{"product_id":"religion-in-legal-thought-and-practice-paperback-9780521134484","title":"Religion in Legal Thought and Practice (Paperback) 9780521134484","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReligion in Legal Thought and Practice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines moral issues in public and private life from a religious but not devotional perspective.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHoward Lesnick (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521134484, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 29 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e644 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 3.3 cm, 1.1 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\r\r\n\r\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book examines moral issues in public and private life from a religious but not devotional perspective. Rather than seeking to prove that one belief system or moral stance is right, it undertakes to help readers more fully understand the effect of religious beliefs and practices on ways of conceiving and addressing moral questions, without having to accept or to reject any specific religious outlook. It shows how the similarities between religions and the differences within any one religion are more important than the reverse. The book asks • Where do moral imperatives come from, and how do the answers found in religion and law interact?  • How does the fact that a moral norm is grounded in religion affect our thinking about it? • What is the significance of the differences (and similarities) between religious and secular sources of moral norms?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Introduction: 1. Some opening prompts\u003cbr\u003e 2. Religion and the life of a lawyer\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Moral Obligation and Religious Belief: 3. What is the relation between the moral dimension of obligation and religious belief?\u003cbr\u003e 4. Does religious belief necessarily have moral content? Does religious belief have any necessary moral content?\u003cbr\u003e 5. What are the bases of resistance to religiously grounded morality?\u003cbr\u003e 6. Concepts of God, scripture, and revelation: the meanings of 'divine inspiration'\u003cbr\u003e 7. Modes of religiously grounded moral discernment\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Religion and Some Contemporary Moral Controversies: 8. Economic justice\u003cbr\u003e 9. Bioethical questions\u003cbr\u003e 10. Abortion\u003cbr\u003e 11. Homosexual sex\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Interaction Between Religion and the Secular Law: 12. 'Render unto Caesar': religion and (dis)obedience to law\u003cbr\u003e 13. Religiously grounded morality and the reach of public law\u003cbr\u003e 14. Capital punishment\u003cbr\u003e 15. War\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Responding to Religious Diversity: 16. Holding the truth, lightly: religion, truth, and pluralism\u003cbr\u003e 17. Jewish Christian understanding: transcending the legacy of history\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Religiously Grounded Moral Decision-Making in Professional Life: 18. Answering the call of faith in the practice of law.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Law \u0026amp; society [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Law \u0026amp; society\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Law%20\u0026amp;%20society%20%5BLAQ%5D%22\"\u003eLAQ\u003c\/a\u003e], Jurisprudence \u0026amp; philosophy of law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Jurisprudence \u0026amp; philosophy of law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Jurisprudence%20\u0026amp;%20philosophy%20of%20law%20%5BLAB%5D%22\"\u003eLAB\u003c\/a\u003e], Aspects of religion [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Aspects of religion\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Aspects%20of%20religion%20%5Bnon-Christian%5D%20%5BHRL%5D%22\"\u003enon-Christian HRL\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy of religion [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of religion\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20religion%20%5BHRAB%5D%22\"\u003eHRAB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006586736920,"sku":"9780521134484","price":59.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521134484i_234e0d48-5f67-4419-b274-6cb9bd728fae.jpg?v=1691372188","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/religion-in-legal-thought-and-practice-paperback-9780521134484","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}