Research Catalog

Title

Doing justice to mercy : religion, law, and criminal justice / edited by Jonathan Rothchild, Matthew Myer Boulton and Kevin Jung.

Publication

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rothchild, Jonathan.
• Boulton, Matthew Myer, 1970-
• Jung, Kevin, 1970-

Description

xi, 280 p.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Studies in religion and culture

Uniform Title

Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)

Subjects

• Mercy
• Religion and law
• Religion and justice

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-271) and index.

Contents

Case studies in justice and mercy -- Race and class: Race, class, and the development of criminal justice policy / Marc Mauer -- Domestic violence: Complicity or justice and mercy? sexual violence challenges, the criminal justice system, and the churches / Lois Gehr Livezey -- Death penalty: Echoes of grace : from the prison to the state house / Ernie Lewis -- Sentencing: Recapturing the good, not merely measuring harms : rehabilitation, restoration, and the federal sentencing guidelines / Jonathan Rothchild -- Law and society: A place for mercy / Albert W. Alschuler -- International law: Why international law matters in God's world / David Scheffer -- Critical response to David Scheffer / David Little -- Approaches to justice and mercy -- Scriptural approaches: Samaritan justice : a theology of "mercy" and "neighborhood" / Matthew Myer Boulton -- Political theology approaches: The way of the cross as theatric of counterterror / Mark Lewis Taylor -- Critical response to Mark Lewis Taylor / Sarah Coakley -- Theological ethics approaches: Criminal justice and responsible mercy / William Schweiker -- Phenomenological approaches: Fallibility and fragility : a reflection on justice and mercy / Kevin Jung -- Social ethics approaches: Justice and mercy : the relation of societal norms and empathic feeling / Peter J. Paris -- Historical theology approaches: Criminal justice and the law of love : reflections on the public theology of Reinhold Niebuhr / W. Clark Gilpin -- Critical response to W. Clark Gilpin / William C. Placher -- Postscript / William Schweiker.

Call Number

JFE 07-8093

ISBN

• 0813926424 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780813926421 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0813926432 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780813926438 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007008228

OCLC

85623644

Title

Doing justice to mercy : religion, law, and criminal justice / edited by Jonathan Rothchild, Matthew Myer Boulton and Kevin Jung.

Imprint

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.

Series

Studies in religion and culture

Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-271) and index.

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Table of contents only

Added Author

Rothchild, Jonathan.

Boulton, Matthew Myer, 1970-

Jung, Kevin, 1970-

Research Call Number

JFE 07-8093