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• Introduction: Can we do without political theology?
• The mortal God
• The 'political' as the power of the negative
• The worldly God
• Politics as a "religious question"
• Political theology and populism
• Critique of economic theology
• Conclusions: The sense of what is missing

"This book addresses two main questions. Can political theology be overcome? And, is what today - in referring to neoliberalism and its genealogy - many define as "economic theology" truly an alternative to political theology, as Foucault has claimed and as Agamben does today? As a first step, the book addresses and clarifies various misunderstandings about the notion of political theology, in its multiple and even opposite meanings. It then focuses on a conceptualisation inaugurated by Carl Schmitt, which sees political theology as the eloquent matrix of modern politics: insofar as the latter produces and continuously re-elaborates an "excess" that does not belong to it, its core remains theological-political, although secularised. The bulk of the book then pursues a reading of the analogic connection between juridico-political concepts and theological-metaphysical concepts; arguing that, although the 'turn' to economic theology is indeed another form of political theology, it is a deeply anti-political one, which forecloses modes of resistance. The book will be of interest to scholars, researchers and advanced students in the fields of modern political and legal philosophy and those researching the crisis of its legacy. In particular, it is addressed to those who study the relationship between theology (and its substitutes, such as hegemony and political myth) and politics, power and law, legitimacy and legality, in the perspective of secularization. In addition, the book offers a contribution to contemporary critical studies on the neoliberal state and the return of the "state of exception" in democracies, as well as a questioning of the moralization of law, which is an effect of globalist ideology and the "humanitarian turn" after 1989"-- Provided by publisher

• Introduction / Zachary R. Calo, Joshua Neoh, and A. Keith Thompson
• John Calvin and the law of love / Constance Youngwon Lee
• "To heal the wounds of sinners" : law, love, and forgiveness / Zachary R. Calo
• Why secularism is no option for a Christian citizen : Augustine's analysis of love in the city / Renée Köhler-Ryan
• Why Lutheranism is no option for a meaningful jurisprudence of love / Augusto Zimmermann
• Law and love in monasticism / Joshua Neoh
• The law of love as principles of civility : secular translation or religious contribution? / Alex Deagon
• The loving sword : the implications of divine simplicity for civil law / Benjamin B. Saunders
• Aquinas on love, law, and happiness : the interconnection between divine law, human law, and rational love / Stefanus Hendrianto SJ
• From alterity to proximity : Emmanuel Levinas on the natural law of love / Jonathan Crowe
• "Proving contraries" : Joseph Smith on law and love / Donlu Thayer
• From coercion to covenant : what kind of higher law did Jesus have in mind? / A. Keith Thompson
• The forgiveness of love in charity : getting conversationally opened up / Patrick McKinley Brennan

"This book examines how Christian love can inform legal thought. The work introduces love as a way to advance the emergent conversation between constructive theology and jurisprudence that will also inform conversations in philosophy and political theory. Love is the central category for Christian ethical understanding. Yet, the growing field of law and religion, and relatedly law and theology, rarely address how love can shape our understanding of law. This reflects, in part, a common assumption that law and love stand in necessary tension. Love applies to the private and the personal. Law, by contrast, applies to the public and the political, realms governed by power. It is thus a mistake to envisage love as having anything but a negative relationship to law. This conclusion continues to govern Christian understandings of the meaning and vocation of law. The animating idea of this volume is that the concept of love can and should inform Christian legal thought. The project approaches this task from the perspective of both historical and constructive theology. Various contributions examine how such thinkers as Augustine, Aquinas, and Calvin utilised love in their legal thought. These essays highlight often neglected aspects of the Christian tradition. Other contributions examine Christian love in light of contemporary legal topics including civility, forgiveness, and secularism. Love, the book proposes, not only matters for law but can transform the terms on which Christians understand and engage it. The book will be of interest to academics and researchers working in the areas of legal theory; law and religion; law and philosophy; legal history; theology and religious studies; and political theory"-- Provided by publisher

