| Professor of law John Witte, Jr., discusses a two-volume collection he co-edited with Frank S. Alexander, titled The Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature, which includes writings from Orthodox, Protestant, and Roman Catholic thinkers. He notes the role religion and theology play in the public discussion about how people live together in a society under constitutional law. While the two disciplines have not been welcomed to the discourse for most of the twentieth century, in recent decades such is not the case. Witte says Christianity has a rich variety of voices to contribute; his and Alexander's works demonstrate that reality. Witte also attends to how contemporary law reflects understandings about human nature. |
The Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature (Columbia University Press, 2005) |
