Faith and law
Subtitle: how religious traditions from Calvinism to Islam view American law
By: edited by Robert F. Cochran, Jr
Contributors: Cochran, Robert F., 1951-
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780814716724; 9780814716731
Subjects: Religion and law -- United States; Christianity and law; United States -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Augustine and law / Elizabeth Mensch; title: Neo-Calvinism and science : a Christian perspective on Post-Daubert law/science relations / David S. Caudill; title: A Lutheran perspective on legal ethics / Robert W. Tuttle; title: Anabaptist law schools / Thomas L. Shaffer and John Howard Yoder; title: Toleration and dogmatism : the contribution of Baptists to law / Timothy L. Hall; title: Evangelicals, law, and abortion / Robert F. Cochran, Jr.; title: "Go down, moses!": law through the eyes of the African-American religious tradition / Anthony V. Baker; title: Reason, freedom, and apocalyptic vision : Churches of Christ and the practice and teaching of law / Thomas G. Bost; title: Footings of Mormon conceptions of law : vantage points for understanding constitutional law and the law of religious freedom / W. Cole Durham, Jr., Michael K. Young, and Brett G. Scharffs; title: Sovereign states? the state of the question from a Catholic perspective / Patrick Brennan; title: Catholic social thought and immigration / Jose Roberto Juarez, Jr; title: Self-incrimination in Jewish law, with application to the American legal system / Samuel L. Levine; title: Reform Judaism / Betzelem Ehlohim, and gay rights / Ellen P. Aprill; title: A Hindu perspective on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide / Kisor K. Chakrabarti; title: Interdependence and victim compensation : views from Buddhist Tibet and post-9/11 USA / Rebecca R. French; title: Enhancing democracy, respecting religion : a dialogue on Islamic values and freedom of speech / Anver M. Emon