Law and Liberation

Robert E. Rodes (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

270 Seiten

1986
University of Notre Dame Press (Verlag)
978-0-268-01279-3 (ISBN)

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According to Robert Rodes, liberation theology—with its concern for the individual's to respond to building God's kingdom; its demand that Christians align themselves with the oppressed and work to reform or dismantle unjust social structures; and its recognition of the Church as a sign of God's salvific and liberating purpose—gives to the pursuit of justice through law an eschatological significance independent of any immediate or predictable consequences. Rodes assigned new importance to laws that symbolize aspirations they cannot fully implement, and laws that confront destructive forces they cannot fully implement, and laws that confront destructive forces they cannot fully contain. He begins by briefly discussing the basic tenets of liberation theology and relates them to goals that traditional jurisprudence has assigned to law. In later chapters he develops agendas for ameliorating some of the major problems in contemporary American life, rootlessness, powerlessness. He addresses each in light of past perceptions, how a Christian should respond to them today, and how law can respond to them.

Robert E. Rodes, Jr., is Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School. His previous books include The Legal Enterprise, Ecclesiastical Administration in Medieval England, and Lay Authority and Feformation in the English Church.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.2.1987
Verlagsort	Notre Dame IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Kirchenrecht
ISBN-10	0-268-01279-2 / 0268012792
ISBN-13	978-0-268-01279-3 / 9780268012793
Zustand	Neuware