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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Lincolnshire Parish Clergy c.12141968 A Biogr
Book SynopsisThe first volume in what will be a complete biographical record of all parish priests in Lincolnshire.Trade ReviewThis volume has helped open the window into the careers of the lower ranks of beneficed clergy - the infantrymen of the Church - and from these laconic entries we see how careers unfolded for hundreds and hundreds of men. . . . It is truly a prosopograpical gold mine. * MEDIEVAL PROSOPOGRAPHY *A fine start to what promises to be a notable series of volumes. * RICARDIAN *[A] highly useful reference tool, not only for historians of Lincolnshire but also for Church historians generally. * THE LOCAL HISTORIAN *Table of ContentsIntroduction Deanery of Aslacoe Deanery of Aveland
£38.00
Catholic Record Society Victorian Churches and Churchmen Essays
Book SynopsisArticles on religion and the religious during the Victorian period, showing its unity and disunity.The major themes of Catholic historiography and the history of education during the Victorian era unite the essays collected here, as is fitting for a volume honouring the work in these fields of Professor Vincent Alan McClelland.There is a particular emphasis upon the life and work of Cardinal Manning; other figures and topics considered include Father Randal Lythgoe, Cardinal Newman, the English Benedictine contribution to the British Empire, modern Scottish Catholic history, and Victorian Christianity in its various forms, as in the essays on Methodism and the Church of Ireland.Trade ReviewWell researched and well written. * CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW *There will be many who will want to possess this volume, not least in honour of the one for whom it was written. Furthermore, they will be delighted to discover a significant treasure trove of insight into the life of the Church in the nineteenth century. * RECUSANT HISTORY *Table of Contents- Volume 1 Cardinal Manning and his Political Persona: the Education Act of 1870 - Jeffrey von Arx Henry Edward Manning, Priscilla Maurice, and the Pastoral Care of the Sick - Peter Erb The Cardinal and the Penitent: Cardinal Manning and Virginia Crawford - Robin Gard Henry O'Callaghan: Manning's Reluctant Episcopal Protégé - Leo Gooch 'Education and Correct Conduct': Randal Lythgoe and the Work of the Society of Jesus in Early Victorian England and Wales - Maurice Whitehead The English Benedictines and the British Empire - Aidan Bellenger Varieties of Modern Scottish Conservatism - B A Aspinwall The Myth and Reality of Sr. Barbara Ubryk, the Imprisoned Nun of Cracow: English Interpretations of a Victorian English ControversyControversy - Rene Kollar, OSB, Bernard Ward: Edmundian and Historian - S Foster Tradition and Conversion in English Literature - Joseph Pearce Newman's Idea of a University, 'The Circle of Sciences' and the Constitution of the Church - Wulstan Peterburs, OSB, Thomas Arnold: A Bicentenary Appraisal - David Newsome Tractarians and National Education - James Pereiro The Reverend Canon Henry Kingsmill Moore D.D., Ball. Coll. Oxon. FLS., and Church of Ireland Education, 1880-1927 - Susan M. Parkes 'Scott's Folly' - John Scott and the Development of the Wesleyan Educational System - John Smith Anglicanism 'Represented' or 'Misrepresented'? The Oxford Movement, Evangelicalism, and History: The Controversial Use of the Caroline Divines in the Victorian Church of Englandthe Caroline Divines in the Victorian Church of England - Peter B Nockles
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Catholic Record Society Mary Ward 15851645 A Briefe Relation with
Book SynopsisBiography of, and writings by, Mary Ward, the founder of the Congregation of Jesus, still in existence today.Mary Ward, one of the most interesting and attractive figures in early modern history, was born in Yorkshire during a period of relentless persecution for English Catholics. At a time when strict enclosure was prescribed for religious orders of women, she felt called by God to found a new congregation, modelled on the Society of Jesus: self-governing, unenclosed, and available for apostolic work worldwide, including the support of priests on the dangerousEnglish Mission. Whether engaged in travel by sea and long, mountainous journeys, or planning with supportive Catholic princes for the education of girls, or pleading her cause in person before popes and cardinals, Mary remained courageous and light-hearted, a woman of deep faith. But she was in advance of her time; her congregation was harshly suppressed by Papal Bull, while she herself suffered imprisonment as a heretic by the Inquisition, and remained under its perpetual surveillance. This book, published to mark the four-hundred year jubilee of the foundation of Mary Ward's congregation in 1609, contains the earliest biography [c.1650] of Mary Ward and other source texts, hitherto available only in manuscripts kept in private archives. Introductions and notes have been added to set the texts in context. CHRISTINA KENWORTHY-BROWNE, a member of Mary Ward's Congregation of Jesus, is the Archivist and Librarian at the Bar Convent, York.
