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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Autor principal: Megivern, James J. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY [u.a.] Paulist Press 1997
En:Año: 1997
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Disponibilidad en Tübingen:Disponible en Tübingen.
UB: KB 19 A 6744
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Palabras clave:
Capital punishment > History
Capital punishment > Moral and ethical aspects
Capital punishment > Religious aspects
Todesstrafe > Theologie
Todesstrafe > Theologie > Geschichte
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Sumario: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)
Notas:Literaturverz. S. 573 - 612
Descripción Física:XIII, 641 S.
ISBN:0809104873