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Christianity and the Laws of Conscience
An Introduction

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Jeffrey B. Hammond, Helen M. Alvare, Wendell Willis, David VanDrunen, John Anthony McGuckin, E. Christian Brugger, Alexis Torrance, Cajetan Cuddy, OP, John L. Thompson, Jeffrey B. Hammond, Edward Andrew, David Little, Michael McClymond, Micah Watson, Rosalynde Welch, Nathan B. Oman, Peter J. Casarella, Nathan S. Chapman, Michael J. DeBoer, Mark Rienzi, Helen M. Alvaré, Joseph Capizzi, Christopher Tollefsen, R. Kent Greenawalt
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  • Date Published: June 2021
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  • format: Hardback
  • isbn: 9781108835381

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  • Conscience has long been a foundational theme in Christian ethics, but it is a notoriously slippery and contested term. This volume works to define conscience and reveal the similarities and differences between different Christian traditions' thinking on the subject. In a thorough and scholarly manner, the authors explore Christian theological, legal, constitutional, historical, and philosophical meanings of conscience. Covering a range of historical periods, major figures in the development of conscience, and contemporary applications, this book is a vital source for scholars from a wide variety of disciplines seeking to understand conscience from a range of perspectives.

    • Allows readers to understand conscience from the perspective of various Christian denomination's and authoritative religious figures
    • Demonstrates how conscience is most likely to be applied in legal and constitutional settings, while also explaining the meaning of conscience in other disciplines
    • Argues the case for the importance of accommodations for religious and nonreligious conscience
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    'This engaging collection of beautifully written essays provides the reader with a broad array of topics relating to Christian understandings of conscience.' Angela C. Carmella, Journal of Church and State

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    • Date Published: June 2021
    • format: Hardback
    • isbn: 9781108835381
    • length: 450 pages
    • dimensions: 235 x 158 x 26 mm
    • weight: 0.83kg
    • availability: Available

  • Table of Contents

    Part I. Themes in Understandings of Conscience in Christianity:
    1. New Testament on conscience Wendell Willis
    2. Conscience and natural law in scripture David VanDrunen
    3. Conscience in early Christian thought John Anthony McGuckin
    4. Sensus Fidei, the magisterium, and the formation of conscience E. Christian Brugger
    Part II. Conscience According to Major Figures and Traditions:
    5. Conscience in the early church fathers Alexis Torrance
    6. St Thomas Aquinas on conscience Cajetan Cuddy, OP
    7. Reforming the conscience: magisterial reformers on the theory and practice of conscience John L. Thompson
    8. Toward a theology of a redeemed conscience Jeffrey B. Hammond
    9. Pierre Bayle: an enlightened alternative to John Locke Edward Andrew
    10. Freedom of conscience and its right to constitutional protection: the contribution of Roger Williams David Little
    11. Jonathan Edwards on conscience Michael McClymond
    12. Obeying God rather than men: uneasy evangelicals, conscience, and politics Micah Watson
    13. Mormonism and conscience Rosalynde Welch and Nathan B. Oman
    14. Culture and conscience in the thought of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI Peter J. Casarella
    Part III. Applied Topics in Law and Conscience:
    15. Liberty of conscience, free exercise of religion, and the U.S. constitution Nathan S. Chapman
    16. Religious conscience protections in American state constitutions Michael J. DeBoer
    17. Forced conformity or accommodation? How to reconcile conscience and difference in a pluralistic democracy Mark Rienzi
    18. Christian conscience and sexual expression rights Helen M. Alvaré
    19. Conscience and war Joseph Capizzi
    20. Institutional conscience, corporate persons, and Hobby Lobby Christopher Tollefsen
    21. Religion, conscience, and the law: reasons, bases, and limits for exemptions R. Kent Greenawalt
    Index.

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  • Editors

    Jeffrey B. Hammond, Faulkner University
    Jeffrey B. Hammond is Associate Professor of Law at Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University. He is also a Fellow of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. He writes in the fields of law and Christian theology, religion clauses, health law, and law and bioethics and teaches in the fields of constitutional law and health law.

    Helen M. Alvare, George Mason University, Virginia
    Helen M. Alvare is Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University. She has taught law and religion for 20 years and has published over 30 scholarly articles. Her previously published books include Putting Children's Interests First in U.S. Family Law and Policy (2017) and The Conscience of the Institution (2014).

    Contributors

    Jeffrey B. Hammond, Helen M. Alvare, Wendell Willis, David VanDrunen, John Anthony McGuckin, E. Christian Brugger, Alexis Torrance, Cajetan Cuddy, OP, John L. Thompson, Jeffrey B. Hammond, Edward Andrew, David Little, Michael McClymond, Micah Watson, Rosalynde Welch, Nathan B. Oman, Peter J. Casarella, Nathan S. Chapman, Michael J. DeBoer, Mark Rienzi, Helen M. Alvaré, Joseph Capizzi, Christopher Tollefsen, R. Kent Greenawalt

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