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Catholic Record Society Bishop Herbert Vaughan and the Jesuits
Book SynopsisFirst published edition of documents and letters from a highly-significant incident within the nineteenth-century Catholic church.The row between Bishop Herbert Vaughan of Salford and the Jesuits became a cause celebre in the 1870s and was only settled eventually in Rome after the personal intervention of the pope. While the immediate issue was the provision of secondary education, at stake were key questions of authority that had troubled the English Catholic community for centuries; the solution played a major part in determining the relationship between the newly restored bishops and the Religious Orders. This volume brings together for the first time all the relevant English and foreign archival sources and enables the reader to take a balanced view of the whole issue. The documents and letters [including Vaughan's private diary] paint an intriguing and not always flattering picture of the principal combatants. Bishop Vaughan [later Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster] was a determined champion of his own and his fellow-bishops' rights as diocesan bishops. Against him stood the leaders of the Jesuit Order, jealous of their traditional privileges and heirs to centuries of service to the English Catholic community. By the 1870s that community wasbeginning to develop a commercial and professional middle class who demanded secondary education for their children. Many of them looked to the Jesuits to provide it and they claimed the right to do so, irrespective of the wishesand rights of the bishop. The source material is accompanied by an introduction placing them into their social and historical context, and explanatory notes. It forms an important addition to an understanding of the nineteenth-century English Catholic Church. Father Martin John Broadley is a priest in the Catholic diocese of Salford; he also lectures at the University of Manchester.Trade ReviewA significant book that deals with the growing pains of the Catholic Church in England after the Restoration of the Hierarchy. * RECUSANT HISTORY *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Correspondence Bishop Vaughan's Diary Appendices Bibliography
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Catholic Record Society Caroline Casuistry
Book SynopsisEdition of theological debates and discussions, giving an intriguing and unusual insight into the English catholic community in the seventeenth century.How did English Catholics come to terms with living in an alien state? Could they, for example, practise equivocation to avoid arrest, possible imprisonment and execution? Could they use force against their captors? What contact could they maintain with Protestants in order to survive and carry on a normal life? In such a context it is not surprising that a training in casuistry, the science of resolving difficult cases of conscience, was an important aspect of the education of English Catholic missionary priests. A number of the manuals used in that training have survived, largely in manuscript versions only. This volume, a companion to Dr Holmes' selection from Elizabethan materials (Elizabethan Casuistry, 1981), contains discussions and debates dating from the reign of Charles I. Their author was Thomas Southwell, a professor at the English Jesuit College in Liège, a respected scholar and teacher. He focuses on the problems facing Catholic priests and laymen under persecution in England, discussing, for example, attitudes to the Oath of Allegiance, the Roman Index of Prohibited Books and the Church's laws on fasting.In addition, there are cases here about witchcraft, astrology, duelling, usury, monopolies and bills of exchange. An important section contains over sixty cases dealing with betrothal and marriage, both from the point of view ofEnglish Catholics and in more general terms. The documents are accompanied by a full critical introduction, setting them in context, and elucidatory notes. Peter Holmes holds a doctorate in History from the University of Cambridge, where his research focused on the political thought of the Elizabethan CatholicsTrade ReviewA rich resource not only for historians of Reformation England, but for scholars