Capital punishment and Roman Catholic moral tradition /

"Why is the Catholic Church against the death penalty? This second edition of E. Christian Brugger's classic work Capital Punishment and Roman Catholic Moral Tradition, available now in paperback for the first time, traces the doctrinal path the Church has taken over the centuries to its p...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brugger, E. Christian, (Eugene Christian), 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame, 2014.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Doctrines.
Église catholique > Doctrines.
Catholic Church
Capital punishment > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Capital punishment > Moral and ethical aspects.
Peine de mort > Aspect religieux > Église catholique.
Peine de mort > Aspect moral.
Capital punishment > Moral and ethical aspects
Capital punishment > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
Theology, Doctrinal
Todesstrafe
Katholizismus
Moral
Ethik
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the Second Edition (2014); Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: SORTING OUT THE ISSUES; Chapter 1: The Present Teaching of the Magisterium; Chapter 2: The Justification of Punishment; Part II: THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH'S TEACHING; Chapter 3: The Death Penalty and Scripture; Chapter 4: The Patristic Consensus; Chapter 5: The Medieval Testimony; Chapter 6: Sixteenth Century to the Present; Part III: RETHINKING THE CHURCH'S TRADITIONAL NOTION OF JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE; Chapter 7: Capital Punishment and the Development of Doctrine.
  • Chapter 8: Toward an Ethical Judgment that Capital Punishment Is Intrinsically WrongNotes; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects.

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