• Protestantism, Law and Legal Thought

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2002
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, History, Church history, Protestantism, Jurisprudence
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Separation of Church and State, Religious Freedom, Legal theory
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/xps2-aj82
    Abstract:
    This Article analyzes the distinct legal contributions of the Lutheran, Calvinist, Anglican, and Anabaptist traditions from the sixteenth century to the twentieth. All four Protestant movements triggered massive shifts of jurisdiction from the church to the state, and engineered striking legal reforms of marriage and family, education and schooling, charity and social welfare. Calvinist reformers made important contributions to theories and laws of democratic revolution, constitutional order, and rule of law. Anglican reformers developed important traditions of Parliamentary sovereignty and freedom of speech. Later Anabaptist and Evangelical reformers pressed hard for religious freedom, separation of church and state, the abolition of slavery, and the moral reform of public life.
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    Publisher:
    Blackwell Publishing
    Pub. Date:
    2002
    Book Title:
    The Blackwell Companion to Protestantism
    Author/Editor:
    A.E. McGrath and D.C. Marks
    Page Range:
    298 - 304
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    4 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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