• Introduction / Zachary R. Calo, Joshua Neoh, and A. Keith Thompson
• John Calvin and the law of love / Constance Youngwon Lee
• "To heal the wounds of sinners" : law, love, and forgiveness / Zachary R. Calo
• Why secularism is no option for a Christian citizen : Augustine's analysis of love in the city / Renée Köhler-Ryan
• Why Lutheranism is no option for a meaningful jurisprudence of love / Augusto Zimmermann
• Law and love in monasticism / Joshua Neoh
• The law of love as principles of civility : secular translation or religious contribution? / Alex Deagon
• The loving sword : the implications of divine simplicity for civil law / Benjamin B. Saunders-- Aquinas on love, law, and happiness : the interconnection between divine law, human law, and rational love / Stefanus Hendrianto SJ
• From alterity to proximity : Emmanuel Levinas on the natural law of love / Jonathan Crowe
• "Proving contraries" : Joseph Smith on law and love / Donlu Thayer
• From coercion to covenant : what kind of higher law did Jesus have in mind? / A. Keith Thompson
• The forgiveness of love in charity : getting conversationally opened up / Patrick McKinley Brennan

"This book examines how Christian love can inform legal thought. The work introduces love as a way to advance the emergent conversation between constructive theology and jurisprudence that will also inform conversations in philosophy and political theory. Love is the central category for Christian ethical understanding. Yet, the growing field of law and religion, and relatedly law and theology, rarely address how love can shape our understanding of law. This reflects, in part, a common assumption that law and love stand in necessary tension. Love applies to the private and the personal. Law, by contrast, applies to the public and the political, realms governed by power. It is thus a mistake to envisage love as having anything but a negative relationship to law. This conclusion continues to govern Christian understandings of the meaning and vocation of law. The animating idea of this volume is that the concept of love can and should inform Christian legal thought. The project approaches this task from the perspective of both historical and constructive theology. Various contributions examine how such thinkers as Augustine, Aquinas, and Calvin utilised love in their legal thought. These essays highlight often neglected aspects of the Christian tradition. Other contributions examine Christian love in light of contemporary legal topics including civility, forgiveness, and secularism. Love, the book proposes, not only matters for law but can transform the terms on which Christians understand and engage it. The book will be of interest to academics and researchers working in the areas of legal theory; law and religion; law and philosophy; legal history; theology and religious studies; and political theory"-- Provided by publisher

The Hebrew Bible formulates two sets of law: one for the Israelites and one for the gentile "residents" living in the Holy Land. Law Beyond Israel: From the Bible to the Qur'an argues that these biblical laws for non-Israelites form the historical basis of qur'anic law. This volume corroborates its central claim by assessing laws for gentiles in late antique Jewish and especially in Christian legal discourse, pointing to previously underappreciated legal continuity from the Hebrew Bible to the New Testament and from late antique Christianity to nascent Islam. This volume first sketches the legal obligations that the Hebrew Bible imposes on gentiles, on humanity more broadly and, more specifically, on the non-Israelite residents of the Holy Land. It then traces these laws through Second Temple Judaism to the early Jesus movement, illustrating how the biblical laws for residents inform those formulated in Acts of the Apostles. Building on this legal continuity, the study employs detailed historical and literary analyses of legal narratives in order to make three propositions. Firstly, rabbinic laws for gentiles, the so-called Noahide Laws, while offering a more lenient interpretation than the one we find in Acts, are equally based on the biblical laws for gentiles. Secondly, Christians generally appreciated and even expanded the gentile laws of Acts. Thirdly, the Qur'an reinvents Arabian religious practice by formulating its own distinctive approach to the biblical laws for gentiles, in close continuity with - and at times in critical distance from - late antique Jewish and especially Christian gentile law.
