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 |
| Reviews: | Book Review: The Death Penalty. An Historical and Theological Survey. James J. Megivern. Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press, 1997. Pp. ix + 641. Price 29.95. ISBN 0-8091-0487-3 (1998) (O' Kane, James)
The Death Penalty: An Historical and Theological Survey. James J. Megivern (1999) (Thompson, Phillip M.) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Death penalty
/ Theology
/ History
B Death penalty / Theology |
| Further subjects: | B
Capital punishment History
B Capital punishment Moral and ethical aspects B Capital punishment Religious aspects |
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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 |