03592oam 2200505 450 991079839730332120190911103514.01-4674-4522-3(OCoLC)947000882(MiFhGG)GVRL8OHI(EXLCZ)99371000000064428920160208d2016 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrOn secular governance Lutheran perspectives on contemporary legal issues /edited by Ronald W. Duty and Marie A. FailingerGrand Rapids, Michigan :William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,2016.1 online resource (xvi, 366 pages)Gale eBooksBased in part on a conference held at Valparaiso University's Chicago location at the Lutheran School of Theology, on March 27-28, 2014.0-8028-7228-X Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Nomos and narrative in civil law and theological ethics / W. Bradley Wendel -- Why religious freedom? / John R. Stumme -- African Americans and secular law : a paradoxical relationship / Richard J. Perry Jr. -- U.S. property law reconsidered in light of the Lutheran finitum capax infiniti / Mary Gaebler -- Law, grace, climate change, and water rights in the American Southwest / Ronald W. Duty -- A Lutheran feminist critique of American child protection laws : sins of sexual nature / Kirsi Stjerna -- Hiding in plain sight : Lutheran reflections on human trafficking / Wanda Deifelt -- Bearing so much similar fruit : Lutheran theology and comprehensive immigration reform / Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. -- God's uses of the law and the effort to establish a constitutional right to the means to live / Marie A. Failinger and Patrick R. Keifert -- Can Luther help modern lawyers understand fiduciary duty? / Susan R. Martyn -- The legal framework of Lutheran churches : a historical European perspective / Svend Andersen and Morten Kjaer -- Military chaplains and the law / James M. Childs Jr. -- The right to freedom of association : organizing in Rwanda after genocide / Victor Thasiah -- Disturbing unjust peace in Nigeria through the church and legal reforms : the contribution of Luther's critical public theology / Ibrahim Bitrus -- How should modern Lutherans try to shape secular law? / Robert Benne.This volume puts forth an unprecedented, distinctive Lutheran take on the intersection of law and religion in our society today. It gathers the collaborative reflections of legal and theological scholars on a range of subjects--women's issues, property law and the environment, immigration reform, human trafficking, church-state questions, and more--all addressed from uniquely Lutheran points of view.LawUnited StatesChristian influencesCongressesReligion and stateCongressesChurch and stateLutheran ChurchCongressesLutheran ChurchDoctrinesCongressesChurch and social problemsLutheran ChurchCongressesLawChristian influencesReligion and stateChurch and stateLutheran ChurchLutheran ChurchDoctrinesChurch and social problemsLutheran Church261.70973Duty Ronald W.1945-Failinger Marie A.MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910798397303321On secular governance3710833UNINA