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• Preface Norman Doe
• 1. Natural law and Christianity: a brief history R. H. Helmholz
• 2. Natural law in the Roman Catholic tradition Helen Costigane
• 3. Natural law in the Orthodox tradition Paul Babie
• 4. Natural law in the Anglican tradition Will Adam
• 5. Natural law in the Lutheran tradition Antti Raunio
• 6. Natural law in the Methodist tradition John A. Harrod
• 7. Natural law in the Reformed tradition Mary Anne Plaatjies van Huffel
• 8. Natural law in the Baptist tradition Paul Goodliff
• 9. Natural law in the Ecumenical movement Leo J. Koffeman
• 10. Natural law in an interfaith context: the Abrahamic religions Norman Doe
• 11. Natural law and philosophical presuppositions Owen Anderson
• 12. Towards a jurisprudence of Christian law Russell Sandberg.
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Historically, natural law has played a pivotal role in Christian approaches to the law, and a contested role in legal philosophy generally. However, comparative study of natural law across global Christian traditions is largely neglected. This book provides not only the history of natural law ideas across mainstream Christian traditions worldwide, but also an ecumenical comparison of the contemporary natural law positions of different traditions. Its focus is not solely theoretical: it tests the practical utility of natural law by exploring its use in the legal systems of the churches studied. Alongside analysis of the assumptions underlying the concept, it also proposes a jurisprudence of Christian law itself. With chapters written by distinguished lawyers and theologians across the world, this book is designed for those studying and teaching law or theology, those who practice and study ecumenism, and those involved in the practice of church law.
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• Introduction Charles H. Parker and Gretchen Starr-LeBeau
• Part I. Institutional Contexts and Operations
• Section 1. Local Contexts and Regional Variations: 1. Consistories Raymond A. Mentzer
• 2. Inquisitions Christopher F. Black
• Section 2. Tribunals and Jurisdictions: 3. Consistories Margo Todd
• 4. Inquisitions Gretchen Starr-LeBeau and Kimberly Lynn
• 5. Consistories and civil authorities Sara Beam
• 6. Episcopal courts in Iberia, Italy, and Latin America Edward Behrend-Martinez
• 7. Church courts in England Martin Ingram
• Section 3. Judges and Shepherds: 8. Consistories William Naphy
• 9. Inquisitions Kimberly Lynn
• Section 4. Inquisition and Consistory Records: 10. Consistories Christian Grosse, translated by Charles Parker
• 11. Inquisitions Kim Siebenhuner, translated by Heidi Bek
• Part II. Consistories and Inquisitions in Action
• Section 5. Programs of Moral and Religious Reform: 12. Consistories Philippe Chareyre, translated by Charles H. Parker
• 13. Inquisitions Doris Moreno Martinez, translated by Gretchen Starr-LeBeau
• Section 6. Victims as Actors: 14. Consistories Timothy Fehler
• 15. Inquisitions Lu Ann Homza
• Section 7. Negotiating Penance: 16. Consistories Karen E. Spierling
• 17. Inquisitions John F. Chuchiak, IV
• Section 8. Gender on Trial: Attitudes toward Femininity and Masculinity: 18. Consistories Jeffrey Watt
• 19. Inquisitions Allyson M. Poska
• Part III. Ecclesiastical Discipline's Expanding Reach and Decline: Section 9. Disciplinary Institutions in the Atlantic World: 20. Consistories Mark Meuwese
• 21. Inquisitions Allyson Poska
• Section 10. Disciplinary Institutions in an Asian Environment: 22. Consistories Hendrik E. Niemeijer
• 23. Inquisitions Bruno Feitler
• Section 11. The Endgame: The Decline of Institutional Correction: 24. Consistories Jo Spaans
• 25. Inquisitions James E. Wadsworth
• Conclusion. Reformations of penance and scholarly renascences William Monter
• Index.
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Judging Faith, Punishing Sin breaks new ground by offering the first comparative treatment of Catholic inquisitions and Calvinist consistories, offering scholars a new framework for analysing religious reform and social discipline in the great Christian age of reformation. Global in scope, both institutions played critical roles in prosecuting deviance, implementing religious uniformity, and promoting moral discipline in the social upheaval of the Reformation. Rooted in local archives and addressing specific themes, the essays survey the state of scholarship and chart directions for future inquiry and, taken as a whole, demonstrate the unique convergence of penitential practice, legal innovation, church authority, and state power, and how these forces transformed Christianity. Bringing together leading scholars across four continents, this volume is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of religion in the early modern world. University students and scholars alike will appreciate its clear introduction to scholarly debates and cutting edge scholarship.
