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

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Cochran, Robert F., 1951-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xi, 299 p.

Table of 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.