in both moral theology and canon law as well. * RECUSANT HISTORY *A valuable resource for study of Caroline Catholicism. * PARERGON *Offers fascinating insights into the lives of English Catholics, and more generally into early Stuart religious and social history. ... This book makes a substantial and important contribution to the history of early modern English Catholicism, and more generally to the history of religious and moral thinking. * RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY *[A] fine volume. * THE INNES REVIEW *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Cases The English Cases Cases Regarding the Priests Cases Regarding the Penitents Cases Concerning Marriage Cases Concerning Ecclesiastical Fasts Appendix: List of Faculties
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CARE Finishing Line Course Booklet
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Register of John Kirkby Bishop of Carlisle
Book SynopsisLively record of 14c ecclesiastical life in the north of England.John Kirkby's episcopate was an eventful one. It coincided with a period of Anglo-Scottish warfare in which the bishop participated with gusto, but even domestically his tenure of the see of Carlisle was stormy: the bishop was involved in feuding among the local gentry, and quarrelled with his archdeacon and with the dean and chapter of York during the vacancy of 1340-42. This second volume of Kirkby's register includes a rental of episcopal manors, an appendix of transcripts of documents, and the index, adding to the calendar contained in the first volume and providing a lively record of life in a remote part of the country.R.L. STOREYis Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Nottingham University. He is the author of several standard books on late-Medieval England.Table of ContentsEpiscopal revenues (nos. 842 and 843).
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FARMS (imprint of Brigham Young University) Ephrem the Syrian
Book SynopsisEphrem the Syrian is the most important poet and theologian of the Syriac Christian tradition. This translation of twenty poems offers an introduction to Ephrem's work. Arranged according to his concept of salvation history, this book allows readers to explore his poetry in both its original language and in a contemporary English translation.
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University of Chicago Press The Evolution of Religion A Reexamination
Book SynopsisThis work attempts to unify material on religion from various fields into one coherent framework, showing that it has evolved just like any other cultural entity. Religion is presented as a complex phenomenon, a complexity arising not from the environment but from the inner structure of the soul.
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University of Chicago Press Respect in the Mosaic Supporting Patients of Many
Book SynopsisA handbook for medical personnel containing papers from leaders of a variety of faiths addressing seven questions about the religious perspectives of their faith, the ways medical personnel should take them into account, when and where to turn for help, and how they should deal with the dying patient and their relatives.
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University of Chicago Press From Ghetto to Emancipation Historical and
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Harvard University Press The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles
Book SynopsisThis collection provides a rich, multilayered analysis of a long-neglected branch of early Christian apocryphal literature that examines the relationship between tradition and redaction, uses of language, and the fluid border between literary criticism and motif analysis.Trade ReviewThe fact that the chief editor and main contributor [of this book] is one of the world masters in the study of what he prefers to call 'early Christian apocryphal literature' adds to [its] authority...this book can be warmly recommended as a valuable guide to a little known and little worked area of early Christian history, literature and doctrine. -- Lionel North * Theological Book Review *The collection of essays succeeds in increasing our understanding of early Christianity in the diversity of its communities, but also in its unity...Teachers who would like to orient their students to the methodology of editing early Christian manuscripts, particularly the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, will find a prize in Bovon's opening essay. Also, this collection should inspire others to follow Bovon's example: turn a doctoral seminar into a publishing house. -- D. Jeffrey Bingham * Journal of Early Christian Studies *
