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  • The Rush for Black Diamonds, Volume One

    From John Locke to Thomas Jefferson—The Transatlantic Slave Trade to Chattel Slavery in the UK and the US

    by George Walters-Sleyon ...
    The Rush for Black Diamonds, Volume One is the first of two volumes. It explores the Transatlantic slave trade and its mutation into chattel slavery. Volume One focuses on the involvement of two prominent Enlightenment philosophers as the architects of the political, legal, economic, and philosophical justifications for the human trade in the United Kingdom and the United States: John Locke (1632 ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Legal Foundations of Religious Freedom

    Human Rights in the United States and Europe

    by John Witte Jr, Andrea Pin ...
    Series series Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government Series
    The Legal Foundations of Religious Freedom documents the essential interdependence of human rights and religious freedom in the West, from antiquity to the present.In The Legal Foundations of Religious Freedom, authors John Witte Jr. and Andrea Pin explore the Christian and secular origins of rights in the Western legal tradition and the complex interplay between human rights and religious freedom ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Law and the Bible

    Justice, Mercy and Legal Institutions

    Edited by Robert Franklin Cochran, David VanDrunen ...
    The Bible is full of law.Yet too often, Christians either pick and choose verses out of context to bolster existing positions, or assume that any moral judgment the Bible expresses should become the law of the land. Law and the Bible asks: What inspired light does the Bible shed on Christians? participation in contemporary legal systems? It concludes that more often than not the Bible overturns ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Uncivil Disobedience

    Theological Perspectives

    by David M. Gides, Nick Braune, Joan Braune, Joshua W. Carpenter, André Gagné, Ryan R. Gladwin, Jordan E. Miller, Anna Floerke Scheid, Matthew A. Shadle, Matthew J. Tuininga0, Candice Delmas1, Michael Laffin2, John Witte Jr.3 ...
    This book addresses the need for theological reflection on uncivil disobedience. Existing scholarship in theology and politics mostly treats church-state relations theoretically, with studies in non-violent resistance or civil disobedience, or in other ways largely assuming traditional forms of governance and means of protest—all while paying little to no attention to post-modern political ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Blessings of Liberty

    Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the Western Legal Tradition

    by John Witte, Jr. ...
    Series series Law and Christianity
    Leading legal scholar John Witte, Jr. explores the role religion played in the development of rights in the Western legal tradition and traces the complex interplay between human rights and religious freedom norms in modern domestic and international law. He examines how US courts are moving towards greater religious freedom, while recent decisions of the pan-European courts in Strasbourg and ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Law

    Edited by John Witte, Jr., Rafael Domingo ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    This volume tells the story of the interaction between Christianity and law-historically and today, in the traditional heartlands of Christianity and around the globe. Sixty new chapters by leading scholars provide authoritative and accessible accounts of foundational Christian teachings on law and legal thought over the past two millennia; the current interaction and contestation of law and ... Read more

    $175.49 USD

  • On Charity & Justice

    by Abraham Kuyper, Jordan Ballor, Melvin Flikkema ...
    Series series Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology
    Kuyper on a Theological Approach to JusticeIn this anthology of articles and reflections, Kuyper articulates a Christian vision for engaging with society. Though his analysis was intended for his late-nineteenth-century Dutch context, his thoughts remain strikingly relevant for Christians living in the modern world. For Kuyper, God's law preserved civil justice, making humane life possible. ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Christianity and Criminal Law

    Edited by Mark Hill QC, Norman Doe, RH Helmholz, John Witte, Jr. ...
    Series series Law and Religion
    This collection, by leading legal scholars, judges and practitioners, together with theologians and church historians, presents historical, theological, philosophical and legal perspectives on Christianity and criminal law.Following a Preface by Lord Judge, formerly Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, and an introductory chapter, the book is divided into four thematic sections. Part I ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Christianity and Global Law

    Edited by Rafael Domingo, John Witte, Jr. ...
    Series series Law and Religion
    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 ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment

    by John Witte, Jr., Joel A. Nichols ...
    This accessible introduction tells the American story of religious liberty from its colonial beginnings to the latest Supreme Court cases. The authors provide extensive analysis of the formation of the First Amendment religion clauses and the plausible original intent or understanding of the founders. They describe the enduring principles of American religious freedom--liberty of conscience, free ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Christianity and Family Law

    An Introduction

    Edited by Gary S. Hauk, John Witte, Jr ...
    Series series Law and Christianity
    The Western tradition has always cherished the family as an essential foundation of a just and orderly society, and thus accorded it special legal and religious protection. Christianity embraced this teaching from the start, and many of the basics of Western family law were shaped by the Christian theologies of nature, sacrament, and covenant. This volume introduces readers to the enduring and ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Sex, Marriage, and Family in World Religions

    Edited by Don Browning, M. Christian Green, John Witte Jr. ...
    Spanning thousands of years, this new collection brings together writings and teachings about sex, marriage, and family from the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian traditions. The volume includes traditional texts as well as contemporary materials showing how the religions have responded to the changing conditions and mores of modern life. It reveals the similarities and ... Read more

    $40.49 USD