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Christianity and Global Law (Law and Religion) by Rafael Domingo; John Witte (Jr.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Christianity and Global Law (Law and Religion) about?

This book explores both historical and contemporary Christian sources and dimensions of global law and includes critical perspectives from various religious and philosophical traditions. Two dozen leading scholars discuss the constituent principles of this new global legal order historically, comparatively, and currently. The first part uses a historical-biographical approach to study a few of the major Christian architects of global law and transnational legal theory, from St. Paul to Jacques Maritain. The second part distills the deep Christian sources and dimensions of the main principles of global law, historically and today, separating out the distinct Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christian contributions as appropriate. Finally, the authors address a number of pressing global issues and challenges, where a Christian-informed legal perspective can and should have deep purchase and influence. The work makes no claim that Christianity is the only historical shaper of global law, nor that it should monopolize the theory and practice of global law today. But the book does insist that Christianity, as one of the world’s great religions, has deep norms and practices, ideas and

Who reads Christianity and Global Law (Law and Religion)?

Author

Rafael Domingo; John Witte (Jr.)

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781000039108

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, History, Political Science