Title Civil disobedience and political obligation; a study in Christian social ethics [by] James F. Childress.

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New Haven, Yale University Press, 1971.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	172.1 C536C	Check Shelf

Description	xv, 250 pages 21 cm
Series	Yale publications in religion, 16
	Yale publications in religion ; 16.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	I. The concept of civil disobedience -- Problems of definition -- The forms of civil disobedience -- Religious-moral and moral-political bases of disobedience -- Educative and coercive force -- Direct and indirect disobedience -- Legal and translegal appeals -- II. Bases of political obligation: natural law and the ends of the state -- Politics, ethics and theology -- Natural law -- Alternatives to natural law -- Christ transforming natural law: Paul Ramsey's political ethics -- Theology and the ends of the state -- III. Bases of political obligation: relations between citizens -- The Christian and the neighbor in the political order -- Political obligation in a constitutional democracy: the duty of fair play -- Unjust laws and policies in a relatively just system -- IV. The justification of civil disobedience -- Civil disobedience and moral justification -- Civil disobedience and the principle of fairness -- Forms and means of resistance -- Consequences: political change and the threat of disorder.
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Subject	Government, Resistance to -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
	Political ethics.
	Political obligation.
	Civil disobedience.
	Civil disobedience. (OCoLC)fst00862481
	Government, Resistance to -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. (OCoLC)fst00945675
	Political ethics. (OCoLC)fst01069286
	Political obligation. (OCoLC)fst01069376
	Christliche Ethik (DE-588)4069994-8
	Gehorsam (DE-588)4019782-7
	Gesellschaft (DE-588)4020588-5
	Politik (DE-588)4046514-7
	Theologie (DE-588)4059758-1
	Politieke filosofie.
	Politiek gedrag.
	Ongehoorzaamheid.
	Christliche Ethik.
	Gehorsam.
	Gesellschaft.
	Politik.
	Theologie.
Indexed Term	Civil disobedience
	Government, Resistance to Religious aspects Christianity
	Political ethics
	Political obligation
ISBN	0300014937
	9780300014938

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