Christianity and Family Law: An Introduction

Family Law

Christianity and Family Law: An Introduction

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.

Table of Contents

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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