The Teachings Of Modern Protestantism On Law Politics And Human Nature

Author : John Witte,Frank S. Alexander
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231142632

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The Teachings of Modern Protestantism on Law, Politics, and Human Nature by John Witte,Frank S. Alexander Pdf

The Teachings of Modern Protestantism on Law, Politics, and Human Nature examines how modern Protestant thinkers have answered the most pressing political, legal, and ethical questions of our time. It discusses the enduring teachings of important Protestant intellectuals of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Leading contemporary scholars analyze these thinkers' views on the nature and purpose of law and authority, the limits of rule and obedience, the care of the needy and innocent, the ethics of war and violence, and the separation of church and state, among other themes. A diverse and powerful portrait of Protestant legal and political thought, this volume underscores the various ways Protestant intellectuals have shaped modern debates over the family, the state, religion, and society. The book focuses on the work of Abraham Kuyper (1827-1920); Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906); Karl Barth (1886-1968); Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945); Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971); Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968); William Stringfellow (1928-1985); and John Howard Yoder (1927-1997).

Author : John Witte (Jr.),Frank S. Alexander
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Christian sociology
ISBN : LCCN:2005045492

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The Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature by John Witte (Jr.),Frank S. Alexander Pdf

Author : John Witte (Jr.)
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Reference
ISBN : 023114265X

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The Teachings of Modern Orthodox Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature by John Witte (Jr.) Pdf

The Teachings of Modern Orthodox Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature examines how modern Orthodox Christian thinkers have answered the most pressing political, legal, and ethical questions of our time. It discusses the enduring teachings of important Orthodox Christian intellectuals of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Leading contemporary scholars analyze these thinkers' views on the nature and purpose of law and authority, the limits of rule and obedience, the care of the needy and innocent, the ethics of war and violence, and the separation of church and state, among other themes. A diverse and powerful portrait of Orthodox Christian legal and political thought, this volume underscores the various ways Orthodox Christian intellectuals have shaped modern debates over the family, the state, religion, and society. The book concentrates on Russian philosophers Vladimir Soloviev (1853-1900) and Vladimir Lossky (1903-1958); Russian theologian Nicholas Berdyaev (1874-1948); Russian nun and social reformer Mother Maria Skobtsova (1891-1945); and Romanian theologian Dumitru St'niloae (1903-1993).

Author : John Witte (Jr.),John Witte,Frank S. Alexander
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0231142617

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The Teachings of Modern Roman Catholicism on Law, Politics, and Human Nature by John Witte (Jr.),John Witte,Frank S. Alexander Pdf

This Landmark three volume series examines how modern Catholic, Protestant & Orthodox thinkers have responded to the most pressing political, legal & ethical questions of our time.

Author : John Witte
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521818421

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The Reformation of Rights by John Witte Pdf

Calvin's teachings spread rapidly throughout Western Europe shaping the law of early modern Protestant lands.

Author : Rafael Domingo,Gary S. Hauk,Timothy P. Jackson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004546189

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Faith in Law, Law in Faith by Rafael Domingo,Gary S. Hauk,Timothy P. Jackson Pdf

Across four decades, John Witte, Jr. has advanced the study of law and religion by retrieving religious sources of law, renewing timeless teachings of religion for today, and reengaging with the difficult issues confronting society. Interdisciplinary, international, and interfaith in scope, Witte’s work has generated an enormous body of scholarship. This collection of essays by leading scholars examines his impact and maps new directions for future exploration.

Author : Brant M. Himes
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532638459

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For a Better Worldliness by Brant M. Himes Pdf

For a Better Worldliness is not only a statement of Abraham Kuyper’s and Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theological concept and historical practice of discipleship. It is also—and perhaps more importantly—a call to engage in the fullness of the Christian life here and now. While this book goes to great efforts to establish sound historical and theological insights specifically in regards to Kuyper and Bonhoeffer, there is a strong underlying current that these particular insights deeply matter to the life of discipleship in the world today. History shows us that discipleship is not a singular journey; because of Jesus Christ it is not a description of one set path with one set of guidelines. A disciple can be a prime minister who unabashedly and successfully campaigned on his Calvinistic principles, just as he can be a participant in a coup d’état launched against a tyrant, leading to the disciple’s own imprisonment and death. Jesus Christ calls—whether to the height of political office, or to the dank prison cell, or (more likely for us) to somewhere in between.

