TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lesnick,Howard
TI  - Religion in legal thought and practice 
SN  - 9780521134484 
AV  - K3280 .L47 2010
U1  - 205 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York 
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Ecclesiastical law
KW  - Religion and law
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 607-613) and indexes; [Pt.] I. Introduction -- [Pt.] II. Moral obligation and religious belief --  [Pt.] III. Religion and some contemporary moral controversies -- [Pt. IV. The interaction between religion and the secular law -- [Pt.] V. Responding to religious diversity -- [Pt.] VI. Religiously grounded moral decision-making in professional life
N2  - "This book examines moral issues in public and private life from a religious but not devotional perspective. Rather than seeking to prove that one belief system or moral stance is right, it undertakes to help readers more fully understand the effect of religious beliefs and practices on ways of conceiving and addressing moral questions, without having to accept or to reject any specific religious outlook. It shows how the similarities between religions and the differences within any one religion are more important than the reverse. The book asks, Where do moral imperatives come from, and how do the answers found in religion and law interact?, How does the fact that a moral norm is grounded in religion affect our thinking about it?, What is the significance of the differences (and similarities) between religious and secular sources of moral norms?"--Provided by publisher
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