The death penalty: an historical and theological survey

Includes information on the death penalty and early Christiantity; movement in the medieval church; The Waldensian "no" and the Thomastic "yes" (Peter Waldes, Alan of Lille, St. Thomas Aquinas, and John Duns Scotus); Renaissance and Reformation dilemmas (six Renaissance popes and...

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Main Author: Megivern, James J. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY [u.a.] Paulist Press 1997
In:Year: 1997
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 19 A 6744
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Keywords:
Capital punishment > History
Capital punishment > Moral and ethical aspects
Capital punishment > Religious aspects
Todesstrafe > Theologie
Todesstrafe > Theologie > Geschichte
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Summary:Includes information on the death penalty and early Christiantity; movement in the medieval church; The Waldensian "no" and the Thomastic "yes" (Peter Waldes, Alan of Lille, St. Thomas Aquinas, and John Duns Scotus); Renaissance and Reformation dilemmas (six Renaissance popes and the spiral of violence; popes of the Tridentine Reform and the death penalty; Roman executions after the Council of Trent); post-Tridentine troubles and tribulations; englightenment (religious and secular); from Vatican I to Vatican II; the American context; and the U.S. Catholic bishops' turnaround (Catholic anti-death penalty activities proliferate)
Item Description:Literaturverz. S. 573 - 612
Physical Description:XIII, 641 S.
ISBN:0809104873