Doing justice to mercy [[electronic resource] ] : religion, law, and criminal justice / / edited by Jonathan Rothchild, Matthew Myer Boulton and Kevin Jung

• Pubblicazione: Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 201/.764
• Soggetto topico: Religion and justice; Mercy; Religion and law
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RothchildJonathan BoultonMatthew Myer <1970-> JungKevin <1970->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-271) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Case studies in justice and mercy -- Race and class: Race, class, and the development of criminal justice policy / Marc Mauer -- Domestic violence: Complicity or justice and mercy? sexual violence challenges, the criminal justice system, and the churches / Lois Gehr Livezey -- Death penalty: Echoes of grace : from the prison to the state house / Ernie Lewis -- Sentencing: Recapturing the good, not merely measuring harms : rehabilitation, restoration, and the federal sentencing guidelines / Jonathan Rothchild -- Law and society: A place for mercy / Albert W. Alschuler -- International law: Why international law matters in God's world / David Scheffer -- Critical response to David Scheffer / David Little -- Approaches to justice and mercy -- Scriptural approaches: Samaritan justice : a theology of "mercy" and "neighborhood" / Matthew Myer Boulton -- Political theology approaches: The way of the cross as theatric of counterterror / Mark Lewis Taylor -- Critical response to Mark Lewis Taylor / Sarah Coakley -- Theological ethics approaches: Criminal justice and responsible mercy / William Schweiker -- Phenomenological approaches: Fallibility and fragility : a reflection on justice and mercy / Kevin Jung -- Social ethics approaches: Justice and mercy : the relation of societal norms and empathic feeling / Peter J. Paris -- Historical theology approaches: Criminal justice and the law of love : reflections on the public theology of Reinhold Niebuhr / W. Clark Gilpin -- Critical response to W. Clark Gilpin / William C. Placher -- Postscript / William Schweiker.
• Titolo autorizzato: Doing justice to mercy
• ISBN: 1-283-80596-0; 0-8139-3422-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462419303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)