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• List of contributors
• Introduction / David C. Flatto and Benjamin Porat
• A. Sanctification and secularization
• 1. Desanctification of law and the problem of absolutes / Jeremy Waldron
• 2. The paradox of human rights discourse and the Jewish legal tradition / Suzanne Last Stone
• 3. Sovereign imaginaries : visualizing the sacred foundation of law's authority / Richard K. Sherwin
• B. Legal-religious language
• 4. Dat : from law to religion : the transformation of formative term in modern times / Abraham Melamed
• 5. Law as religion, religion as law : Halakhah from a semiotic point of view / Bernard S. Jackson
• 6. Canonicity as a defining feature of legal and religious discourse : a programmatic essay / Daniel Reifman
• C. Legal-theological roots
• 7. Exceptional grace : religion as the sovereign suspension of law / Robert A. Yelle
• 8. A bad man theory of religious law (Numbers 15:30-31 and its afterlife) / David C. Flatto
• 9. Soviet law and political religion / Dmytro Vovk
• 10. International law as evangelism / Kevin Crow
• D. Religious conceptions of law
• 11. "Enjoin them upon your children to keep" (Deuteronomy 32:46) : law as commandment and legacy, or, Robert Cover Meets Midrash / Steven D. Fraade
• 12. "Between man and God" and "between man and his fellow ": categories in polemical context / Itzhak Brand
• 13. Christian feasts and administration of Roman justice in Late Antiquity / Silvia Schiavo
• E. Law in formation : religious perspectives
• 14. Law as a problematic aspect of religion : Paul's skepticism in a broader Jewish context / Serge Ruzer
• 15. When law meets theology : legality and revelation in the Jewish, Islamic, and Zoroastrian traditions in the Abbasid period / Yishai Kiel

The conventional approach to law and religion assumes that these are competing domains, which raises questions about the freedom of, and from, religion; alternate commitments of religion and human rights; and respective jurisdictions of civil and religious courts. This volume moves beyond this competitive paradigm to consider law and religion as overlapping and interrelated frameworks that structure the social order, arguing that law and religion share similar properties and have a symbiotic relationship. Moreover, many legal systems exhibit religious characteristics, informing their notions of authority, precedent, rituals and canonical texts, and most religions invoke legal concepts or terminology. The contributors address this blurring of law and religion in the contexts of political theology, secularism, church-state conflicts, and the foundational idea of divine law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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• Chapter One: Approaches to Ancient Israel's Legal World Chapter Two: Icelandic Oral-Written Law Interlude: Gothic Law as Control Resume: Oral-Written Customary Law Chapter Three: Oral-Written Customary Law in Ancient Israel Chapter Four: Oral Law and Proverbs.
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This book presents a new window on the legal system of Ancient Israel. Building on the understanding that Israel was a society where writing was the medium for some forms of discourse but not others, where written texts were performed orally and rewritten from oral performances, Robert D. Miller II, OFS, examines law and jurisprudence in this oral-and-literate world. Using Iceland as an ethnographic analogy, Miller shows how law was practiced, performed, and transmitted; the way written artifacts of the law fit into oral performance and transmission; and the relationship of the detritus of law that survives in the Hebrew Bible, both Torah and Proverbs, to that earlier social world.
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• Preface
• List of abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1. The sources and purposes of ecclesiastical regulation
• 2. The faithful - the laity and lay ministry
• 3. The ordained ministers of the church
• 4. The institutions of ecclesiastical governance
• 5. Ecclesiastical discipline and conflict resolution
• 6. Doctrine and worship
• 7. The rites of passage
• 8. Ecumenical relations
• 9. Church property and finance
• 10. Church, state and society
• General conclusion
• Appendix: the principles of law common to Christian churches
• Bibliography
• Index.
