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The teachings of modern Christianity on law, politics, and human nature
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The teachings of modern Christianity on law, politics, and human nature

Author: John Witte; Frank S Alexander
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2006.
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This is a major project to be undertaken as part of a broad intiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts and the University of Notre Dame on the role of Christianity in modern society. John Witte is one of  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Witte; Frank S Alexander
ISBN: 0231137184 9780231137188 0231133588 9780231133586 023113360X 9780231133609
OCLC Number: 59011528
Description: 2 v. ; 24 cm.
Contents: v. 1 --
Foreword / John T. Noonan Jr. --
Foreword / Martin E. Marty --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction / John Witte Jr. and Frank S. Alexander --
[pt.] 1. The Roman Catholic tradition --
1. Introduction to modern Catholicism / Russell Hittinger --
2. Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) / Russell Hittinger --
3. Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) / Patrick McKinley Brennen --
4. John Courtney Murray (1904-1967) / Angela C. Carmella --
5. Pope John XXIII (1881-1963) / Leslie Griffin --
6. Gustavo Gutiérrez (b. 1928) / Paul E. Sigmund --
7. Dorothy Day (1897-1980) / David Gregory --
8. Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) / Robert P. George and Gerard V. Bradley --
[pt]. 2. The protestant tradition --
9. Introduction to modern protestantism / Mark A. Noll --
10. Abraham Kuyper (1827-1920) / Nicholas P. Wolterstorff --
11. Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) / Mary D. Pellauer --
12. Karl Barth (1886-1968) / George Hunsinger --
13. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) / Milner Ball --
14. Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) / Davison M. Douglas --
15. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) / Timothy P. Jackson --
16. William Stringfellow (1928-1985) / Frank S. Alexander --
17. John Howard Yoder (1927-1997) / Duncan B. Forrester --
[pt]. 3. The Orthodox tradition --
18. Introduction to the modern Orthodox tradition / Paul Valliere --
19. Vladimir Soloviev (1853-1900) / Paul Valliere --
20. Nicholas Berdyaev (1874-1948) / Vigen Guroian --
21. Vladimir Nikolaievich Lossky (1903-1958) / Mikhail M. Kulakov --
22. Mother Maria Skobtsova (1891-1945) / Michael Plekon --
23. Dumitru Stăniloae (1903-1993) --
[pt]. 4. Afterwords --
24. Reflections on Christian jurisprudence and political philosophy / Kent Greenawalt --
25. An ecumenical Christian jurisprudence / Harold J. Berman --
List of contributors --
Index to Biblical citations --
General index. v. 2 --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
pt. 1. The Roman Catholic tradition --
1. Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) --
2. Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) --
3. John Courtney Murray (1904-1967) --
4. Pope John XXIII (1881-1963) --
5. Gustavo Gutiérrez (b. 1928) --
6. Dorothy Day (1897-1980) --
7. Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) --
pt. 2. The protestant tradition --
8. Abraham Kuyper (1827-1920) --
9. Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) --
10. Karl Barth (1886-1968) --
11. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) --
12. Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) --
13. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) --
14. William Stringfellow (1928-1985) --
15. John Howard Yoder (1927-1997) --
pt. 3. The Orthodox tradition --
16. Vladimir Soloviev (1853-1900) --
17. Nicholas Berdyaev (1874-1948) --
18. Vladimir Nikolaievich Lossky (1903-1958) --
19. Mother Maria Skobtsova (1891-1945) --
20. Dumitru Stăniloae (1903-1993) --
Contributors --
Copyright information --
Index.
Responsibility: edited by John Witte, Jr. and Frank S. Alexander.

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