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The Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature: Volume Two
John Witte Jr. (Ed.)
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Description for The Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature: Volume Two
Hardback. This is a major project to be undertaken as part of a broad intiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts and the University of Notre Dame on the role of Christianity in modern society. John Witte is one of the editors of the forthcoming Sex, Marriage, and the Family: A Reader in World Religions. Editor(s): Witte, John, Jr.; Alexander, Frank S. Num Pages: 600 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCX6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Divided into two volumes, The Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature offers a landmark collection of writings from twenty Christian thinkers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and analyses of their work by leading contemporary religious scholars.With selections from the works of Jacques Maritain, Gustavo Gutierrez, Dorothy Day, Pope John Paul II, Susan B. Anthony, Karl Barth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Reinhold Niebuhr, Martin Luther King Jr., Nikolai Berdyaev, Vladimir Lossky, and others, Volume 2 illustrates the different venues, vectors, and sometimes-conflicting visions of what a Christian understanding of law, politics, and society entails. The collection includes works ... Read more
Divided into two volumes, The Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature offers a landmark collection of writings from twenty Christian thinkers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and analyses of their work by leading contemporary religious scholars.With selections from the works of Jacques Maritain, Gustavo Gutierrez, Dorothy Day, Pope John Paul II, Susan B. Anthony, Karl Barth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Reinhold Niebuhr, Martin Luther King Jr., Nikolai Berdyaev, Vladimir Lossky, and others, Volume 2 illustrates the different venues, vectors, and sometimes-conflicting visions of what a Christian understanding of law, politics, and society entails. The collection includes works ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
Number of Pages
600
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231133609
SKU
V9780231133609
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About John Witte Jr. (Ed.)
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature: Volume Two
These essays and excerpts address an extraordinary range of essential theological and political concerns... Highly recommended. Choice This is a most impressive collection of essays, written by some of the most eminent scholars in their fields. Ecclesiastical Law Journal