The law of God : the philosophical history of an idea / Remi Brague ; translated by Lydia G. Cochrane.
By: Brague, Remi
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BookPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2007Description: xi, 365 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780226070780 (cloth : alk. paper); 0226070786 (cloth : alk. paper).Uniform titles: Loi de Dieu. English Subject(s): Religion and law -- History | Law (Theology) | Christianity | Islam | JudaismOnline resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due |
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General Shelf | English | BL 65 L33 B813 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available |
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| BL 65 H78 H918 The Islamic tradition / | BL 65 I55 R382 Religion, international relations and development cooperation / | BL 65 J87 R382 Religion seeking justice and peace / | BL 65 L33 B813 The law of God : | BL 65 N35 M295 Many heavens, one earth : | BL 65 N35 N264 Religion & the order of nature / | BL 65 N35 T238 Dark green religion : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-354) and index.
Introduction -- Origins -- Prehistory -- The Greek idea of divine law -- Historical conditions of alliance -- The divine law -- The state and the law : ancient Israel -- The legislation of the sacred books -- Succession through time -- Mother religions and daughter religions -- The law as enforced -- Law and cities in the middle ages -- Judaism : a law without a state -- Christianity : a conflict of laws -- Islam : law rules -- Divine law in medieval thought -- The aims of the law : Islam -- The law as an end : Judaism -- The end of the law : Christianity -- Sans foi ni loi : neither faith nor law? -- The modern age : destruction of the idea of divine law -- Judaism and Islam in the modern age.
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