Doing justice to mercy
Subtitle: religion, law, and criminal justice
By: edited by Jonathan Rothchild, Matthew Myer Boulton, and Kevin Jung.
Contributors: Rothchild, Jonathan.; Boulton, Matthew Myer, 1970-; Jung, Kevin, 1970-
Series: Studies in religion and culture
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Charlottesville, VA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813926421; 9780813926438
Subjects: Religion and justice; Mercy; Religion and law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Case studies in justice and mercy; title: Race and class; title: Race, class, and the development of criminal justice policy / Marc Mauer; title: Domestic violence; title: Complicity or justice and mercy? : sexual violence challenges, the criminal justice system, and the churches / Lois Gehr Livezey; title: Death penalty; title: Echoes of grace : from the prison to the state house / Ernie Lewis; title: Sentencing; title: Recapturing the good, not merely measuring harms : rehabilitation, restoration, and the federal sentencing guidelines / Jonathan Rothchild; title: Law and society; title: A place for mercy / Albert W. Alschuler; title: International law; title: Why international law matters in God's world / David Scheffer; title: Critical response to David Scheffer / David Little; title: Approaches to justice and mercy; title: Scriptural approaches; title: Samaritan justice : a theology of "mercy" and "neighborhood" / Matthew Myer Boulton; title: Political theology approaches; title: The way of the cross as theatric of counterterror / Mark Lewis Taylor; title: Critical response to Mark Lewis Taylor / Sarah Coakley; title: Theological ethics approaches; title: Criminal justice and responsible mercy / William Schweiker; title: Phenomenological approaches; title: Fallibility and fragility : a reflection on justice and mercy / Kevin Jung; title: Social ethics approaches; title: Justice and mercy : the relation of societal norms and empathic feeling / Peter J. Paris; title: Historical theology approaches; title: Criminal justice and the law of love : reflections on the public theology of Reinhold Niebuhr / W. Clark Gilpin; title: Critical response to W. Clark Gilpin / William C. Placher; title: Postscript / William Schweiker.