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Christian Law: Contemporary Principles offers a detailed comparison of the laws of churches across ten distinct Christian traditions worldwide: Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist, Reformed, Presbyterian, United, Congregational and Baptist. From this comparison, Professor Doe proposes that all denominations of the faith share common principles in spite of their doctrinal divisions; and that these principles reveal a concept of 'Christian law' and contribute to a theological understanding of global Christian identity. Adopting a unique interdisciplinary approach, the book provides comprehensive coverage on the sources and purposes of church law, the faithful (lay and ordained), the institutions of church governance, discipline and dispute resolution, doctrine and worship, the rites of passage, ecumenism, property and finance, as well as church, State and society. This is an invaluable resource for lawyers and theologians who are engaged in ecumenical and interfaith dialogue, showing how dogmas may divide but laws link Christians across traditions.
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• Introduction / Helen M. Alvaré and Jeffrey B. Hammond
• Part I. Themes in understandings of conscience in Christianity
• Conscience in the New Testament / Wendell Willis
• Conscience and natural law in scripture / David VanDrunen
• Conscience in early Christian thought / John Anthony McGuckin
• Sensus fidei, the magisterium, and the formation of conscience / E. Christian Brugger
• Part II. Conscience according to major figures and traditions
• Conscience in the early church fathers / Alexis Torrance
• St. Thomas Aquinas on conscience / Cajetan Cuddy OP
• Reforming the conscience : magisterial reformers on the theory and practice of conscience / John L. Thompson
• Toward a theology of a redeemed conscience / Jeffrey B. Hammond
• Pierre Bayle : an enlightened alternative to John Locke / Edward Andrew
• Freedom of conscience and its right to constitutional protection : the contribution of Roger Williams / David Little
• Jonathan Edwards on conscience / Michael McClymond
• Obeying God rather than men : uneasy evangelicals, conscience, and politics / Micah Watson
• Mormonism and conscience / Rosalynde Welch and Nathan B. Oman
• Culture and conscience in the thought of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI / Peter J. Casarella
• Part III. Applied topics in law and conscience
• Liberty of conscience, free exercise of religion, and the US Constitution / Nathan S. Chapman
• Religious conscience protections in American state constitutions / Michael J. DeBoer
• Forced conformity or accommodation? : reconciling conscience and difference in a pluralistic democracy / Mark Rienzi
• Christian conscience and sexual expression rights / Helen M. Alvaré
• Conscience and the Roman Catholic "just war" tradition / Joseph E. Capizzi
• Institutional conscience, corporate persons, and Hobby Lobby / Christopher Tollefsen
• Religion, conscience, and the law : reasons, bases, and limits for exemptions / R. Kent Greenawalt

Conscience has long been a foundational theme in Christian ethics, but it is a notoriously slippery and contested term. This volume works to define conscience and reveal the similarities and differences between different Christian traditions' thinking on the subject. In a thorough and scholarly manner, the authors explore Christian theological, legal, constitutional, historical, and philosophical meanings of conscience. Covering a range of historical periods, major figures in the development of conscience, and contemporary applications, this book is a vital source for scholars from a wide variety of disciplines seeking to understand conscience from a range of perspectives.
