| Description |
viii, 128 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Concilium ; 120 : Moral theology |
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Concilium (Glen Rock, N.J.) ; 120.
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| Contents |
Torture as an illegal means of control / H. Radtke -- The country with the guillotine / F. Colcombet -- The death penalty: legislation and practice in Spain / A. Iniesta -- Death as a penalty in the United States of America / J.F. Bresnahan -- Capital punishment and torture in the tradition of the Catholic Church / F. Compagnoni -- Capital punishment in German Protestan theology / M. Honecker -- The death penalty and torture in the Jewish tradition / C. Thoma -- The death penalty and torture in Islamic thought / M. Arkoun -- The call for the death penalty / P. Viansson-Ponte -- Violence in the struggle against unjust structures / C.J. Pinto de Oliveira -- The problem of state violence / L. Basso -- Medical care of prisoners / A.M. Ruiz-Mateos Jimenez de Tejada -- The Church's position on the death penalty in Canada and the United States / T.G. Dailey. |
| Note |
"A Crossroad book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Capital punishment.
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Torture.
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Capital punishment -- Religious aspects.
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| Added Author |
Böckle, Franz.
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Pohier, Jacques Marie.
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| ISBN |
0816404100 |
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0816422001 paperback $4.95 |
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