Christianity and the laws of conscience : an introduction
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Christianity and the laws of conscience : an introduction
（Cambridge studies in law and Christianity）
Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Conscience has long been a foundational theme in Christian ethics, but it is a notoriously slippery and contested term. This volume works to define conscience and reveal the similarities and differences between different Christian traditions' thinking on the subject. In a thorough and scholarly manner, the authors explore Christian theological, legal, constitutional, historical, and philosophical meanings of conscience. Covering a range of historical periods, major figures in the development of conscience, and contemporary applications, this book is a vital source for scholars from a wide variety of disciplines seeking to understand conscience from a range of perspectives.
Table of Contents
- Part I. Themes in Understandings of Conscience in Christianity: 1. New Testament on conscience Wendell Willis
- 2. Conscience and natural law in scripture David VanDrunen
- 3. Conscience in early Christian thought John Anthony McGuckin
- 4. Sensus Fidei, the magisterium, and the formation of conscience E. Christian Brugger
- Part II. Conscience According to Major Figures and Traditions: 5. Conscience in the early church fathers Alexis Torrance
- 6. St Thomas Aquinas on conscience Cajetan Cuddy, OP
- 7. Reforming the conscience: magisterial reformers on the theory and practice of conscience John L. Thompson
- 8. Toward a theology of a redeemed conscience Jeffrey B. Hammond
- 9. Pierre Bayle: an enlightened alternative to John Locke Edward Andrew
- 10. Freedom of conscience and its right to constitutional protection: the contribution of Roger Williams David Little
- 11. Jonathan Edwards on conscience Michael McClymond
- 12. Obeying God rather than men: uneasy evangelicals, conscience, and politics Micah Watson
- 13. Mormonism and conscience Rosalynde Welch and Nathan B. Oman
- 14. Culture and conscience in the thought of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI Peter J. Casarella
- Part III. Applied Topics in Law and Conscience: 15. Liberty of conscience, free exercise of religion, and the U.S. constitution Nathan S. Chapman
- 16. Religious conscience protections in American state constitutions Michael J. DeBoer
- 17. Forced conformity or accommodation? How to reconcile conscience and difference in a pluralistic democracy Mark Rienzi
- 18. Christian conscience and sexual expression rights Helen M. Alvare
- 19. Conscience and war Joseph Capizzi
- 20. Institutional conscience, corporate persons, and Hobby Lobby Christopher Tollefsen
- 21. Religion, conscience, and the law: reasons, bases, and limits for exemptions R. Kent Greenawalt
- Index.
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