Doing Justice to Mercy : Religion, Law, and Criminal Justice.

Doing Justice to Mercy : Religion, Law, and Criminal Justice.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rothchild, Jonathan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University of Virginia Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Religion and justice.
Mercy.
Religion and law.
Mercy
Religion and justice
Religion and law
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Table of Contents:
  • Case studies in justice and mercy
  • Race and class: Race, class, and the development of criminal justice policy / Marc Mauer
  • Domestic violence: Complicity or justice and mercy? sexual violence challenges, the criminal justice system, and the churches / Lois Gehr Livezey
  • Death penalty: Echoes of grace : from the prison to the state house / Ernie Lewis
  • Sentencing: Recapturing the good, not merely measuring harms : rehabilitation, restoration, and the federal sentencing guidelines / Jonathan Rothchild
  • Law and society: A place for mercy / Albert W. Alschuler
  • International law: Why international law matters in God's world / David Scheffer
  • Critical response to David Scheffer / David Little
  • Approaches to justice and mercy
  • Scriptural approaches: Samaritan justice : a theology of "mercy" and "neighborhood" / Matthew Myer Boulton
  • Political theology approaches: The way of the cross as theatric of counterterror / Mark Lewis Taylor
  • Critical response to Mark Lewis Taylor / Sarah Coakley
  • Theological ethics approaches: Criminal justice and responsible mercy / William Schweiker
  • Phenomenological approaches: Fallibility and fragility : a reflection on justice and mercy / Kevin Jung
  • Social ethics approaches: Justice and mercy : the relation of societal norms and empathic feeling / Peter J. Paris
  • Historical theology approaches: Criminal justice and the law of love : reflections on the public theology of Reinhold Niebuhr / W. Clark Gilpin
  • Critical response to W. Clark Gilpin / William C. Placher
  • Postscript / William Schweiker.

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