Book contents
- Reviews
- Agape, Justice, and LawHow Might Christian Love Shape Law?
- Law and Christianity
- Agape, Justice, and Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Biblical Foundations
- Part II Modern Perspectives on Agape, Justice, and Law
- 3 Agape, Humility, and Chaotic Good: The Challenge and Risk of Allowing Agape a Role in the Law
- 4 Javert and Jihad: Why Law Cannot Survive Without Love, and Vice Versa
- 5 Love, Justice, and Law
- 6 Justice Tempered by Forbearance: Why Christian Love Is an Improper Category to Apply to Civil Law
- Part III “What's Love Got to Do with It?”1 Applications of Agape to Law
- Afterword: Agape and Reframing
- General Index(for biblical citations, see Scriptural Index)
- Scriptural Index
6 - Justice Tempered by Forbearance: Why Christian Love Is an Improper Category to Apply to Civil Law
from Part II - Modern Perspectives on Agape, Justice, and Law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 July 2017
- Reviews
- Agape, Justice, and LawHow Might Christian Love Shape Law?
- Law and Christianity
- Agape, Justice, and Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Biblical Foundations
- Part II Modern Perspectives on Agape, Justice, and Law
- 3 Agape, Humility, and Chaotic Good: The Challenge and Risk of Allowing Agape a Role in the Law
- 4 Javert and Jihad: Why Law Cannot Survive Without Love, and Vice Versa
- 5 Love, Justice, and Law
- 6 Justice Tempered by Forbearance: Why Christian Love Is an Improper Category to Apply to Civil Law
- Part III “What's Love Got to Do with It?”1 Applications of Agape to Law
- Afterword: Agape and Reframing
- General Index(for biblical citations, see Scriptural Index)
- Scriptural Index
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- Agape, Justice, and LawHow Might Christian Love Shape Law?, pp. 125 - 148Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017