Church law in modernity: toward a theory of canon law between nature and culture
Discusses natural law as a traditional but highly contested source of canon law.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Cambridge University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Hahn, Judith, 1978-, Church law in modernity : toward a theory of canon law between nature and culture] (2022) (Hadley, John, 1966 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Law and Christianity
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Canon law
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| Further subjects: | B
Electronic books
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| Summary: | Discusses natural law as a traditional but highly contested source of canon law. Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Nature As a Source of Validity for Religious Law -- 1.1 Divine Law in the Abrahamic Religions -- 1.2 Landmarks of Catholic Natural Law -- 1.3 The Recent Foundation of Canon Law -- 2 Questions from a Canonist's Point of View -- 2.1 The Church in a Plural Society -- 2.2 Canon Law Positivism -- 2.3 The Participation of the People of God -- 2.4 Limits of Obedience and Compliance -- 2.5 Consequences -- 3 Canon Law between Nature and Culture -- 3.1 Leaving Natural Law Behind? -- 3.2 Universality, Historicity, Culturality -- 3.3 The Culturality of Global Canon Law -- 3.4 Canon Law between Unity and Plurality -- 4 Consequences for Developing the Law -- 4.1 The Legislation of the Global Church -- 4.2 The Local Reception of the Law -- 5 Conclusion -- 5.1 A Final Remark -- 5.2 Summing Up: Fifty Theses -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 1108694683 |