Mary C Segers
Biographic Data
| ID | 267489 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary C Segers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary C |
| FAMILY NAME | Segers |
| SIGNATURE | SEGERS M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Catholic Church and the Politics of Abortion
Faith, Politics, and Power
Piety, Politics, and Pluralism
Journal Article Piety, Politics, and Pluralism: Religion, the Courts, and the 2000 Election, by Mary C. Segers. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2002, 264 pp.; $75.00 Cloth, $24.95 Paper Get access Frank S. Ravitch Frank S. Ravitch Michigan State University-DCL College of Law Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 4, Winter 2004, Pages 425–426, https://doi.org…
Faith-Based Initiatives and the Bush Administration
Journal Article Faith-Based Initiatives and the Bush Administration: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, by Jo Renee Formicola, Mary C. Segers, and Paul Weber. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003, 224 pp., $ 23.95(paper), $68.00(cloth) Get access Rachel Kraus Rachel Kraus Purdue University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 3, Fall 2004, Pages 307–308, …
Wall of Separation? Debating the Public Role of Religion
Journal Article Wall of Separation? Debating the Public Role of Religion, by Mary C. Segers and Ted G. Jelen. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1998, 191pp. $48.50 (hc), $14.95 (pbk) Get access James M. Penning James M. Penning Calvin College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 61, Issue 1, Spring 2000, Pages 109–111, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712096 Published: 01 …
The Politics of Sin
This exploration of the Jewish political tradition elucidates a long, rich, and diverse experience of both sovereignty and dispersed statelessness. It holds insights, as Zvi Gitelman points out in his introductory chapter, for anyone interested comparative and ethnic politics, Jewish history, and the prehistory of contemporary Israeli politics. Stuart Cohen analyzes the covenant idea and the constitutional character of ancient Israel, which had a…
The Catholic Church and the Politics of Abortion
The Catholic Bishops' Pastoral Letter on War and Peace
The American peace movement has witnessed several significant developments in recent years. The active, vigorous participation of women in leadership positions as well as in grass roots activities, although not unprecedented, is impressive and noteworthy; Greenham Common, the Seneca Falls Peace Encampment, Peacelinks, Women's Pentagon Action; Helen Caldicott, Frances Farley, Randall Forsberg, and numerous other individuals and groups -all are evi…
The Fetus and the Fourteenth
Can Congress Settle the Abortion Issue
Legislative hearings on the Helms Human Life Statute (S.158) and the\nHatch Human Life Amendment (S.J.Res.110) revealed the depth of the\nphilosophical differences between pro- and anti-abortionists on fundamental\nvalues, and on the relationship between law and morality and between science\nand politics. These differences could have profound implications for national\npolicy. They could also have an impact on the basic separation of powers\nbetw…
Equality in Contemporary Political Thought
This article reviews selected aspects of recent and contemporary Anglo-American political thought on equality. The focus of analysis is the continuing controversy in the United States between neoconservatives and egalitarians concerning the definition of basic equality, the meaning of equality of opportunity, and the proper policies neces sary to guarantee to all citizens equal opportunity for occupational attainment. An issue central to this deb…
"On Amdur's "Compensatory Justice
Equality, Public Policy & Relevant Sex Differences
In light of current discussions concerning theories of equality and social justice, this article argues against an employment policy prescribing identity of treatment to secure equality of opportunity for the sexes. Mary Segers examines the theoretical and practical deficiencies of such an approach and finds that contemporary employment policies, which profess to be neutral, penalize one sex by applying a pattern designed for the other. She advoc…
On Stanley's ‘Equality of Opportunity as Philosophy and Ideology’ (Volume 5, No. 1, February 1977)
Equality and Christian Anarchism
From the beginning, the Catholic Worker movement, founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933, has challenged the cherished beliefs of American citizens, many of whom have been more than willing to accommodate religious faith and social concerns to the economic imperatives of American capitalist society. Whether criticizing child labor, the exploitation of blacks, and anti-Semitism during the thirties or protesting the treatment of migrant wo…
Abortion and the Supreme Court
Equality and Christian Anarchism
From the beginning, the Catholic Worker movement, founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933, has challenged the cherished beliefs of American citizens, many of whom have been more than willing to accommodate religious faith and social concerns to the economic imperatives of American capitalist society. Whether criticizing child labor, the exploitation of blacks, and anti-Semitism during the thirties or protesting the treatment of migrant wo…
