In her book Between Vengeance and Forgiveness, Martha Minow begins a chapter on reparations with a brief discussion of restorative justice. She characterizes restorative justice as seeking “repair of social connections and peace rather than retribution against offenders;” she describes it as “building connections and enhancing communication between perpetrators and those they victimized, and fo...

Queerness—the lived identity of LGBTQ+ and non-normative people—and Mormonism—the theological social structures adhered to by the Church Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints—always seem be at odds. Blaire Ostler's Queer Mormon Theology: An Introduction rejects this conflict with an approach that collapses two into each other: queerness is Mormonism queerness. This unapologetic stance toward different...

American support for the death penalty has declined over time, but conservative religious groups have exhibited more favorable attitudes toward this practice than their mainline and secular peers. Scholars generally overlooked Latter-day Saint (LDS, Mormon) capital punishment. However, faith tradition is a case worthy of careful examination. Historically, LDS leadership was supportive penalty, ...

Grotius refuted Socinus’ attack on the Reformed theory of satisfaction in his De satisfaction, which contains a translation doctrine into legal framework, but it was not understood by everyone. On its surface and within broader context satisfactione, Grotius’ statements about punishment demanded common good relaxatio law, have been misinterpreted to say that deviated from orthodox satisfaction....