Description
Christianity and Constitutionalism offers innovative and thoughtful analyses of the relationship between religious thought and constitutional law. Part I features contributions from historians, recounting how the relationship between the Christian faith and fundamental ideas about law, justice, and government has evolved from era to era. Part II provides analyses from constitutional lawyers on the normative implications of Christianity for particular themes in constitutional law, including sovereignty, the rule of law, democracy, the separation of powers, human rights, conscience, and federalism. Part III rounds out the study with theologians focused on particular Christian doctrines, exploring their constructive and sometimes critical implications for constitutionalism. As a whole, Christianity and Constitutionalism breaks new ground by offering wide-ranging, interdisciplinary contributions to the study of the relationship between the Christian religion and constitutional law.
Table of Contents
AcknowledgementsContributorsContentsINTRODUCTION1 INTRODUCTION: Christianity and ConstitutionalismNicholas Aroney and Ian LeighPart I: The Historical Influence of Christianity2 OLD TESTAMENT: Torah and ConstitutionalismJonathan Burnside3 NEW TESTAMENT: "But our constitution is in heaven": New Testament sketches on the people of God between divine law and earthly rulersDorothea H. Bertschmann4 ANTIQUITY: Constantine and ConstitutionalismPeter Leithart5 PATRISTIC ERA: Augustine's Constitutionalism: Citizenship, Common Good, and ConsentMary Keys & Colleen Mitchell6 MIDDLE AGES: Canon Law Constitutionalism?Richard Helmholz7 REFORMATION: The Protestant Reformation of ConstitutionalismJohn Witte Jr.8 MODERNITY: Understanding Law and Constitutionalism in Modernity: The Critical Contribution of English Reformation Public TheologyJoan Lockwood O'DonovanPart II: Christian Perspectives on Constitutionalism9 SOVEREIGNTY: Dual, Plural and OneJoel Harrison10 RULE OF LAW: The Sacred Roots and Secular Shoots of the Supreme LawLi-ann Thio11 DEMOCRACY: Self-Government and the Kingdom of HeavenRichard Ekins12 SEPARATION OF POWERS: Biblical Foundations of the Separation of Powers and the Catalytical Judicial RoleCarlos Bernal13 RIGHTS: Christian Constitutional Rights?Julian Rivers14 FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE: Freedom of Conscience Assessing the Christian ContributionIan Leigh15 FEDERALISM: A Legal, Political and Religious ArchaeologyNicholas AroneyPART III: Christian Theology and Constitutionalism16 REVELATION: Scripture and CovenantDavid VanDrunen17 TRINITY: Against Leviathan: The Implications of Trinitarian Theology for ConstitutionalismDavid McIlroy18 JUSTICE: Justice the Constitution and the Purpose of the Political CommunityJonathan Chaplin19 CHRISTOLOGY: Christology and ConstitutionalismTracey Rowland20 NATURAL LAW: Natural Law and Natural Right RevisitedJohn Milbank21 SUBSIDIARITY: Origins and Contemporary AspectsIain T. Benson22 ESCHATOLOGY: The Greater Operation of LibertyDouglas Farrow
