Agape, Justice, and Law
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Agape, Justice, and Law

How Might Christian Love Shape Law?

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Agape, Justice, and Law

How Might Christian Love Shape Law?

About this book

In a provocative essay, philosopher Jeffrie G. Murphy asks: 'what would law be like if we organized it around the value of Christian love, and if we thought about and criticized law in terms of that value?'. This book brings together leading scholars from a variety of disciplines to address that question. Scholars have given surprisingly little attention to assessing how the central Christian ethical category of love - agape - might impact the way we understand law. This book aims to fill that gap by investigating the relationship between agape and law in Scripture, theology, and jurisprudence, as well as applying these insights to contemporary debates in criminal law, tort law, elder law, immigration law, corporate law, intellectual property, and international relations. At a time when the discourse between Christian and other world views is more likely to be filled with hate than love, the implications of agape for law are crucial.

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Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Reviews
  3. Half Title
  4. Series Page
  5. Title Page
  6. Imprints Page
  7. Dedication
  8. Contents
  9. Notes on Contributors
  10. Foreword
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. Introduction
  13. Part I: Biblical Foundations
  14. Part II: Modern Perspectives on Agape, Justice, and Law
  15. Part III: "What's Love Got to Do with It?" Applications of Agape to Law
  16. Afterword – Agape and Reframing
  17. General Index
  18. Scriptural Index