11. Catholic Social Thought
  • Part V. Judaism
  • Introduction
  • 12. Orthodox Jews
  • 13. Reform Jews
  • Part VI. New Immigrant Faiths
  • Introduction
  • 14. Hindus
  • 15. Buddhists
  • 16. Muslims
  • Contributors
  • Index

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