A comprehensive analysis of Christian influences on Western family law from the first century to the present day.

A comprehensive analysis of Christian influences on Western family law from the first century to the present day.

This book compares historical and modern natural law ideas across global Christian traditions and explores their use in church law.

The first systematic global study of how Christians respond to persecution, presenting new research by leading scholars of global Christianity.

In light of recent Supreme Court decisions, this book defends traditional religious protections under the First Amendment.

Biographical portraits of leading jurists and judges, assessing the influence of their Christianity on their contribution to Spanish law.

The migration movement of peoples across borders is a concern for many societies today. Millions of men, women, and children crossing borders without documents or overstaying visas are considered 'illegal aliens' under federal United States law. While the presence of these migrants runs against the law, many arrive in response to US demand for cheap labor and stay to contribute to community life. This book asks where migrants stand within God's world and how authorities can govern immigration with Christian ethics. The author tracks the emergence of the concept of the illegal alien in federal...

John Calvin's two kingdoms political thought offers a fresh paradigm for constructive Christian engagement in pluralistic liberal societies.

A robust defence of the essential place of stable marital families in modern liberal societies.

This book addresses key contemporary legal debates from the perspective of the central Christian ethical category of love, agape.