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Harvard University Press Hinduism and Ecology
Book SynopsisThis fourth volume in the series exploring religions and the environment investigates the role of the multifaceted Hindu tradition in the development of greater ecological awareness in India. The 22 contributors ask how traditional concepts of nature in the classical texts might inspire or impede an eco-friendly attitude among modern Hindus.Trade Review[This] book is a major contribution to an important and expanding academic area, and it will be much appreciated by university audiences. -- David Gosling * Times Higher Education Supplement *This book opens with the startling statement that India boasts the world’s largest environmental movement, involving over 950 nongovernmental organizations… The central issue is whether the mores and tenets of Hinduism are compatible with the protection of the environment. The writers examine epics and sacred texts, arts and rituals, and the thoughts of Gandhi for what they show about the human use of nature in India… The quality of writing and scholarship is high. The writers are aware of parallels with the ecological crisis in the West; thus the book should be valuable to those interested in the global crisis. These lucid explanations of Indian thought and customs will help the Westerner to better understand India. -- W. C. Buchanan * Choice *
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Harvard University Press Experiences of Place
Book SynopsisPlace and orientation are important aspects of human experience. The distinguished contributors to this volume invite us to reflect on the significance of places, real and imagined, in the religious traditions they study and on how places are known, imagined, remembered, and struggled for.Trade ReviewThe meaning, activity and experience of place offer far more to the study of religions than has yet been realized. In their timely discussion of present, material locations, the fantasized places of heaven and the conspiratorial underworld, the sites of oral and textual traditions, and the places of dreaming and promise, this book's contributors indicate some of the varied directions we might take in exploring the physical, social and cultural dimensions of place and their intersection with the religious. -- Kim KnottExperiences of Place is a multidisciplinary, cross–cultural exploration of a common human phenomenon. This book takes a bold and important step in filling, in MacDonald's words, ‘an underdeveloped concept of religious studies.’ This is an exciting book, full of possibilities, a most important work on the subject of place in the human imagination. -- Philip P. Arnold
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Harvard University Press Islam and Ecology
Book SynopsisArticulating a contemporary Islamic environmental ethic is all the more urgent because Western-style conservation efforts do not fit all cultural and philosophical traditions. This volume outlines the Islamic world view and reviews the ways it can be interpreted, reassessed, and applied to environmental problems like pollution and water scarcity.
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King's College London Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies Books and Grace Aelfrics Theology
Book SynopsisStudy of one of the key figures of Anglo-Saxon theologyA key examination of the Aelfric of Eynsham's theology of great interest for scholars and students of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, produced by the Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies (CLAMS).
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York Medieval Press Pilgrimage Explored
