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040			_aLVB _bfre _cTZ-ArACH
041			_aeng
049			_aTZAA
050	0	0	_aBR115.L28 _b.C487
245	0	0	_aChristianity and law : _ban introduction / _cedited by John Witte, Jr., Frank S. Alexander.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2008.
300			_axvi, 343 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aBibliogr.
505			_aWhat impact has Christianity had on the law from its beginnings to the present day? This introduction explores the main legal teachings of Western Christianity, set out in the texts and traditions of scripture and theology, philosophy and jurisprudence. It takes up the weightier matters of the law that Christianity has profoundly shaped - justice and mercy, rule and equity, discipline and love - as well as more technical topics of canon law, natural law, and state law. Some of these legal creations were wholly original to Christianity. Others were converted from Jewish and classical traditions. Still others were reformed by Renaissance humanists and Enlightenment philosophers. But whether original or reformed, these Christian teachings on law, politics and society have made and can continue to make fundamental contributions to modern law in the West and beyond.
650		6	_aChristianisme et droit. _91158
650		6	_aChristianisme et politique. _91159
650		6	_aSociologie religieuse _xChristianisme. _91160
650		6	_aChristianity and law _91161
650		6	_aChristianity and politics _91162
650		6	_aChristian sociology _91163
700	1		_aWitte, John, _d1959- _91164
700	1		_aAlexander, Frank S., _d1952- _91165
942			_2lcc _cBOOK
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