Pope Benedict XVI's legal thought : a dialogue on the foundation of law /

Pope Benedict XVI's legal thought : a dialogue on the foundation of law /

"Throughout Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's pontificate he spoke to a range of political, civil, academic, and other cultural authorities. These speeches reveal a striking sensitivity to the fundamental problems of law, justice, and democracy. He often presented a call for Christians to addre...

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Other Authors: Cartabia, Marta, Simoncini, Andrea (Law professor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015
Series:Law and Christianity
Subjects:
Benedict > XVI, > Pope, > 1927- > Political and social views
Catholic Church > Doctrines
Law > Philosophy
Canon law
Christian sociology > Catholic Church
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. A journey with Benedict XVI through the spirit of constitutionalism / Marta Cartabia and Andrea Simoncini
  • Part I. Law, Reason, and Religion
  • 2. Reality and transcendence: more than a religious issue / Armin von Bogdandy and Sergio Dellavalle
  • 3. Human dignity without God? Reflections on some relevant speeches of Benedict XVI / Rafael Domingo
  • 4. The windows of Benedict XVI: reason, revelation, and law / Wael Farouq
  • 5. The secular state, democracy, and natural law: Benedict XVI's address to the Bundestag from the perspective of legal ethics and democracy theory / Martin Rhonheimer
  • 6. From Regensburg to Berlin
  • holiness and reason: a reflection on Pope Benedict XVI's public lectures / J.H.H. Weiler
  • 7. "To serve right and to fight wrong": why religion, human rights, and human dignity need each other / John Witte, Jr
  • Part II. Fundamental Rights and Freedom of Religion
  • 8. Faith and reason in the Regensburg address / Giuliano Amato
  • 9. Religious freedom in the political speeches of Pope Benedict XVI / Mary Ann Glendon
  • 10. Freedom of religion: the contribution of Benedict XVI to a universal guarantee from a European perspective / Christoph Grabenwarter
  • 11. Benedict's legacy: human rights, human dignity, and the possibility of dialogue / Christopher McCrudden
  • Part III. Democracy in a Society of "Others"
  • 12. Concerning the doctrine of democracy in Benedict XVI / Massimo Luciani
  • 13. Acting contrary to reason is contrary to God's nature / Andrés Ollero
  • 14. A listening heart: where democracy begins / Andrea Pin

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