God's joust, God's justice : law and religion in the Western tradition /

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Main Author: Witte, John, 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2006
Series:Emory University studies in law and religion
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245 1 0 |a God's joust, God's justice :  |b law and religion in the Western tradition /  |c John Witte, Jr 
260 |a Grand Rapids, Mich. :  |b William B. Eerdmans Pub.,  |c 2006 
300 |a xiv, 498 p. ;  |c 23 cm 
440 0 |a Emory University studies in law and religion 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and indexes 
505 0 |a pt. I. Law, religion, and human rights. A short history of Western rights ; Freedom of a Christian: human dignity, liberty, and equality in the theology of Martin Luther ; A Dickensian era of religious rights: Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox contributions ; Soul wars in Russia: the clash of Eastern and Western Christianity over religion and liberty -- pt. I. Law and religion in American history and today. How to govern a city on a hill: Puritan contributions to American constitutional law and liberty ; Religious rights in eighteenth-century America: the original understanding of the First Amendment ; That serpentine wall of separation between church and state ; Adams versus Jefferson: from establishment to freedom of public religion ; The three uses of the law: a Protestant source of the purposes of criminal punishment? -- pt. III. Law, religion, and the family. An apt and cheerful conversation on marriage ; The goods and goals of marriage in the Western tradition ; More than a mere contract: marriage as contract and covenant in law and theology ; The perils of clerical celibacy ; Ishmael's bane: the sin and crime of illegitimacy reconsidered ; The duties of love: the vocation of the child in the household manual tradition -- Conclusion: the challenges of Christian jurisprudence in modern times 
650 0 |a Religion and law 
650 0 |a Human rights  |x Religious aspects 
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