Why Religion? Towards a Critical Philosophy of Law, Peace and God

Part I: Peace Through Religion in Moral Philosophy and Natural Law.- Chapter 1 Jurisprudence is About Both Divine and Human Things.- Chapter 2 Domestic Peace as Social Justice.- Chapter 3 Philosophical and Theological Aspects in the Thought of Johannes Althusius.- Chapter 4 Living Well Together: Insights from a Philosopher, a Theologian and a Legal Scholar.- Part II: Secular Peace Through Universal Religions.-Chapter 5 A Theological Justification for Freedom of Religion and Belief as a Universal Right.- Chapter 6 Islam, Europe, and the Problem of Peace.- Chapter 7 Humanity as the Ground for Universal Human Rights in Islamic Law.- Part III: Peace and Religious Beliefs in International Jurisprudence.- Chapter 8 The Sollen as Otherwise than Being: Notes on Hermann Cohen, Hans Kelsen and Emmanuel Lévinas.- Chapter 9 From Rosa Luxemburg to Hersch Lauterpacht: An Ostjüdische Heritage in International Law?.- Chapter 10 Law, Secularism, and the Evolution of the 'Human' in International Legal Discourse and Global Governance.- Part IV: The Political/Religious Dimension of Dramatic Social Events.-    Chapter 11 Blake's Dialectical Theism.- Chapter 12 Some Remarks on "Adulthood" in Walter Benjamin's Experience and Poverty.- Chapter 13 The Dreyfus Affair and the Rise of Political Religion in France.