Christianity and law : an introduction /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. |
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| Description: | xvi, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Local Note: | Includes contribution by R. Helmholz. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7128482 |
Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Law and religion in Judaism
- 2. Law in early Christianity
- 3. Western canon law
- 4. Natural law and natural rights
- 5. Conscientious objection, civil disobedience, and resistance
- 6. The Christian sources of general contract law
- 7. Proof, procedure, and evidence
- 8. Family law and Christian jurisprudence
- 9. Poverty, charity, and social welfare
- 10. Property and Christian theology
- 11. Christian love and criminal punishment
- 12. Christianity and human rights
- 13. Religious liberty
- 14. Modern church law
- 15. Religious organizations and the state: the laws of ecclesiastical polity and the civil courts
- 16. Christianity and the large-scale corporation
- Index to biblical texts
- General index
