Faith and Law : how religious traditions from Calvinism to Islam view American law / edited by Robert F. Cochran, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cochran, Robert F., Jr., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and law--United States.

Religion and law.

Christianity and law.

United States--Religion.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The relationship between religion and the law is a hot-button topic in America, with the courts, Congress, journalists, and others engaging in animated debates on what influence, if any, the former should have on the latter. Many of these discussions are dominated by the legal perspective, which views religion as a threat to the law; it is rare to hear how various religions in America view American law, even though most religions have distinct views on law.In Faith and Law, legal scholars from sixteen different religious traditions contend that religious discourse has an important function in the making, practice, and adjudication of American law, not least because our laws rest upon a framework of religious values. The book includes faiths that have traditionally had an impact on American law, as well as new immigrant faiths that are likely to have a growing influence. Each contributor describes how his or her tradition views law and addresses one legal issue from that perspective. Topics include abortion, gay rights, euthanasia, immigrant rights, and blasphemy and free speech.

Contents:

Augustine and law / Elizabeth Mensch

Neo-Calvinism and science : a Christian perspective on Post-Daubert law/science relations / David S. Caudill

A Lutheran perspective on legal ethics / Robert W. Tuttle

Anabaptist law schools / Thomas L. Shaffer and John Howard Yoder

Toleration and dogmatism : the contribution of Baptists to law / Timothy L. Hall

Evangelicals, law, and abortion / Robert F. Cochran, Jr.

"Go down, moses!": law through the eyes of the African-American religious tradition / Anthony V. Baker

Reason, freedom, and apocalyptic vision : Churches of Christ and the practice and teaching of law / Thomas G. Bost

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

Sovereign states? the state of the question from a Catholic perspective / Patrick Brennan

Catholic social thought and immigration / Jose Roberto Juarez, Jr

Self-incrimination in Jewish law, with application to the American legal system / Samuel L. Levine

Reform Judaism / Betzelem Ehlohim, and gay rights / Ellen P. Aprill

A Hindu perspective on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide / Kisor K. Chakrabarti

Interdependence and victim compensation : views from Buddhist Tibet and post-9/11 USA / Rebecca R. French

Enhancing democracy, respecting religion : a dialogue on Islamic values and freedom of speech / Anver M. Emon.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814772928

0814772927

9780814716984

0814716989

OCLC:

913695127