Book SynopsisThe history and underlying ideology of pilgrimage examined, from prehistory to the middle ages.The enduring importance of pilgrimage as an expression of human longing is explored in this volume through three major themes: the antiquity of pilgrimage in what became the Christian world; the mechanisms of Christian pilgrimage(particularly in relation to the practicalities of the journey and the workings of the shrine); and the fluidity and adaptability of pilgrimage ideology. In their examination of pilgrimage as part of western culture from neolithictimes onwards, the authors make use of a range of approaches, often combining evidence from a number of sources, including anthropology, archaeology, history, folklore, margin illustrations and wall paintings; they suggest that it is the fluidity of pilgrimage ideology, combined with an adherence to supposedly traditional physical observances, which has succeeded in maintaining its relevance and retaining its identity. They also look at the ways in whichpilgrimage spilled into, or rather was part of, secular life in the middle ages. Dr JENNIE STOPFORD teaches in the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York. Contributors: RICHARD BRADLEY, E.D. HUNT, JULIEANN SMITH, SIMON BARTON, WENDY R. CHILDS, BEN NILSON, KATHERINE J. LEWIS, DEBRA J. BIRCH, SIMON COLEMAN, JOHN ELSNER, A. M. KOLDEWEIJ.Table of Contents`Pilgrimage in Prehistoric Britain?'. - Richard Bradley `Were there Christian Pilgrims before Constantine?'. - E.D. Hunt `Sacred Journeying: Women's Correspondence and Pilgrimage in the Fourth and Eighth Centuries'. - Julie Ann Smith `Patrons, Pilgrims and the Cult of Saints in the Medieval Kingdom of Leon, Northern Spain'. - Simon Barton `Jacques de Vitry and the Ideology of Pilgrimage'. - Debra J. Birch `The Medieval Experience at the Shrine'. - Ben Nilson `The Perils, or otherwise, of Maritime Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in the Fifteenth Century'. - Wendy Childs `Pilgrimage and the Cult of St Katherine of Alexandria in Late Medieval England'. - Katherine J. Lewis `Lifting the Veil on Pilgrim Badges'. - A.M. Koldeweij `Pilgrimage to Walsingham and the Re-Invention of the Middle Ages' (with John Elsner). - Simon Coleman `Pilgrimage to Walsingham and the Re-Invention of the Middle Ages' (with Simon Coleman). - John R Elsner
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SPCK Publishing Glimpses of God Hope for Todays World
Book SynopsisGlimpses of God is an ecumenical course for discussion groups in five sessions, written by Canon David Winter – ideal for Lent, yet usable at any time.Trade ReviewAccessibly weaves substantial theology with Bible study, emphasizing that we need to unfamiliarize ourselves with the Bible, letting its sheer strangeness jolt us. Plenty of personal glimpses and fascinating detail include an Orthodox priest protesting that a prostitute is not a sinner, but an icon in the dustbin . . . * Church Times on GOD HAS NO FAVOURITES *The York Courses format is tried and tested . . . Leading us in theology and ecclesiology are a mix of activist and academic, also ecumenical [contributors]. The sessions are scholarly but not inaccessible . . . a clear outline of "environmental justice" . . . An ideal resource for individuals or groups. * New Directions on CARING FOR CREATION *One health warning: avoid this course if the Psalms hardly feature in your acts of worship, because anyone completing it will be an enthusiast for their wider and more central use. * Church Times on THE PSALMS *
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Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library The Bible in the Twelfth Century
Book SynopsisAmong the Houghton’s medieval manuscripts was an exhibition of twelfth century Biblical manuscripts. Light’s catalogue catches the culture of the medieval book at its height, not only in Bibles but in breviaries, lectionaries, commentaries, and works of the Doctors and Fathers of the Church.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The PostBlack and PostWhite Church
