Luther, Law, and Social Covenants: Cooperative Self-Obligation in the Reconstruction of Lutheran Social Ethics

The author argues that Luther's two-kingdoms doctrine rests upon a limited conception of law: "criminal" law, to use the terminology of British legal philosopher H. L. A. Hart. In contrast, "contract" law is the potent means through which networks of political, economic, and...

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Main Author: Herman, Stewart W. 1909-2006 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1997
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1997, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 257-275
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