Law and Religion: The Legal Teachings of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations

Law and Religion: The Legal Teachings of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations
ISBN-10
3647550744
ISBN-13
9783647550749
Series
Law and Religion
Category
Religion
Pages
281
Language
English
Published
2014-09-17
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Authors
David M. Whitford, Bruce Gordon, Wim Decock

Description

Wim Decockcollects contributions by internationally renowned experts in law, history and religion on the impact of the Reformations on law, jurisprudence and moral theology. The overall impression conveyed by the essays is that on the level of substantive doctrine (the legal teachings) there seems to be more continuity between Protestant and Catholic, or, for that matter, between medieval and early modern jurisprudence and theology than usually expected. As it is illustrated with regards to topics ranging from just war doctrine over business ethics to marriage law, at the very least there appears to have been an on-going conversation between jurists and theologians across the confessional divide. This does not prevent some contributions from highlighting that on the institutional level, for instance in university politics, radical tensions between Reformers and Counter-Reformers played a paramount role. This book also offers approaches to the relationship between Church(es) and State(s) in the early modern period and to the practical as well as doctrinal use of natural law in both Protestant and Catholic lands.

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