John Witte Livres

Exploring the intricate relationships between faith, freedom, and family, this volume delves into their historical and legal significance within the Western tradition. It draws on foundational Hebrew and Greek texts, alongside contemporary legal developments, to examine themes such as authority, rights, marriage, and justice. John Witte provides a scholarly introduction to the intersection of law and religion, offering insights into the evolving discourse surrounding these critical societal issues.

Exploring the complexities of the U.S. income tax system, this book examines the implications of reform, particularly regarding the extensive network of over 200 tax expenditures, often referred to as loopholes. It highlights the significant revenue potentially lost due to these provisions and discusses the likelihood of meaningful changes to the current tax code. Through detailed analysis, the book sheds light on the challenges and opportunities for reforming tax policy in a way that could enhance fairness and efficiency.

Exploring the interconnectedness of faith, freedom, and family, this volume addresses the challenges these foundations face in contemporary society. It features contributions from legal and theological scholars who advocate for the role of faith in law and politics. The book traces the evolution of freedom in the West and counters critiques of modern rights, while emphasizing the enduring importance of family in both historical and modern contexts. With insights from the editors and interviews with the author, it also examines global challenges to these core values.

The book features a diverse group of politicians, clerics, and academics engaging in a critical discussion about Christianity's historical and future role in shaping democratic governance globally. It examines the intersection of religion and politics, offering insights into how Christian values can influence democratic principles and practices. This collection serves as an important resource for understanding contemporary debates surrounding faith and political systems.

This book traces the religious sources and dimensions of human rights and the complex interaction of human rights and religious freedom norms historically and today. It also answers various modern critics who see human rights as a betrayal of Christianity and religious freedom as a betrayal of human rights.

This volume addresses whether, how, and where laws (variously defined) teach values and shape moral character in late modern liberal societies. Each author recognizes the essential value of state law in fostering peace, security, health, education, charity, trade, democracy, constitutionalism, justice, and human rights, among many other moral goods. Each author also recognizes, however, the grave betrayals of law in supporting fascism, slavery, apartheid, genocide, persecution, violence, racism, and other forms of immorality and injustice. They thus call for state laws that set a basic civil morality of duty for society and for robust freedoms that protect private individuals and private groups to cultivate a higher morality of aspiration. With contributions by Rudiger Bittner, Brian Bix, Frank Brennan, Allen Calhoun, Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Kenneth John Crispin, Jean Bethke Elshtain, E. Allan Farnsworth, James E. Fleming, M. Cathleen Kaveny, Ute Mager, Linda C. McClain, Reid Mortensen, Patrick Parkinson, Thomas Pfeiffer, Robert Vosloo, Michael Welker, and John Witte, Jr.

"The family is humanity's oldest and most basic social institution, but today it is fragile, fractured, and fraught in many liberal lands. This volume gathers scholars from sociology, psychology, history, religion, ethics, law, and medicine from five continents to analyze the complex nature and place of the family in character formation and human flourishing. The chapters study the impact of catechesis, schooling, work, and discipline on the development of individual moral agency and responsibility. They document the critical roles of family love, trust, fidelity, and story-telling in shaping the moral character of all family members from infancy to old age. They describe effective strategies of resistance and resilience for family members who face abuse, divorce, death, chauvinism, racism, and homophobia. And several chapters challenge modern arguments and policies that aim to flatten if not abolish the marital family, even while they call for family law reforms. Contributions by Enola G. Aird, Helen Alvare, Robert N. Bellah, Margaret Jane Brining, Michael J. Broyde, Marcia Bunge, Stephen Carter, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Robyn Fivuush, Patrick Hornbeck, Andreas Kruse, Nadia Marais, Gordon Mikoski, Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Patrick Parkinson, Katja Patzel-Mattern, Sabina Pauen, Stephen G. Post, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, and Thomas Xutong Qu."

