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The Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Law

Name: The Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Law
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780197606759
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Contributors:

John Witte Jr (Editor), Rafael Domingo (Editor)

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Education, Religion, Law

Book Subcategory:

Christian Church, Legal History

Book Topic:

Canon & Ecclesiastical Law

Series:

Oxford Handbooks

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Release Date:

2023-12-22

ISBN 13:

9780197606759

Weight:

3.7 lbs

Size:

9.70 x 7.20 x 3.30 inches

Pages:

920

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This volume tells the story of the interaction between Christianity and law-historically and today, in the traditional heartlands of Christianity and around the globe. Sixty new chapters by leading scholars provide authoritative and accessible accounts of foundational Christian teachings on law and legal thought over the past two millennia; the current interaction and contestation of law and Christianity on all continents; how Christianity shaped and was shaped by core public, private, penal, and procedural laws; various old and new forms of Christian canon law, natural law theory, and religious freedom norms; Christian teachings on fundamental principles of law and legal order; and Christian contributions to controversial legal issues. Together, the chapters make clear that Christianity and law have had a perennial and permanent influence on each other over time and across cultures, albeit with varying levels of intensity and effectiveness.

This volume defines "Christianity" broadly to include Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox traditions and various denominations and schools of thought within them. It draws on Christian ideas and institutions, norms and practices, texts and titans to tell the story of Christianity's engagement with the world of law over the past two millennia. The volume also defines "law" broadly as the normative order of justice, power, and freedom. The chapters address natural laws of conscience, reason, and the Bible and positive laws enacted by states, churches, and voluntary associations. Several chapters focus on Christian engagement with specific types of law: canon law, family law, education law, constitutional law, criminal law, procedural law, and laws governing labor, tax, contracts, torts, property, and beyond. Other chapters take up cutting edge legal issues of racial justice, environmental care, migration, euthanasia, and (bio)technology as well as fundamental legal principles of liberty, dignity, equality, justice, equity, judgment, and solidarity.

About the Author
John Witte, Jr., is Woodruff University Professor, McDonald Distinguished Professor, and Faculty Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. He has published many articles and books, including recently Religion and Human Rights; No Establishment of Religion; Church, State, and Family; The Blessings of Liberty; and Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment.

Rafael Domingo is Spruill Family Professor of Law and Religion at Emory University, and ?lvaro d'Ors Professor of Law at the University of Navarra. He has published many articles and books, including recently The New Global Law; God and the Legal System; Great Christian Jurists in Spanish History; Roman Law: An Introduction; and Law and Religion in a Secular Age.

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