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Patriarchal religion, sexuality, and gender a critique of new natural law
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Title
Patriarchal religion, sexuality, and gender [electronic resource] : a critique of new natural law / Nicholas Bamforth, David A.J. Richards.
ISBN
9780511464058
0511464053
9780511464799
0511464797
9780511550942
0511550944
9780521868631
0521868637
Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 403 pages)
Summary
This book examines the patriarchal nature of fundamental Christianity and offers a critique of the new natural lawyers' school of thought.
Other formats
Print version: Bamforth, Nicholas. Patriarchal religion, sexuality, and gender. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 02, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-391) and index.
Contents
New natural law in context
Criteria for evaluating new natural law
The architecture and reach of new natural law
Internal consistency (1): is new natural law secular?
Internal consistency (2): new natural law and Thomas Aquinas
Substantive appeal (1): what's wrong with homophobia and sexism?
Substantive appeal (2): new natural law, sexism, and homophobia
Moral absolutes and the possible fundamentalism of new natural law
New natural law and patriarchal religion
Concluding observations, and Christian alternatives to new natural law.
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