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Capital Punishment and Roman Catholic Moral Tradition, Second Edition

Capital Punishment and Roman Catholic Moral Tradition, Second Edition

Brugger, E. Christian

Paperback

PhilosophyCatholicismGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 0268022410
ISBN13: 9780268022419
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: Sep 15 2014
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Why is the Catholic Church against the death penalty? This second edition of Brugger's classic work Capital Punishment and Roman Catholic Moral Tradition traces the doctrinal path the Church has taken over the centuries to its present position as the world's largest and most outspoken opponent of capital punishment. The pontificate of John Paul II marked a watershed in Catholic thinking. The pope taught that the death penalty is and can only be rightly assessed as a form of self-defense. But what does this mean? What are its implications for the Church's traditional retribution-based model of lethal punishment? How does it square with what the Church has historically taught? Brugger argues that the implications of this historic turn have yet to be fully understood.

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