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Christianity and Family Law: An Introduction

Christianity and Family Law: An Introduction

Name: Christianity and Family Law: An Introduction
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108401197
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Author: John Witte Jr.; Gary S. Hauk
ISBN: 9781108401197

Edited by John Witte Jr. · Gary S. Hauk

Cambridge University Press October 2017

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ISBN-13: 9781108401197
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: October 2017
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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.

Introduction John Witte Jr. and Gary S. Hauk

1. Moses, the Prophets, and the Rabbis Elliot N. Dorff

2. Jesus and St. Paul Gary S. Hauk

3. Emperor Constantine Judith Evans Grubbs

4. St. Augustine of Hippo David G. Hunter

5. St. John Chrysostom Vigen Guroian

6. Emperor Justinian Peter Sarris

7. Theodore Balsamon John McGuckin

8. Gratian Anders Winroth

9. Peter Lombard Giulio Silano

10. Popes Alexander III and Innocent III Charles Donahue

11. St. Thomas Aquinas Philip L. Reynolds

12. Martin Luther Steven Ozment and John Witte Jr.

13. John Calvin Barbara Pitkin

14. King Henry VIII Henry Ansgar Kelly

15. Thomas Sanchez Rafael Domingo

16. John Selden Jason P. Rosenblatt

17. Mary Wollstonecraft Eileen Hunt Botting

18. Abraham Kuyper James D. Bratt

19. Emil Brunner Don S. Browning and John Witte Jr.

20. Popes Leo XIII and Pius XI Russell Hittinger

21. Pope Paul VI Steven J. Pope

22. Pope John Paul II Robert P. George and Gerard V. Bradley

23. Paul Evdokimov Michael Plekon

24. Derrick Sherwin Bailey Mark D. Jordan

25. Jean Bethke Elshtain M. Christian Green.

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