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Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith - Softcover

Beckwith, Francis J.

 
9781107533059: Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1107533058 ISBN 13: 9781107533059
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2016

Synopsis

This book is a critical look at how courts, legal scholars, and the academic culture mischaracterize and misunderstand religious beliefs.

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About the Author

Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy and Co-Director (with Trent Dougherty) of the Program in Philosophical Studies of Religion. He has held visiting faculty appointments at Princeton University and the University of Notre Dame and has published extensively on social ethics, applied ethics, legal philosophy, and the philosophy of religion. Named the 2007 Person of the Year by Inside the Vatican magazine, his most recent books include Politics for Christians: Statecraft As Soulcraft (2010) and Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case against Abortion Choice (2007).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107533058
ISBN 13 
9781107533059
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
240