"On Amdur's "Compensatory Justice
Equality, Public Policy & Relevant Sex Differences
In light of current discussions concerning theories of equality and social justice, this article argues against an employment policy prescribing identity of treatment to secure equality of opportunity for the sexes. Mary Segers examines the theoretical and practical deficiencies of such an approach and finds that contemporary employment policies, which profess to be neutral, penalize one sex by applying a pattern designed for the other. She advoc…
Abortion and the Supreme Court
On Stanley's ‘Equality of Opportunity as Philosophy and Ideology’ (Volume 5, No. 1, February 1977)
Equality and Christian Anarchism
From the beginning, the Catholic Worker movement, founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933, has challenged the cherished beliefs of American citizens, many of whom have been more than willing to accommodate religious faith and social concerns to the economic imperatives of American capitalist society. Whether criticizing child labor, the exploitation of blacks, and anti-Semitism during the thirties or protesting the treatment of migrant wo…
Equality in Contemporary Political Thought
This article reviews selected aspects of recent and contemporary Anglo-American political thought on equality. The focus of analysis is the continuing controversy in the United States between neoconservatives and egalitarians concerning the definition of basic equality, the meaning of equality of opportunity, and the proper policies neces sary to guarantee to all citizens equal opportunity for occupational attainment. An issue central to this deb…
"On Amdur's "Compensatory Justice
Equality, Public Policy & Relevant Sex Differences
In light of current discussions concerning theories of equality and social justice, this article argues against an employment policy prescribing identity of treatment to secure equality of opportunity for the sexes. Mary Segers examines the theoretical and practical deficiencies of such an approach and finds that contemporary employment policies, which profess to be neutral, penalize one sex by applying a pattern designed for the other. She advoc…
Can Congress Settle the Abortion Issue
Legislative hearings on the Helms Human Life Statute (S.158) and the\nHatch Human Life Amendment (S.J.Res.110) revealed the depth of the\nphilosophical differences between pro- and anti-abortionists on fundamental\nvalues, and on the relationship between law and morality and between science\nand politics. These differences could have profound implications for national\npolicy. They could also have an impact on the basic separation of powers\nbetw…
The Fetus and the Fourteenth
The Catholic Bishops' Pastoral Letter on War and Peace
The American peace movement has witnessed several significant developments in recent years. The active, vigorous participation of women in leadership positions as well as in grass roots activities, although not unprecedented, is impressive and noteworthy; Greenham Common, the Seneca Falls Peace Encampment, Peacelinks, Women's Pentagon Action; Helen Caldicott, Frances Farley, Randall Forsberg, and numerous other individuals and groups -all are evi…
The Catholic Church and the Politics of Abortion
The Politics of Sin
This exploration of the Jewish political tradition elucidates a long, rich, and diverse experience of both sovereignty and dispersed statelessness. It holds insights, as Zvi Gitelman points out in his introductory chapter, for anyone interested comparative and ethnic politics, Jewish history, and the prehistory of contemporary Israeli politics. Stuart Cohen analyzes the covenant idea and the constitutional character of ancient Israel, which had a…
Wall of Separation? Debating the Public Role of Religion
Journal Article Wall of Separation? Debating the Public Role of Religion, by Mary C. Segers and Ted G. Jelen. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1998, 191pp. $48.50 (hc), $14.95 (pbk) Get access James M. Penning James M. Penning Calvin College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 61, Issue 1, Spring 2000, Pages 109–111, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712096 Published: 01 …
Piety, Politics, and Pluralism
Journal Article Piety, Politics, and Pluralism: Religion, the Courts, and the 2000 Election, by Mary C. Segers. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2002, 264 pp.; $75.00 Cloth, $24.95 Paper Get access Frank S. Ravitch Frank S. Ravitch Michigan State University-DCL College of Law Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 4, Winter 2004, Pages 425–426, https://doi.org…
Faith-Based Initiatives and the Bush Administration
Journal Article Faith-Based Initiatives and the Bush Administration: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, by Jo Renee Formicola, Mary C. Segers, and Paul Weber. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003, 224 pp., $ 23.95(paper), $68.00(cloth) Get access Rachel Kraus Rachel Kraus Purdue University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 3, Fall 2004, Pages 307–308, …
Faith, Politics, and Power
Catholic Church and the Politics of Abortion
Political science (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Politics (9 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Pregnancy (4 works) · Religious studies (4 works) · Abortion (3 works)