Capital punishment and Roman Catholic moral tradition / E. Christian Brugger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brugger, E. Christian (Eugene Christian), 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Capital punishment.

Capital punishment--Moral and ethical aspects.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book traces the doctrinal path the Church has taken to its present position as the world's largest and most outspoken opponent of capital punishment.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface to the Second Edition (2014)""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: SORTING OUT THE ISSUES""; ""Chapter 1: The Present Teaching of the Magisterium""; ""Chapter 2: The Justification of Punishment""; ""Part II: THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH'S TEACHING""; ""Chapter 3: The Death Penalty and Scripture""; ""Chapter 4: The Patristic Consensus""; ""Chapter 5: The Medieval Testimony""; ""Chapter 6: Sixteenth Century to the Present""; ""Part III: RETHINKING THE CHURCH'S TRADITIONAL NOTION OF JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE""

""Chapter 7: Capital Punishment and the Development of Doctrine""""Chapter 8: Toward an Ethical Judgment that Capital Punishment Is Intrinsically Wrong""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Authors""; ""Index of Subjects""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780268075972

0268075972

OCLC:

891121403