Author : Michael Allen,Scott R. Swain
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191035838

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The Oxford Handbook of Reformed Theology by Michael Allen,Scott R. Swain Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Reformed Theology looks back to past resources that have informed Reformed theology and surveys present conversations among those engaged in Reformed theology today. First, the volume offers accounts of the major historical contexts of reformed theology, the various relationships (ancient and modern) which it maintains and from which it derives. Recent research has shown the intricate ties between the patristic and medieval heritage of the church and the work of the reformed movement in the sixteenth century. The past century has also witnessed an explosion of reformed theology outside the Western world, prompting a need for attention not only to these global voices but also to the unique (and contingent) history of reformed theology in the West (hence reflecting on its relationship to intellectual developments like scholastic method or the critical approaches of modern biblical studies). Second, the volume assesses some of the classic, representative texts of the reformed tradition, observing also their reception history. The reformed movement is not dominated by a single figure, but it does contain a host of paradigmatic texts that demonstrate the range and vitality of reformed thought on politics, piety, biblical commentary, dogmatic reflection, and social engagement. Third, the volume turns to key doctrines and topics that continue to receive attention by reformed theologians today. Contributors who are themselves making cutting edge contributions to constructive theology today reflect on the state of the question and offer their own proposals regarding a host of doctrinal topics and themes.

Author : John Halsey Wood Jr.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199920396

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Going Dutch in the Modern Age by John Halsey Wood Jr. Pdf

Abraham Kuyper is known as the energetic Dutch Protestant social activist and public theologian of the 1898 Princeton Stone Lectures, the Lectures on Calvinism. In fact, the church was the point from which Kuyper's concerns for society and public theology radiated. In his own words, ''The problem of the church is none other than the problem of Christianity itself.'' The loss of state support for the church, religious pluralism, rising nationalism, and the populist religious revivals sweeping Europe in the nineteenth century all eroded the church's traditional supports. Dutch Protestantism faced the unprecedented prospect of ''going Dutch''; from now on it would have to pay its own way. John Wood examines how Abraham Kuyper adapted the Dutch church to its modern social context through a new account of the nature of the church and its social position. The central concern of Kuyper's ecclesiology was to re-conceive the relationship between the inner aspects of the church--the faith and commitment of the members--and the external forms of the church, such as doctrinal confessions, sacraments, and the relationship of the church to the Dutch people and state. Kuyper's solution was to make the church less dependent on public entities such as nation and state and more dependent on private support, especially the good will of its members. This ecclesiology de-legitimated the national church and helped Kuyper justify his break with the church, but it had wider effects as well. It precipitated a change in his theology of baptism from a view of the instrumental efficacy of the sacrament to his later doctrine of presumptive regeneration wherein the external sacrament followed, rather than preceded and prepared for, the intenral work grace. This new ecclesiology also gave rise to his well-known public theology; once he achieved the private church he wanted, as the Netherlands' foremost public figure, he had to figure out how to make Christianity public again.

Author : Mark A. Noll
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191620133

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Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction by Mark A. Noll Pdf

Mark A. Noll presents a fresh and accessible history of Protestantism from the era of Martin Luther to the present day. Beginning with the founding of Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, and Anabaptist churches in the sixteenth-century Reformation, he also considers the rise of other important Christian movements like Methodism and Pentecostalism. Focussing on worldwide developments, rather than just the familiar European and American histories, he considers the recent expansion of Protestant movements in Africa, China, India, and Latin America, emphasising the on-going and rapidly expanding story of Protestants worldwide. Noll examines the contributions from well-known figures including Martin Luther and John Calvin, along with many others, and explores why Protestant energies have flagged recently in the Western world yet expanded so dramatically elsewhere. Highlighting the key points of Protestant commonality including the message of Christian salvation, reliance on the Bible, and organization through personal initiative, he also explores the reasons for Protestantism's extraordinary diversity. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : John Witte, Jr,Frank S. Alexander
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139494113

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Christianity and Human Rights by John Witte, Jr,Frank S. Alexander Pdf

Combining Jewish, Greek, and Roman teachings with the radical new teachings of Christ and St. Paul, Christianity helped to cultivate the cardinal ideas of dignity, equality, liberty and democracy that ground the modern human rights paradigm. Christianity also helped shape the law of public, private, penal, and procedural rights that anchor modern legal systems in the West and beyond. This collection of essays explores these Christian contributions to human rights through the perspectives of jurisprudence, theology, philosophy and history, and Christian contributions to the special rights claims of women, children, nature and the environment. The authors also address the church's own problems and failings with maintaining human rights ideals. With contributions from leading scholars, including a foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, this book provides an authoritative treatment of how Christianity shaped human rights in the past, and how Christianity and human rights continue to challenge each other in modern times.