This book investigates the impact of education on the formation of character, moral education and the communication of values in late modern pluralistic societies. Scholars from four continents and many different academic fields are involved. While the basic framework for the contributions is informed by Christian traditions, the disciplines cover a significant range, including theology, education, psychology, literature, anthropology, law, and business. This makes for a rich variety of thematic concentrations and perspectives. Readers will quickly sense that the educational foundations and trajectories of any given country are pervasive and have a significant reach into the fabric and shape of the society and its values, making education a barometer of the well-being of a people and their culture. The result is a volume that will inform, stimulate and challenge our understanding of the role of education in contemporary societies.

Już około roku 1500 myśl kalwińska antycypowała idee, jakie miało wyartykułować później europejskie Oświecenie. Te idee rodziły się w warunkach kryzysu: ale to właśnie kryzys, konkretne wyzwania społeczne i rewolucje (a nie abstrakcyjne teorie) wyznaczają charakter nowoczesności. Po 1500 roku ewolucji podlegała także myśl Jana Kalwina, głównego bohatera książki Johna Witte’a. Dzieła Reformacji dokonały dalsze procesy i zjawiska o mniej lub bardziej globalnej sile rażenia, takie jak Oświecenie, Rewolucja Francuska, Rewolucja Amerykańska, konstytucjonalizm, federalizm czy pluralizm religijny. W niektórych kulturach procesy te jeszcze się nie zakończyły; gdzie indziej z kolei pojawia się ponowna ich potrzeba w obliczu nowych, nieznanych dotąd wyzwań: kryzysu migracyjnego, zderzenia cywilizacji, wyczerpania się formuły integracji mniejszości o tendencjach fundamentalistycznych czy kryzysu legitymizacji. Książka Witte'go pozwala podjąć namysł nad jednym z najtrudniejszych pytań XXI wieku: jak dalej reformować prawa w świetle tych i wielu innych wyzwań? „Mamy przed sobą rozległe, głębokie, interdyscyplinarne studium z gatunku fundamentalnych. Prezentuje ono w sposób pełny i obrazowy burzliwy proces emancypacji prawa stanowionego względem prawa naturalnego, genezę praw człowieka w obrębie protestantyzmu i wreszcie kształtowanie się nowoczesnej (niezwykle dynamicznej) relacji pomiędzy tymi prawami”. prof. UAM dr hab. Ewa Nowak Informacja o Autorze: John Witte (ur. 1959), profesor prawa i dyrektor Centrum Studiów nad Prawem i Religią na Uniwersytecie w Atlancie. Światowej sławy ekspert w zakresie historii prawa, prawa małżeńskiego i wolności religijnej. Autor m.in. takich publikacji, jak God's joust, God's justice : law and religion in the Western tradition (2006), Religion and Human Rights: An Introduction (2011), No Establishment of Religion: America’s Original Contribution to Religious Liberty (2012).

Die lutherische Reformation als Fundament des modernen Rechtsdenkens - Ein wichtiges Buch für alle, die an der Geschichte der Theologie, des Rechts und der Reformation interessiert sind Die Reformation entfesselte einen ungeheuren und weit reichenden Wandel in Kirche und Gesellschaft. Insbesondere das Rechtsdenken veränderte sich im Zuge der Durchsetzung reformatorischer Ideen radikal: Befreit von den Fesseln der kanonisch-kirchlichen Vormundschaft entwickelte sich ein zunächst noch religiös imprägniertes, in Theorie und Zielsetzung aber zunehmend säkulares Rechtsdenken. John Witte entwirft in diesem Buch ein Panorama der lutherischen Reformation als eine zugleich theologische wie auch juristische Bewegung. Aus der doppelten Perspektive des Rechtsdenkens und der Theologiegeschichte zeigt er, wie diese Bewegung noch heute moderne Institutionen des öffentlichen und privaten Rechts sowie das Denken über Freiheit, Gleichheit und Würde beeinflussen. Witte untersucht die tiefgreifenden Veränderungen in der Rechtstheorie, der politischen Organisation der Gesellschaft, im Ehe- und Bildungsverständnis und im Sozialwesen, die durch die Reformation bewirkt wurden und die unsere Welt noch heute prägen. Ein wichtiges Buch für alle, die an der Geschichte der Theologie, des Rechts und der Reformation interessiert sind.