Christianity and Family Law: An Introduction - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1108415342 ISBN 13 : 9781108415347

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2017

Synopsis

The Western tradition has always cherished the family as an essential foundation of a just and orderly society, and thus accorded it special legal and religious protection. Christianity embraced this teaching from the start, and many of the basics of Western family law were shaped by the Christian theologies of nature, sacrament, and covenant. This volume introduces readers to the enduring and evolving Christian norms and teachings on betrothals and weddings; marriage and divorce; women's and children's rights; marital property and inheritance; and human sexuality and intimate relationships. The chapters are authoritatively written but accessible to college and graduate students and scholars, as well as clergy and laity. While alert to the hot button issues of sexual liberty today, the contributing authors let the historical figures speak for themselves about what Christianity has and can contribute to the protection and guidance of our most intimate association.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

John Witte, Jr is Robert W. Woodruff University Professor, McDonald Distinguished Professor, and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University, Atlanta. He has published numerous articles and thirty books, including Law and Protestantism: The Legal Teachings of the Lutheran Reformation (Cambridge, 2002), The Reformation of Rights (Cambridge, 2007), Christianity and Law (Cambridge, 2008), The Sins of the Fathers (Cambridge, 2009), Christianity and Human Rights (Cambridge, 2010), and The Western Case for Monogamy over Polygamy (Cambridge, 2015).

Gary S. Hauk is University Historian and former Vice-President and Deputy to the President of Emory University, Atlanta. He is the author of A Legacy of Heart and Mind: Emory Since 1836 (1999) and editor of Where Courageous Inquiry Leads (2006), and has published numerous essays.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108415342
• ISBN 13: 9781108415347
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 486
• Éditeur: Witte Jr John, Hauk Gary S.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie