
Christianity and Law: An Introduction
by Edited by John Witte, Jr. , Frank S. AlexanderBuy New
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Table of Contents
List of illustrations | p. ix |
List of contributors | p. xii |
Preface | p. xiv |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Law and religion in Judaism | p. 33 |
Law in early Christianity | p. 53 |
Western canon law | p. 71 |
Natural law and natural rights | p. 89 |
Conscientious objection, civil disobedience, and resistance | p. 105 |
The Christian sources of general contract law | p. 125 |
Proof, procedure, and evidence | p. 143 |
Family law and Christian jurisprudence | p. 163 |
Poverty, charity, and social welfare | p. 185 |
Property and Christian theology | p. 205 |
Christian love and criminal punishment | p. 219 |
Christianity and human rights | p. 237 |
Religious liberty | p. 249 |
Modern church law | p. 271 |
Religious organizations and the state: the laws of ecclesiastical polity and the civil courts | p. 293 |
Christianity and the large-scale corporation | p. 311 |
Index to biblical texts | p. 329 |
General index | p. 333 |
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