Pope Benedict XVI's legal thought a dialogue on the foundation of law

"Throughout Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's pontificate he spoke to a range of political, civil, academic, and other cultural authorities. These speeches reveal a striking sensitivity to the fundamental problems of law, justice, and democracy. He often presented a call for Christians to addre...

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Otros Autores: Cartabia, Marta, editor (editor), Simoncini, Andrea (Law professor), editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press 2015.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. A journey with Benedict XVI through the spirit of constitutionalism / Marta Cartabia and Andrea Simoncini
  • Part I. Law, Reason, and Religion
  • 2. Reality and transcendence: more than a religious issue / Armin von Bogdandy and Sergio Dellavalle
  • 3. Human dignity without God? Reflections on some relevant speeches of Benedict XVI / Rafael Domingo
  • 4. The windows of Benedict XVI: reason, revelation, and law / Wael Farouq
  • 5. The secular state, democracy, and natural law: Benedict XVI's address to the Bundestag from the perspective of legal ethics and democracy theory / Martin Rhonheimer
  • 6. From Regensburg to Berlin
  • holiness and reason: a reflection on Pope Benedict XVI's public lectures / J.H.H. Weiler
  • 7. To serve right and to fight wrong: why religion, human rights, and human dignity need each other / John Witte, Jr
  • Part II. Fundamental Rights and Freedom of Religion
  • 8. Faith and reason in the Regensburg address / Giuliano Amato
  • 9. Religious freedom in the political speeches of Pope Benedict XVI / Mary Ann Glendon
  • 10. Freedom of religion: the contribution of Benedict XVI to a universal guarantee from a European perspective / Christoph Grabenwarter
  • 11. Benedict's legacy: human rights, human dignity, and the possibility of dialogue / Christopher McCrudden
  • Part III. Democracy in a Society of Others
  • 12. Concerning the doctrine of democracy in Benedict XVI / Massimo Luciani
  • 13. Acting contrary to reason is contrary to God's nature / Andrés Ollero
  • 14. A listening heart: where democracy begins / Andrea Pin.