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• Christianity and international law : an introduction / John D. Haskell and Pamela Slotte
• The Byzantine Commonwealth and the emerging features of a law of nations in the first millennium / Peter Petkoff
• Christianity and the birth of ambassadorial deontology : some historical notes / Tiziana Faitini and Dante Fedele
• Formation and refiguration of the canon law on trade with infidels (c.1200 - c.1600) / Stefan Stantchev
• God, sovereignty, and the morality of intervention outside Europe / David M. Lantigua
• The significance of Christian charity to international law / Jennifer L. Beard
• Hugo Grotius : on freedom of the seas and human nature / Roland Boer
• Ius gentium et naturae : the human conscience and early modern international law / Janne E. Nijman
• Legalizing antisemitism? : the legacy of Savigny's roman(tic) law / Reut Yael Paz
• Missionary knowledge and the empirical foundations of modern international legal thought / Jedidiah J. Kroncke
• Standards for a righteous and civilized world : religion and America's emergence as a global power / Andrew Preston
• International Protestantism and its changing religious freedoms / Udi Greenberg
• Beyond the freedom of worship : the contested meaning of religious freedom in international human rights law and politics, 1945-1967 / Linde Lindkvist
• Process theology and a pluralistic foundation for human rights / Mark C. Modak-Truran
• Christianity and human rights law : Orthodox perspectives / Elena Namli
• Conquest, sacred sites, and "religion" in a time of crisis / Nathaniel Berman
• Constantine's legacy : preserving empire while undermining international law / Craig B. Mousin
• Hopelessly practicing law : asylum seekers, advocates, and hostile jurisdictions / Silas W. Allard
• The hidden theology of international legal positivism / Akbar Rasulov

This cross-disciplinary collaboration offers historical and contemporary scholarship exploring the interface of Christianity and international law. Christianity and International Law aims to understand and move past arguments, narratives and tropes that commonly frame law-religion studies in global governance. Readers are introduced to a range of confessional and critical perspectives explicitly engaging a diverse range of methodological and theoretical orientations to rethink how we experience and find ourselves caught within the phenomena of Christianity and international law.
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• Notes on contributors
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Christianity and international law: an introduction John D. Haskell and Pamela Slotte
• 2. The Byzantine commonwealth and the emerging features of a law of nations in the first millennium Peter Petkoff
• 3. Christianity and the birth of ambassadorial deontology: some historical notes Tiziana Faitini and Dante Fedele
• 4. Formation and refiguration of the canon law on trade with infidels (ca. 1200-ca. 1600) Stefan Stantchev
• 5. God, sovereignty, and the morality of intervention outside Europe David M. Lantigua
• 6. The significance of Christian charity to international law Jennifer L. Beard
• 7. Hugo Grotius on freedom of the seas and human nature Roland Boer
• 8. Ius gentium et naturae: the human conscience and early modern international law Janne E. Nijman
• 9. Legalizing antisemitism? The legacy of Savigny's roman(tic) law Reut Yael Paz
• 10. Missionary knowledge and the empirical foundations of modern international legal thought Jedidiah J. Kroncke
• 11. Standards for a righteous and civilized world: religion and America's emergence as a global power Andrew Preston
• 12. International Protestantism and its changing religious freedoms Udi Greenberg
• 13. Beyond the freedom of worship: the contested meaning of religious freedom in international human rights law and politics, 1945-1967 Linde Lindkvist
• 14. Truran - process theology and a pluralistic foundation for human rights Mark C. Modak
• 15. Christianity and human rights law: orthodox perspectives Elena Namli
• 16. Conquest, sacred sites, and 'religion' in a time of crisis Nathaniel Berman
• 17. Constantine's legacy: preserving empire while undermining international law Craig Mousin
• 18. Hopelessly practicing law: asylum seekers, advocates, and hostile jurisdictions Silas W. Allard
• 19. The hidden theology of international legal positivism Akbar Rasulov
• Selected bibliography
• Index.
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This cross-disciplinary collaboration offers historical and contemporary scholarship exploring the interface of Christianity and international law. Christianity and International Law aims to understand and move past arguments, narratives and tropes that commonly frame law-religion studies in global governance. Readers are introduced to a range of confessional and critical perspectives explicitly engaging a diverse range of methodological and theoretical orientations to rethink how we experience and find ourselves caught within the phenomena of Christianity and international law.
