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In this 'Dickensian century' of human rights, the world has cultivated the best of religious rights protections, but witnessed the worst of religious rights abuses. In this volume, Jimmy Carter, John T. Noonan, Jr., and a score of leading jurists assess critically and comparatively the religious rights laws and practices of the international community and of selected states in the Atlantic continents. This volume and its companion Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Religious Perspectives are products of an ongoing project on religion, human rights and democracy undertaken by the Law and Religion Program at Emory University.
Neste devocional diário, Timothy Keller e a esposa, Kathy, compartilham orientações e conselhos poderosos para um casamento saudável. Baseando-se em lições apresentadas em seu livro O significado do casamento (Vida Nova) e com reflexões inéditas, os autores oferecem aqui histórias, leituras bíblicas diárias e modelos de oração que nos ajudam a compreender melhor o propósito de Deus para questões como amor, sexo e casamento. Um livro inspirador para aqueles que desejam conhecer mais a Deus e viver o amor de forma mais profunda nesta vida.
Um manifesto pela lucidez no debate político brasileiro Ao alcançar quase um terço da população brasileira, os evangélicos têm hoje grande peso no cenário nacional. No Brasil polifônico, não é possível que a voz dos evangélicos deixe de ser considerada nas principais discussões da nação. Da mesma forma, esse grupo precisa saber ouvir vozes dissonantes, mas igualmente relevantes no contexto de uma sociedade plural. Em Brasil polifônico: Os evangélicos e as estruturas de poder, Davi Lago resgata os marcos civilizatórios da sociedade moderna e os princípios da teologia política, aplicando-os à complexa realidade brasileira. O autor apresenta as influências que a tradiçã...
Across four decades, John Witte, Jr. has advanced the study of law and religion by retrieving religious sources of law, renewing timeless teachings of religion for today, and reengaging with the difficult issues confronting society. Interdisciplinary, international, and interfaith in scope, Witte’s work has generated an enormous body of scholarship. This collection of essays by leading scholars examines his impact and maps new directions for future exploration.
This volume documents the Western historical arguments for monogamy over polygamy, from antiquity to the present.
An authoritative introduction to some of the main legal teachings of the Western Christian tradition.
European law, including both civil law and common law, has gone through several major phases of expansion in the world. European legal history thus also is a history of legal transplants and cultural borrowings, which national legal histories as products of nineteenth-century historicism have until recently largely left unconsidered. The Handbook of European Legal History supplies its readers with an overview of the different phases of European legal history in the light of today's state-of-the-art research, by offering cutting-edge views on research questions currently emerging in international discussions. The Handbook takes a broad approach to its subject matter both nationally and system...
Calvin's teachings spread rapidly throughout Western Europe shaping the law of early modern Protestant lands.
A comprehensive analysis of Christian influences on Western family law from the first century to the present day.
This volume examines the relationship between religion and human rights in seven major religious traditions, as well as key legal concepts, contemporary issues, and relationships among religion, state, and society in the areas of human rights and religious freedom.