| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Christianity and Constitutionalism -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Christianity and Constitutionalism -- Part I -- 2. Old Testament: Torah and Constitutionalism -- 3. New Testament: "But our Constitution is in Heaven": New Testament Sketches on the People of God between Divine Law and Earthly Rulers -- 4. Antiquity: Constantine and Constitutionalism -- 5. Patristic Era: Augustine's Constitutionalism: Citizenship, Common Good, and Consent -- 6. Middle Ages: Canon Law Constitutionalism? -- 7. Reformation: The Protestant Reformation of Constitutionalism -- 8. Modernity: Understanding Law and Constitutionalism in Modernity: The Critical Contribution of English Reformation Public Theology -- Part II -- 9. Sovereignty: Dual, Plural, and One -- 10. Rule of Law: The Sacred Roots and Secular Shoots of the Supreme Law -- 11. Democracy: Self-​Government and the Kingdom of Heaven -- 12. Separation of Powers: The Biblical Foundations of the Separation of Powers and the Catalytic Judicial Role -- 13. Rights and Freedoms: Christian Constitutional Rights? -- 14. Religious Freedom: Freedom of Conscience: Assessing the Christian Contribution -- 15. Federalism: A Legal, Political, and Religious Archaeology -- Part III -- 16. Revelation: Scripture and Covenant -- 17. Trinity: Against Leviathan: The Implications of Trinitarian Theology for Constitutionalism -- 18. Justice: Constitutional Design and the Purpose of the Political Community -- 19. Christology: Christology and Constitutionalism -- 20. Natural Law: Natural Law and Natural Right Revisited -- 21. Subsidiarity: Origins and Contemporary Aspects -- 22. Eschatology: The Greater Operation of Liberty -- Index |
| Summary |
A groundbreaking new collection, 'Christianity and Constitutionalism' offers a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives on the relationship between Christian thought, history, and practice, and constitutional law and its related fields |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 30, 2022) |
| Subject |
Constitutional law -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Constitutional law -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Aroney, Nicholas, editor.
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Leigh, I. (Ian), editor.
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| ISBN |
9780197587270 |
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0197587275 |
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9780197587294 |
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0197587291 |
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