Church Law in Modernity
Toward a Theory of Canon Law between Nature and Culture
Seiten
2019
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-48325-4 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-48325-4 (ISBN)
This book discusses natural law as a traditional but highly contested source of canon law. In doing so it marks a contribution to the heated debates on natural law in general and on the foundation of law, both secular or religious, in legal studies, philosophy, and ethics.
Natural law has long been considered the traditional source of Roman Catholic canon law. However, new scholarship is critical of this approach as it portrays the Catholic Church as static, ahistorical, and insensitive to cultural change. In its attempt to stem the massive loss of effectiveness being experienced by canon law, the church has to reconsider its theory of legal foundation, especially its natural law theory. Church Law in Modernity analyses the criticism levelled at the church and puts forward solutions for reconciling church law with modernity by revealing the historical and cultural authenticity of all law, and revising the processes of law making. In a modern church, there is no way of thinking of the law without the participation of the faithful in legislation. Judith Hahn therefore proposes a reformed legislative process for the church in the hope of reconciling the natural law origins of church law with a new, modern theology.
Natural law has long been considered the traditional source of Roman Catholic canon law. However, new scholarship is critical of this approach as it portrays the Catholic Church as static, ahistorical, and insensitive to cultural change. In its attempt to stem the massive loss of effectiveness being experienced by canon law, the church has to reconsider its theory of legal foundation, especially its natural law theory. Church Law in Modernity analyses the criticism levelled at the church and puts forward solutions for reconciling church law with modernity by revealing the historical and cultural authenticity of all law, and revising the processes of law making. In a modern church, there is no way of thinking of the law without the participation of the faithful in legislation. Judith Hahn therefore proposes a reformed legislative process for the church in the hope of reconciling the natural law origins of church law with a new, modern theology.
Judith Hahn is a Catholic theologian and Professor of Canon Law at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany. In 2015 and 2016, she was a Fellow at the Käte Hamburger Center 'Law as Culture', Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, and she has published extensively on legal theory, law and religion, and Church and State.
Introduction; 1. Nature as a source of validity for religious law; 2. Questions from a canonist's point of view; 3. Canon law between nature and culture; 4. Consequences for developing the law; 5. Conclusion.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.04.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Law and Christianity |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 157 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 536 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum |
| Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Kirchenrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-48325-9 / 1108483259 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-48325-4 / 9781108483254 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
und was sie über die Kirche verraten
Buch | Hardcover (2024)
C.H.Beck (Verlag)
CHF 36,40