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• Part I. Themes in Understandings of Conscience in Christianity: 1. New Testament on conscience Wendell Willis
• 2. Conscience and natural law in scripture David VanDrunen
• 3. Conscience in early Christian thought John Anthony McGuckin
• 4. Sensus Fidei, the magisterium, and the formation of conscience E. Christian Brugger
• Part II. Conscience According to Major Figures and Traditions: 5. Conscience in the early church fathers Alexis Torrance
• 6. St Thomas Aquinas on conscience Cajetan Cuddy, OP
• 7. Reforming the conscience: magisterial reformers on the theory and practice of conscience John L. Thompson
• 8. Toward a theology of a redeemed conscience Jeffrey B. Hammond
• 9. Pierre Bayle: an enlightened alternative to John Locke Edward Andrew
• 10. Freedom of conscience and its right to constitutional protection: the contribution of Roger Williams David Little
• 11. Jonathan Edwards on conscience Michael McClymond
• 12. Obeying God rather than men: uneasy evangelicals, conscience, and politics Micah Watson
• 13. Mormonism and conscience Rosalynde Welch and Nathan B. Oman
• 14. Culture and conscience in the thought of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI Peter J. Casarella
• Part III. Applied Topics in Law and Conscience: 15. Liberty of conscience, free exercise of religion, and the U.S. constitution Nathan S. Chapman
• 16. Religious conscience protections in American state constitutions Michael J. DeBoer
• 17. Forced conformity or accommodation? How to reconcile conscience and difference in a pluralistic democracy Mark Rienzi
• 18. Christian conscience and sexual expression rights Helen M. Alvare
• 19. Conscience and war Joseph Capizzi
• 20. Institutional conscience, corporate persons, and Hobby Lobby Christopher Tollefsen
• 21. Religion, conscience, and the law: reasons, bases, and limits for exemptions R. Kent Greenawalt
• Index.
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Conscience has long been a foundational theme in Christian ethics, but it is a notoriously slippery and contested term. This volume works to define conscience and reveal the similarities and differences between different Christian traditions' thinking on the subject. In a thorough and scholarly manner, the authors explore Christian theological, legal, constitutional, historical, and philosophical meanings of conscience. Covering a range of historical periods, major figures in the development of conscience, and contemporary applications, this book is a vital source for scholars from a wide variety of disciplines seeking to understand conscience from a range of perspectives.
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• Introduction / Susan Rutten and Benedicta Deogratias
• Private dispute mediation and arbitration in Sunni-Muslim communities in Germany : family conflicts and divorce / Mahmoud Jaraba
• Tying the knot : in between marital capacity and women empowerment in Lebanon and Israel / Pascale Fournier and Anne-Sophie Ouellet
• Women navigating their liberation from marital captivity / Edien Bartels and Oka Storms
• Protecting women against marital captivity : an analysis of insiders' perspectives on Muslim divorce in Belgium / Kim Lecoyer
• An old problem with a new name : marital captivity as a violation of the human rights of women / Rashida Manjoo and Rebecca Amy Gore
• The Istanbul Convention as a framework to combat forced marriage / Ineke Boerefijn
• Marital captivity & violence : a human rights perspective / Joseph Alagha
• States' intervention in Islamic and Jewish divorces : an interference with the freedom of religion? / Benedicta Deogratias
• Prenuptial agreements and state regulations as tools to avoid religious marital captivity : the Orthodox Jewish experience in America and related legal developments / Michael J. Broyde
• How to make a tort of marital captivity, the Israeli experience / Susan Weiss
• Dilemmas facing Muslims in the United Kingdom : marital captivity, unregistered marriages and UK sharia councils / Aina Khan OBE
• Religious divorce in a secularized legal context : the case of Sweden / Mosa Sayed
• Untying the religious knot : instruments to prevent or resolve marital captivity in the Netherlands / Pauline Kruiniger
• Concluding statement and recommendations resulting from the Maricap-Conference : marital captivity; divorce, religion and human rights

This collected edition by experts from all over the world, reflects a multidisciplinary approach to marital captivity and shows a multifaceted view of this widespread phenomenon. Marital captivity is a social and human rights problem that occurs within religions or religious communities worldwide. It is defined as a situation in which one or both spouses, but predominantly the wife, is unable to terminate a religious marriage, consequently trapping that spouse within the marriage against her or his will. As such it is a form of forced marriage and violence against women. Because of its severe social, legal, and economic implications, the phenomenon is approached from different perspectives: anthropological, sociological and legal. In thirteen chapters the book discusses the practice of marital captivity and human rights approaches, solutions and best practices to marital captivity. It is therefore a must-read for civil society, academics, legal practitioners such as solicitors, the judiciary, notaries and registrars, policy makers, and all other practitioners and NGO's concerned with family issues and violence against women.
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