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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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY [u.a.]
Paulist Press
1997
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In: | Year: 1997 |
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Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 19 A 6744 |
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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) |
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Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. 573 - 612 |
Physical Description: | XIII, 641 S. |
ISBN: | 0809104873 |