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Church and State

Lutheran Perspectives
  • ISBN-13: 9780800636043
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: AUGSBURG BOOKS
  • Edited by John R. Stumme, Edited by Robert W. Tuttle
  • Price: AUD $62.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 06/06/2003
  • Format: Paperback (279.00mm X 229.00mm) 232 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Religion & beliefs [HR]
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In an age marked by controversy over public support of religious schools, federal encouragement of religious providers of social services, and sexuality education, the whole arena of church-state relations appears in flux. In this volume, seven experts probe the meaning of religion in public life for Christians when the "Protestant establishment" has given way to pervasive religious pluralism and a growing secularism. Working specifically out of Lutheran traditions, the authors probe the deeper legal, moral, and religious questions at issue in the current debate. They not only rethink classical sources about law and gospel and two-kingdoms theory but also resurrect neglected resources for Christian civil resistance. They then look to contemporary developments and show how functional interaction of church and state is compatible with their strong institutional separation. Finally, three chapters probe the most hotly contested First Amendment questions: religious liberty, education, and land use.
John R. Stumme is Director of Studies for the Division for Church in Society, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Robert W. Tuttle is Associate Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School.
Contributors Preface PART I: THE TRADITION REVISITED The Confessional Basis of Lutheran Thinking on Church-State Issues Toward a Lutheran "Delight in the Law of the Lord": Church and State in the Context of Civil Society A Lutheran Tradition on Church and State Promoting the General Welfare: Lutheran Social Ministry PART II: THE LEGAL CONTEXTS OF CHURCH-STATE INTERACTION Religious Liberty: A Constitutional Quest We Must Spare No Diligence: The State and Childhood Education Love Thy Neighbor: Churches and Land Use RegulationAppendix: Major Religion Decision, 1940-2000 Notes Index of Cases Index of Names and Subjects
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