Nelson Tebbe
Biographic Data
| ID | 236045 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nelson Tebbe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nelson |
| FAMILY NAME | Tebbe |
| SIGNATURE | TEBBE N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago Divinity School |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4608-007X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Politics of Proportionality
A Review of How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession With Rights Is Tearing America Apart. By Jamal Greene
Reasons and Religion
It is a privilege, and also a great pleasure, to receive these eight thoughtful reviews of Religious Freedom in an Egalitarian Age. Two themes seem to run through the reviews. First, there is curiosity about the role of reasons in the book’s method. Several reviewers wonder whether reason-giving can help to resolve tensions between traditional religion and civil rights law. Second, there is interest in the concept of religion that the book employ…
Witchcraft and Statecraft
96 Georgetown Law Journal 183 (2007)This Article addresses the prospects of liberal democracy in non-Western societies. It focuses on South Africa, one of the newest and most admired liberal democracies, and in particular on its efforts to recognize indigenous African traditions surrounding witchcraft and related occult practices. In 2004, Parliament passed a law that purports to regulate certain occult practitioners called traditional healers. T…
Inheritance and Disinheritance
Religion and the Politics of Sexuality
This chapter explains how congregations' leaders devise policies and practices to address the sexuality issues facing members and how they attempt to channel sexual identities, sexual behaviors, and relationships into religiously sanctioned expressions. It describes how clergy and lay leaders take into account local social forces such as the demographic makeup of particular neighborhoods and the sexual cultures of residents as they negotiate betw…
Religion and the Politics of Sexuality
Using data from open-ended interviews with religious leaders in three Chicago neighborhoods in combination with demographic and survey data for area residents, this article demonstrates how local sexual norms and practices shape congregational responses to sexuality issues. These data reveal that local norms about sexual behavior and identity, and congregational identities and histories, are usually more salient than polity, official teaching, or…
Religion and the Politics of Sexuality
Using data from open-ended interviews with religious leaders in three Chicago neighborhoods in combination with demographic and survey data for area residents, this article demonstrates how local sexual norms and practices shape congregational responses to sexuality issues. These data reveal that local norms about sexual behavior and identity, and congregational identities and histories, are usually more salient than polity, official teaching, or…
Witchcraft and Statecraft
96 Georgetown Law Journal 183 (2007)This Article addresses the prospects of liberal democracy in non-Western societies. It focuses on South Africa, one of the newest and most admired liberal democracies, and in particular on its efforts to recognize indigenous African traditions surrounding witchcraft and related occult practices. In 2004, Parliament passed a law that purports to regulate certain occult practitioners called traditional healers. T…
Inheritance and Disinheritance
Religion and the Politics of Sexuality
Using data from open-ended interviews with religious leaders in three Chicago neighborhoods in combination with demographic and survey data for area residents, this article demonstrates how local sexual norms and practices shape congregational responses to sexuality issues. These data reveal that local norms about sexual behavior and identity, and congregational identities and histories, are usually more salient than polity, official teaching, or…
Religion and the Politics of Sexuality
This chapter explains how congregations' leaders devise policies and practices to address the sexuality issues facing members and how they attempt to channel sexual identities, sexual behaviors, and relationships into religiously sanctioned expressions. It describes how clergy and lay leaders take into account local social forces such as the demographic makeup of particular neighborhoods and the sexual cultures of residents as they negotiate betw…
Inheritance and Disinheritance
Reasons and Religion
It is a privilege, and also a great pleasure, to receive these eight thoughtful reviews of Religious Freedom in an Egalitarian Age. Two themes seem to run through the reviews. First, there is curiosity about the role of reasons in the book’s method. Several reviewers wonder whether reason-giving can help to resolve tensions between traditional religion and civil rights law. Second, there is interest in the concept of religion that the book employ…
Witchcraft and Statecraft
96 Georgetown Law Journal 183 (2007)This Article addresses the prospects of liberal democracy in non-Western societies. It focuses on South Africa, one of the newest and most admired liberal democracies, and in particular on its efforts to recognize indigenous African traditions surrounding witchcraft and related occult practices. In 2004, Parliament passed a law that purports to regulate certain occult practitioners called traditional healers. T…
The Politics of Proportionality
A Review of How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession With Rights Is Tearing America Apart. By Jamal Greene
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Human sexuality (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works)