1st Edition
Law, Liberty and Church Authority and Justice in the Major Churches in England
By Gordon Arthur
Copyright 2006
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
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Law, Liberty and Church examines the presuppositions that underlie authority in the five largest Churches in England - the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, the Methodist Church, the United Reformed Church and the Baptist Union. Examining what has influenced their development, and how the patterns of authority that exist today have evolved, Gordon Arthur explores the contributions of... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Authority in the New Testament; Authority in the major English churches; Justice in the Bible, Roman law and Greek philosophy; Roman canon law, power and justice; English canon law since the Reformation; Liberty, democracy and individualism; Do the Free Churches also have canon law?; Where now?; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Dr Gordon Arthur holds a B.Sc. in Physics (Birmingham), an M.A. in Philosophy of Religion and a Ph.D. in Theology (both from King's College, London). This is his first book
’... Arthur has produced a fine work of comparative religious law within an interdisciplinary framework. It is also to be hoped that other academics will follow this innovative example and contribute to the growing literature on religious law.’ Ecclesiastical law Journal ’... offers a unique insight into the churches’ legal systems.’ One in Christ