Author : Pamela Slotte,John D. Haskell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108474559

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Christianity and International Law by Pamela Slotte,John D. Haskell Pdf

This volume offers a many-sided introduction to the theme of Christianity and international law. Using a historical and contemporary perspective, it will appeal to readers interested in key topics of international law and how they intersect with Christianity.

Author : Wim Decock,Jordan J. Ballor,Michael Germann,Laurent Waelkens,Günter Frank,Ute Lotz-Heumann,Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer,Johannes Schilling,Günther Wassilowsky,Siegrid Westphal,Tarald Rasmussen,Mathijs Lamberigts,Bruce Gordon,David M. Whitford
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647550749

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Law and Religion by Wim Decock,Jordan J. Ballor,Michael Germann,Laurent Waelkens,Günter Frank,Ute Lotz-Heumann,Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer,Johannes Schilling,Günther Wassilowsky,Siegrid Westphal,Tarald Rasmussen,Mathijs Lamberigts,Bruce Gordon,David M. Whitford Pdf

Wim Decockcollects contributions by internationally renowned experts in law, history and religion on the impact of the Reformations on law, jurisprudence and moral theology. The overall impression conveyed by the essays is that on the level of substantive doctrine (the legal teachings) there seems to be more continuity between Protestant and Catholic, or, for that matter, between medieval and early modern jurisprudence and theology than usually expected. As it is illustrated with regards to topics ranging from just war doctrine over business ethics to marriage law, at the very least there appears to have been an on-going conversation between jurists and theologians across the confessional divide. This does not prevent some contributions from highlighting that on the institutional level, for instance in university politics, radical tensions between Reformers and Counter-Reformers played a paramount role. This book also offers approaches to the relationship between Church(es) and State(s) in the early modern period and to the practical as well as doctrinal use of natural law in both Protestant and Catholic lands.

Author : Paul Christopher Johnson,Pamela E. Klassen,Winnifred Fallers Sullivan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226545615

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Ekklesia by Paul Christopher Johnson,Pamela E. Klassen,Winnifred Fallers Sullivan Pdf

Ekklesia: Three Inquiries in Church and State offers a New World rejoinder to the largely Europe-centered academic discourse on church and state. In contrast to what is often assumed, in the Americas the relationship between church and state has not been one of freedom or separation but one of unstable and adaptable collusion. Ekklesia sees in the settler states of North and South America alternative patterns of conjoined religious and political power, patterns resulting from the undertow of other gods, other peoples, and other claims to sovereignty. These local challenges have led to a continuously contested attempt to realize a church-minded state, a state-minded church, and the systems that develop in their concert. The shifting borders of their separation and the episodic conjoining of church and state took new forms in both theory and practice. The first of a closely linked trio of essays is by Paul Johnson, and offers a new interpretation of the Brazilian community gathered at Canudos and its massacre in 1896–97, carried out as a joint churchstate mission and spectacle. In the second essay, Pamela Klassen argues that the colonial churchstate relationship of Canada came into being through local and national practices that emerged as Indigenous nations responded to and resisted becoming “possessions” of colonial British America. Finally, Winnifred Sullivan’s essay begins with reflection on the increased effort within the United States to ban Bibles and scriptural references from death penalty courtrooms and jury rooms; she follows with a consideration of the political theological pressure thereby placed on the jury that decides between life and death. Through these three inquiries, Ekklesia takes up the familiar topos of “church and state” in order to render it strange.

Author : Branson L. Parler
Publisher : MennoMedia, Inc.
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780836197495

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Things Hold Together by Branson L. Parler Pdf

As an Anabaptist, John Howard Yoder is often depicted as Christ-centered in his theology but with a creation-deficient approach to culture. In this clearly reasoned study, Branson Parler argues that Yoder advocates a trinitarian theology of culture that upholds the continuity between God’s work in creation and in redemption. For Yoder, Jesus’ humanity makes him directly relevant to culture while Jesus’ divinity connects him directly to creation. Yoder’s writings, says Parler, affirm that Jesus restores and re-establishes the politics of creation. In Things Hold Together, Parler joins a growing number of writers from outside Anabaptist or Mennonite traditions who are finding resonance with Yoder, one of the leading theologians of the twentieth century. “Interpreters who dismiss Yoder’s call to discipleship find comfort in suggesting he lacked a doctrine of creation or in finding him to be at best a heterodox theologian. Parler takes the ground away from such critics. His book sets the bar for any future reception of Yoder's theology.”—D. Stephen Long, author of Speaking of God: Theology, Truth and Language "Things Hold Together helps us see that John Howard Yoder was from first to last a trinitarian thinker. Parler therefore provides an illuminating context for interpreting Yoder's critique of H. Richard Niebuhr." —Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe professor of theological ethics, Duke University