Civil Disobedience: Reflections on the Contribution of James Luther Adams

James Luther Adams was famous for his pioneering work in religion and public life, religion and society. His interests embraced economics, public policy, contemporary culture, civil liberties, and church law. His wide-ranging mind at times compellingly focused on issues in civil law as well. I say &...

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Autor principal: Konvitz, Milton R. 1908-2003 (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: Cambridge Univ. Press 1995
En: Journal of law and religion
Año: 1995, Volumen: 12, Número: 1, Páginas: 9-23
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Sumario:James Luther Adams was famous for his pioneering work in religion and public life, religion and society. His interests embraced economics, public policy, contemporary culture, civil liberties, and church law. His wide-ranging mind at times compellingly focused on issues in civil law as well. I say "compellingly" advisedly, for Adams was essentially a Protestant theologian who had a central concern with the work and influence of Luther, so it was natural and inevitable that his interest would flow from theology of law to the wider subject of law and religion.Adams' study of an issue was often characterized by certain intellectual qualities. He tried to include almost all aspects of the question; he was not satisfied, as courts at times are, with seeing only a single set of facts and answering a question that is limited only to the facts before him. He could see other sets of facts, and asked, what about them? This approach naturally forced him to look for an organizing principle, an all-embracing concept or set of concepts. First, then, he tried to be comprehensive in his examination; and secondly, he tried to be principled in his analysis and thinking.
ISSN:2163-3088
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1051605