Religion, law, and democracy : selected writings.
Böckenförde, Ernst-Wolfgang,author.
Künkler, Mirjam,1977-editor.
Stein, Tine,1965-editor.
Dunlap, Thomas,1959-translator.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Freedom in religion, freedom in the state : Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde on religion, law, and democracy / by Mirjam Künkler -- PART I : Catholic church and political order -- Böckenförde on the relation of the Catholic church and Christians to democracy and authoritarianism / by Mirjam Künkler and Tine Stein --  The ethos of modern democracy and the church [1957] -- German Catholicism in 1933 : a critical examination [1961] -- Types of Christian conduct in the world during the Nazi regime [1965/2004] -- Religious freedom between the conflicting demands of church and state [1964-79] -- PART II. State and secularity -- Böckenförde on the secular state and secular law / by Mirjam Künkler and Tine Stein -- The rise of the state as a process of secularization [1967] -- The fundamental right of freedom of conscience [1970 -- Remarks on the relationship between state and religion in Hegel [1982] -- The secularized state : its character, justification, and problems in the twenty-first century [2007] -- PART III. On the theology of law and political theory -- Böckenförde on the relationship between theology, law, and political theory / by Mirjam Künkler and Tine Stein -- Political theory and political theology : comments on their reciprocal relationship [1981] -- Reflections on a theology of modern secular law [1999] -- A Christian in the office of constitutional judge [1999] -- On the authority of papal encyclicals : the example of pronouncements on religious freedom [2006] -- PART IV. Basic norms and the principle of human dignity  -- Böckenförde on the right to life, human dignity, and its meta-positive foundations / by Mirjam Künkler and Tine Stein -- Abolition of section 218 of the criminal code? reflections on the current debate about the prohibition of abortion in German criminal law [1971] -- Human dignity as a normative principle : fundamental rights in the bioethics debate [2003] -- Will human dignity remain inviolable? [2004] -- PART V. Böckenförde in context -- Biographical interview with Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde [2011].
Translated from the German.
Religion and law.
Liberty.
Democracy.
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