LEADER 03592oam 2200505 450 001 9910798397303321 005 20190911103514.0 010 $a1-4674-4522-3 035 $a(OCoLC)947000882 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL8OHI 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000644289 100 $a20160208d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aOn secular governance $eLutheran perspectives on contemporary legal issues /$fedited by Ronald W. Duty and Marie A. Failinger 210 1$aGrand Rapids, Michigan :$cWilliam B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 366 pages) 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aBased in part on a conference held at Valparaiso University's Chicago location at the Lutheran School of Theology, on March 27-28, 2014. 311 $a0-8028-7228-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aNomos 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. Sa?nchez 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aLaw$zUnited States$xChristian influences$vCongresses 606 $aReligion and state$vCongresses 606 $aChurch and state$xLutheran Church$vCongresses 606 $aLutheran Church$xDoctrines$vCongresses 606 $aChurch and social problems$xLutheran Church$vCongresses 615 0$aLaw$xChristian influences 615 0$aReligion and state 615 0$aChurch and state$xLutheran Church 615 0$aLutheran Church$xDoctrines 615 0$aChurch and social problems$xLutheran Church 676 $a261.70973 702 $aDuty$b Ronald W.$f1945- 702 $aFailinger$b Marie A. 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798397303321 996 $aOn secular governance$93710833 997 $aUNINA