Medieval America: Cultural Influences of Christianity in the Law and Public Policy

by Paul H. Gates and Andrew M. Koch

Book Overview

Medieval America: Cultural Influences of Christianity in the Law and Public Policy offers a critique of the way in which Christian religious doctrine has influenced the domain of law and public policy in the United States. This is carried out through an examination of the religious components in current practices in education, the treatment of political symbols, crime and punishment, the human body, and democratic politics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739188100
• ISBN13: 9780739188101
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"