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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814571003321

Autore

Brugger E. Christian (Eugene Christian), <1964->

Titolo

Capital punishment and Roman Catholic moral tradition / / E. Christian Brugger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Indiana : , : University of Notre Dame, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-268-07597-2

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Disciplina

241/.697

Soggetti

Capital punishment - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Capital punishment - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface to the Second Edition (2014)""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: SORTING OUT THE ISSUES""; ""Chapter 1: The Present Teaching of the Magisterium""; ""Chapter 2: The Justification of Punishment""; ""Part II: THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH'S TEACHING""; ""Chapter 3: The Death Penalty and Scripture""; ""Chapter 4: The Patristic Consensus""; ""Chapter 5: The Medieval Testimony""; ""Chapter 6: Sixteenth Century to the Present""; ""Part III: RETHINKING THE CHURCH'S TRADITIONAL NOTION OF JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE""

""Chapter 7: Capital Punishment and the Development of Doctrine""""Chapter 8: Toward an Ethical Judgment that Capital Punishment Is Intrinsically Wrong""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Authors""; ""Index of Subjects""