The Trial of Jesus in an Age of Trials

“Political trials and political prisoners accuse their society of being frozen in what is wrong. The legal system must take its course, but in and through the judicial process itself, trials raise the agonizing and ultimately insoluble conflict between man and his laws. The courtroom offers a platfo...

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Published in:Theology today
Main Author: O'Meara, Thomas F. 1935- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 1972
In: Theology today
Year: 1972, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 451-465
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Summary:“Political trials and political prisoners accuse their society of being frozen in what is wrong. The legal system must take its course, but in and through the judicial process itself, trials raise the agonizing and ultimately insoluble conflict between man and his laws. The courtroom offers a platform for critical and prophetic views and the deeper questions of whether law and court process are identical with what is good and true. The jurisprudential and the political are not enough; the movement struggles beyond to the 'theological.'”
ISSN:2044-2556
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/004057367202800405