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Film, Video From Gospel to Law: The Lutheran Reformation & its Impact on Law, Politics & Society

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Title

  • From Gospel to Law: The Lutheran Reformation & its Impact on Law, Politics & Society

Summary

  • Legal scholar John Witte Jr. discussed how the Protestant Reformation transformed not only theology and the church but also law and the state. Drawing on new biblical and classical learning, Protestant theologians and jurists brought sweeping changes to constitutional order, criminal law, family law, and the laws of education and social welfare. This lecture, offered in anticipation of the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's Reformation, explored the Reformation's enduring impact, for better or worse, on Western life, law and learning.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2015-11-05.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Literature
  • -  Religion
  • -  Law, Politics, Society, Religion, Biblical Learning, Classical Learning, Reformation, Protestant

Notes

  • -  Classification: Law.
  • -  Classification: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion.
  • -  Classification: Political Science.
  • -  John Witte Jr..
  • -  Recorded on 2015-11-05.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021689951

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. From Gospel to Law: The Lutheran Reformation & its Impact on Law, Politics & Society. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-05, 2015. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689951/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2015) From Gospel to Law: The Lutheran Reformation & its Impact on Law, Politics & Society. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-05. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689951/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. From Gospel to Law: The Lutheran Reformation & its Impact on Law, Politics & Society. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-05, 2015. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021689951/>.