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Ten Commandments

A Handbook of Religious, Legal and Social Issues

by Joseph P. Hester

  • Paperback
  • 291 pages
  • Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc
  • 17.6 x 25.3 x 1.7 cm

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The founders of the United States were well aware of religious differences in the new nation. Oppression had forced varied European religious groups to seek homes elsewhere, some in the new world of America. Governmental pressures toward conformity in religion had in the past led to corruption and civil strife. Thus, Congress made a dual assertion in its First Amendment to the Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." However, the ethical foundations of American society - and therefore its laws - intermingle with the moral codes of religions, including the Judeo-Christian Ten Commandments. This handbook helps bring understanding and meaning to the controversies that have arisen in present day society over the application of the Ten Commandments to public law and moral problems. Applications can be logical and legal, or can violate the separation of church and state called for in the First Amendment. Part One provides background on the Ten Commandments.It gives the various versions found in the Old Testament, and explains the non-Israelite influences on those versions (the Hammurabi Code, for example). The moral thinking of the ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Hebrew cultures is examined. The modern Jewish tradition is detailed, as well as the different interpretations placed on the Ten Commandments by Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans and other Protestants. Part Two focuses on the modern controversies, assessing the differing sides of each. Among the many controversies covered are government funding of faith-based charities, posting the Ten Commandments in public buildings, science versus religion in schools, prayer in public places, blue laws, stem cell research, cloning, euthanasia, capital punishment, abortion and war, racial profiling and covenant marriages.
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  • Author

    Joseph P. Hester

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Mcfarland & Co Inc

  • Published

    February 2006

  • Edition

    2nd Revised edition

  • Weight

    524g

  • Page Count

    291

  • Dimensions

    17.6 x 25.3 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780786426584

  • ISBN-10

    0786426586

  • Eden Code

    1157896

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