Clashing Worldviews in the U.S. Supreme Court: Rehnquist vs. Blackmun

Author:   James Davids ,  Erik Gustafson ,  Sherena Arrington
Publisher:   Lexington Books
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9781498570619


Pages:   378
Publication Date:   19 October 2021
Format:   Paperback
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Clashing Worldviews in the U.S. Supreme Court: Rehnquist vs. Blackmun


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Contrasting two Protestant justices who hold distinctively different worldviews, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justice Harry A. Blackmun, this book explores how each came to hold his worldview, how each applied it in Supreme Court rulings, and how it led them to differing outcomes for liberty, equality, and justice. This clash of worldviews between Rehnquist, whose religious and philosophical influences were anchored in the Reformation, and Blackmun, whose Reformation theology was modified by Enlightenment philosophy, provide the context to examine the true nature of justice, liberty, and equality and to consider how such ideals can be maintained in a society with increasingly divergent worldviews.

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Author:   James Davids ,  Erik Gustafson ,  Sherena Arrington
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.80cm
Weight:   0.599kg
ISBN:  

9781498570619


ISBN 10:   1498570615
Pages:   378
Publication Date:   19 October 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Understanding Competing Worldviews in America Chapter 2: The Theological Background and Worldview of Justice Blackmun Chapter 3: Chief Justice William H: Rehnquist’s Theology, Philosophy, and Worldview Chapter 4: DeShaney in the Shadow of the Fourteenth Amendment Chapter 5: Zobrest: Aid to All Students, or Only Those Attending Public Schools? Chapter 6: Kaiser Aetna and the Conservative vs: Progressive Battle of Property Rights Chapter 7: Webster: Can a State Prohibit the Public Funding of Abortion? Chapter 8: Bowers: Is Homosexual Conduct Within the Liberties Protected by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause? Chapter 9: Two Differing Worldviews and Their Implications for Liberty, Equality, and Justice

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Jim Davids, Erik Gustafson, and Sherena Arrington have written an important book about how individual worldviews shape not only Supreme Court justices, but all of us. To their credit, these evangelical Protestants with an 'impulse toward orthodoxy' reached out to me, a mainline pastor with an 'impulse toward progressivism' to offer an endorsement. As I read their thoughtful analysis of how the jurisprudence of Rehnquist and Blackmun captures the essential divides in the Americans culture wars, I was also reminded that until we do the hard work of understanding and respecting one another, we are lost. -- Rev. Robin R. Meyers, professor emeritus, Oklahoma City University and author of Saving God from Religion: A Minister's Search for Faith in a Skeptical Age


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Jim Davids is a practicing attorney in Virginia and former professor of constitutional law. Erik Gustafson is adjunct professor at Lake Michigan College and senior pastor at Lake Michigan Christian Center. Sherena Arrington is a political and public policy consultant in Georgia.

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