TY  - BOOK
AU  - Megivern,James J.
TI  - The death penalty: an historical and theological survey 
SN  - 0809104873 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - K5104 .M44 1997
U1  - 241.09 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - Paulist Press
KW  - Capital punishment
KW  - History
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 573-612) and index; The death penalty and early Christianity -- Movement in the medieval church -- The Waldensian no and the Thomistic yes -- Renaissance and Reformation dilemmas -- Post-Tridentine troubles and tribulations -- Enlightenment: religious and secular -- From Vatican I to Vatican II -- The American context -- The U.S. Catholic bishops' turnaround -- Consolidating consistency (1984-1990) -- New setbacks and advances (1991-1996) -- Instead of a conclusion
N2  - Includes information on the death penalty and early Christiantity; movement in the medieval church; The Waldensian "no" and the Thomastic "yes" (Peter Waldes, Alan of Lille, St. Thomas Aquinas, and John Duns Scotus); Renaissance and Reformation dilemmas (six Renaissance popes and the spiral of violence; popes of the Tridentine Reform and the death penalty; Roman executions after the Council of Trent); post-Tridentine troubles and tribulations; englightenment (religious and secular); from Vatican I to Vatican II; the American context; and the U.S. Catholic bishops' turnaround (Catholic anti-death penalty activities proliferate)
ER  -