Law and Protestantism: The Legal Teachings of the Lutheran Reformation

John Witte

Cambridge University Press, May 16, 2002 - Religion - 360 pages

The Lutheran Reformation of the early sixteenth century brought about immense and far-reaching change in the structures of church and state, and in religious and secular ideas. This book investigates the relationship between the law and religious ideology in Luther's Germany, showing how they developed in response to the momentum of Lutheran teachings and influence. John Witte, Jr. argues that it is not enough to understand the Reformation in either only theological or legal terms but that a perspective is required which takes proper account of both.

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Contents

• VIII: 33
• IX: 35
• X: 42
• XI: 46
• XII: 49
• XIII: 53
• XIV: 65
• XV: 70
• XVI: 83
• XVII: 87
• XVIII: 88
• XIX: 89
• XX: 94
• XXI: 97
• XXII: 99
• XXIII: 101
• XXIV: 105
• XXV: 115
• XXVI: 119
• XXVII: 121
• XXVIII: 140
• XXIX: 154
• XXX: 168
• XXXI: 177
• XXXII: 182
• XXXIII: 199
• XXXIV: 202
• XXXV: 214
• XXXVI: 232
• XXXVII: 252
• XXXVIII: 257
• XXXIX: 259
• XL: 262
• XLI: 277
• XLII: 290
• XLIII: 293
• XLIV: 295
• XLV: 298
• XLVI: 304
• XLVII: 331

About the author

John Witte, Jr. is the Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law and Ethics, Director of the Law and Religion Program, and Director of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion at Emory University, Atlanta. A specialist in legal history and religious liberty, he has published 100 professional articles, and 12 books, including Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective, 2 vols. (1996); From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition (1997); Proselytism and Orthodoxy in Russia (1999) and Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment (2000). Professor Witte's writings have appeared in German, French, Italian, Hebrew, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, and Romanian translations. He has lectured throughout North America, Western Europe, Israel, and South Africa.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Law and Protestantism: The Legal Teachings of the Lutheran Reformation
• Author: John Witte
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002
• ISBN: 0521012996, 9780521012997
• Length: 360 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Theology / General; Religion / Theology