Francis J. Beckwith

Taking Rites Seriously

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a critical look at how courts, legal scholars, and the academic culture mischaracterize and misunderstand religious beliefs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9781107112728
• ISBN-10: 1107112729
• Artikelnr.: 42967554

Autorenporträt

Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy and Co-Director (with Trent Dougherty) of the Program in Philosophical Studies of Religion. He has held visiting faculty appointments at Princeton University and the University of Notre Dame and has published extensively on social ethics, applied ethics, legal philosophy, and the philosophy of religion. Named the 2007 Person of the Year by Inside the Vatican magazine, his most recent books include Politics for Christians: Statecraft As Soulcraft (2010) and Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case against Abortion Choice (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: faith seeking understanding; Part I. Reason and Motive: 2.
Fides, ratio et juris: how some courts and some legal theorists
misrepresent the rational status of religious beliefs; 3. Theological
exclusionary rule: the judicial misuse of religious motives; Part II.
Dignity and Personhood: 4. Dignity never been photographed: bioethics,
policy, and Steven Pinker's materialism; 5. Personhood, prenatal life, and
religious belief; Part III. Nature and Sex: 6. How to be an
anti-intelligent design advocate: science, religion, and the problem of
intelligent design; 7. Same-sex marriage and justificatory liberalism:
religious liberty, comprehensive doctrines, and public life; 8. Conclusion:
taking rites seriously.