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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Witte |
| ISBN: | 0521781329 9780521781329 0521012996 9780521012997 |
| OCLC Number: | 47894942 |
| Description: | xix, 337 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword / Martin E. Marty -- 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. |
| Responsibility: | John Witte, Jr. ; with a foreword by Martin E. Marty. |
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'This book breaks new ground ... succeeds in mastering the daunting task of tracing the link between law and theology in the Lutheran Reformation ... The task is accomplished with solid scholarship, presented in an engaging literary style.' Theology Today 'Reformation scholars of all kinds will find this a most stimulating and rewarding study, for which the author is to be thanked and congratulated.' The Journal of Ecclesiastical History '... carefully researched and illuminating volume ... for the general legal historian, and for those reflecting on how far religious conviction still finds an echo in modern law, Law and Protestantism renders impressive service.' Ecclesiastical Law Journal 'Undoubtedly the book by John Witte Junior is an extremely erudite and thorough analysis of the legal teachings of the Lutheran Reformation. I have learnt an enormous amount from reading it and highly recommend it to both lawyers and theologians who are interested in the Reformation and indeed thinking about the links between law and theology.' Evangelical Quarterly Read more...

