John Witte

Law and Protestantism (eBook, PDF)

The Legal Teachings of the Lutheran Reformation

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Produktbeschreibung

The Lutheran Reformation of the early sixteenth century brought about immense and far-reaching change in the structures of both church and state, and in both religious and secular ideas. This book investigates the relationship between the law and religious ideology in Luther's Germany, showing how they developed in response to the momentum of Lutheran teachings and influence. Profound changes in the areas of education, politics and marriage were to have long-lasting effects on the Protestant world, inscribed in the legal systems inherited from that period. John Witte, Jr. argues that it is not enough to understand the Reformation either in theological or in legal terms alone but that a perspective is required which takes proper account of both. His book should be essential reading for scholars and students of church history, legal history, Reformation history, and in adjacent areas such as theology, ethics, the law, and history of ideas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511030765
• Artikelnr.: 56689915

Autorenporträt

John Witte Jr., JD (Harvard) is the Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law and Ethics and Director of the Law and Religion Program at Emory University. A specialist in legal history, jurisprudence, and church-state relations, he is author or editor of eleven books and numerous professional articles. Michael Bourdeaux, PhD (Lambeth), is founder and Director, Emeritus, of Keston Institute, Oxford, and Canon Emeritus of the Church of England. A specialist in Russian history and religion, and a long-time advocate for religious freedom in Communist lands, he has published seven books and numerous articles, and is a recipient of the prestigious Templeton Prize.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Martin E. Marty
Introduction
1. Canon law and civil law on the eve of the Reformation
2. Loving thine enemy's law: the evangelical conversion of Catholic canon law
3. A mighty fortress: Luther and the two-kingdoms framework
4. Perhaps jurists are good Christians after all: Lutheran theories of law, politics, and society
5. From gospel to law: the Lutheran reformation laws
6. The mother of all earthly laws: the reformation of marriage law
7. The civic seminary: the reformation of education law
Concluding reflections.