Book SynopsisA blueprint for missional, multi-ethnic Christian community Efrem Smith, an internationally recognized and innovative African-American leader, offers a workable plan for connecting theology, practical ministry models, and real stories of people in multi-ethnic Christian communities. Using the example of Jesus, Smith develops a theology of multi-ethnic and missional leadership. Embracing urban and ethnic subcultures such as hip-hop, this book provides a rich mix of multi-ethnic church development, reconciliation theology, missional church thinking, and Christian community. Provides a common-sense approach to creating a multi-ethnic Christian community Includes practical ministry models and real stories of people who are members of thriving multi-ethnic congregations Author is acclaimed African-American thought leader who planted and led a multi-ethnic churches of close to 1,000 and now leads a regional division of a denominational committed to eTable of ContentsAbout the Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series vii Foreword by Curtiss Paul DeYoung ix Introduction: Enter the Sanctuary xiii 1 Reconciling, Multi-Ethnic, and Missional 1 2 Moving the Church Beyond Crisis, Captivity, and Comfort 15 3 Compassion, Mercy, and Justice 41 4 Race 65 5 The Gift of the Black Church 93 6 Creating a Post-White Church 117 7 Leadership 145 8 The Beloved Life and Leadership Project 161 9 Starting, Shifting, and Sustaining 185 Notes 201 About the Author 207 Index 209
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Jewish Tales of Holy Women
Book SynopsisWhat is a holy woman, or a holy man for that matter? According to the Jewish mystics, a holy person is someone who has not lost the holiness that every baby is born with. A holy person is someone who fulfills it. Stories about Jewish holy women have rarely been collected in such an engaging and entertaining form.Table of ContentsS'micha as a Maggid. Acknowledgments. Note to the Reader. Preface. Introduction. THE TALES. Sabbath Candle-Lighting Prayers. Tears Before Candle Lighting. In the Merit of the Sabbath Candles. A Prayer over the Challahs. The Taste of the Garden of Eden. Healing Food. Watching at the Market. Two Pious Peddlers. Are You Not Our Father? Riveleh the Tzaddeket. Holy Spirit. Deeds Great and Small. How I Envy You! A Fence to Wisdom. A Saving Prayer. Insulting Her Husband. Rebbetzin "Devorah Cohen". A Hidden Tzaddeket. The Hot Water Heater. It Must Have Been Hard! If It's Difficult, It Must Be Good. Using Every Device. The Shofar. An Angel for the Poor. A Generous Wife. A Blessing. Yenta the Prophetess. Loud Davvening. All Prayer. Edel, Daughter of the Baal Shem Tov. The Sleeping Child. The Gates of Divine Help. Trust in God! Elijah's Cup. The Screaming Baby. Have Faith! The Bris. A Special Gift. A Covenant in the Flesh. The Clotheslines. The Guest. The Sound of Her Blessings. The Water Barrel. Even Her Taking Was Giving. A Reward for Kindness. One Flesh. At His Wife's Death. How to Accept Suffering. Great Love. Tzedaka as a Cure. A Fifth. Standing Up for Herself. No Joke Needed. The Boldness of Rebbes. Thank God! Serving a Torah Scholar. Her Share in the World to Come. After the Fact. How to Give Birth. Facing God. The Passing of a Woman Who Had the Holy Spirit. My Time Has Come. The Dress. The Homely Lesson of a Patch. Rebbetzin Malka of Belz. More Than a Helpmate. Sitting with the Rebbetzin. Good Advice for Healing. How to Eat. How Much to Eat. A Questionable Rebbe. Malka Saves the Poultry. They Are Clapping in Heaven. Rebbe Edel of Brody. Her Greatness. Healing by Faith. Doubtfully Kosher. Rebbe Miriam Hayya of Shatz. Preparing the Coffee. A Miracle-Working Partne.r How She Became a Rebbe. Rebbe Sarah of Chantshin: A High Soul. Sarah Shneirer. Tzedaka in Secret I. Tzedaka in Secret II. Alive. Good Pay. The IOU. The Quality of Voice. A Favor. A Devoted Heart. Under All Conditions. From Heart to Feet. Why Did the Milk Boil Over? Sensing Others' Troubles. Pawn. Coins That Sparkle. A Disregard for Wealth. A Glass of Water. In the Merit of His Mother. A Mother's Tears. Be like My Mother. Ungrammatically Correct. Which Blessing to Give. The Secret of the Yarmulkes. Pure Thoughts. Guarding His Studying. Revelations. Maxine. Two Cups. Pessia Carlebach and the Gentile Maid. He Who Would Live Should Die. Golda and Miriam. I Don't Kneel! A Mother's Passion. Training Her Sons. The Future Redemption. Waiting for Redemption. In the Cave of Machpelah. Sukkot Stories. She Did Not Taste the Sukkah Visions in the Sukkah A Sukkah of Peace. A Brilliant Female Scholar. Hadassah Linder. What Is Important. In the Taxi. Patience. A Single Bagel. The Best for Others. A Memorial. Milk and Noodles. Matters of Food. The Joy of Giving. Blessings and Curses. Ironing. First Aid. Improvements. The Torah Cries Out. How Does One Attain Spiritual Greatness? . Learning from the Pious. The Tzaddeket. Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis. A Holy Wind. Bending Over. Do Not Stand Idly By. Comparing Faces. Tears for Her People. All Children Cry. Everybody Must Give. Giving When Things Are Tough. The Source of Strength. The Rebbetzin Teaches Children. With Female Prisoners in Israel. Two Jewish Girls in Denmark. Allison and the Fruit Seller. God Bless You! Raise the Torah Banner High. NOTES. GLOSSARY. THE AUTHOR.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Divine Intuition Your Inner Guide to Purpose
Book SynopsisA guide for getting in touch with the inner wisdom that can lead to a more abundant and successful life When you are in touch with your intuition, every moment in your life takes on a whole new dimension as intuitive wisdom pours in.Table of ContentsIntroduction vii 1 Directions from God 1 2 Your Intuitive Gift 11 3 Intuitive Nudges 19 4 Make Your Dream Come Alive 27 5 Opening Your Mind to the Divine 37 6 Divine Surrender 45 7 Between Two Worlds 55 8 A Clear Path to a Positive Life 63 9 What Do You Say When You Talk to Yourself? 71 10 Power Phrases for Peace of Mind 79 11 How Do You Know When It’s God on the Line? 89 12 How to Connect with Divinity Every Day 97 13 How to Recognize Your Calling 105 14 An Invitation to a Bigger Life 113 15 Angels and Other Divine Helpers 121 16 Flowing Gracefully Through Change 129 17 The Power of Prayer 137 18 Make the Choice for Joy 145 19 You’re on God’s Payroll 153 20 What Would You Do If You Were Brave? 161 21 When It’s Time to Take Action 169 22 God’s Lesson Plan 177 23 Choosing the Path with a Heart 185 24 Letting Go of What Holds You Back 193 25 Is It Your Fear or Intuition? 201 26 God’s Delays Are Not God’s Denials 209 27 Amplify Your Intuition with Gratitude 217 28 When Indecision Strikes 225 29 Where Do You Go from Here? 233 Resources 241 Acknowledgments 245 The Author 247
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Better Together
Book SynopsisThousands of Protestant churches are perplexed by plateaued or declining attendance, while other congregations nearby thrive. Is there a way for them to combine forces, drawing on both their strengths, in ways that also increase their missional impact? Church merger consultant Jim Tomberlin, with co-writer Warren Bird, makes the case that mergers today work best not with two struggling churches but with a vital, momentum-filled lead church partnering with a joining church. In this new book, they provide a complete, practical, hands-on guide for church leaders of both struggling and vibrant churches so that they can understand the issues, develop strategies, and execute a variety of forms of merger for church expansion and renewal to reinvigorate declining churches and give them a second life.Table of ContentsAbout the Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series xi Foreword xiii Craig Groeschel Preface xv Part One: The New Merger Landscape 1 1. God Is Doing Something New: Biblical Basis for Mergers 3 2. Four Models for Healthy Mergers 21 3. Missional, Multisite, Multiethnic, and Other Merger Motives 35 Part Two: How Healthy Church Mergers Work 61 4. Stages and Speed of a Merger 63 5. How to Measure Success 77 6. Why Mergers Fail 91 7. Financial and Legal Aspects of a Merger 105 8. Personnel Changes 117 Part Three: Your Next Steps 127 9. Determining Whether Your Church Is a Good Merger Candidate 129 10. How to Start the Merger Conversation 149 11. Self-Assessment for Merger Readiness 161 12. Exercise: Identifying Your Merger Issues 167 13. Managing Pain and Change 177 14. Where Do You Go from Here? 187 Appendixes A. Merger Process Checklist 195 B. Example of Merger Issues to Resolve 198 C. FAQs Example from Bethany–Sun Valley Churches 206 D. FAQs Example from Ginghamsburg Church 216 E. FAQs Example from Woodside Bible Church 220 F . FAQs on Preparing for a Merger Vote 223 G. Churches Named 225 H. Merger Research 229 Acknowledgments 231 Notes 233 The Authors 241 Index 243
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Amish Way
Book SynopsisA sensitive and realistic look at the spiritual life and practices of the Amish This second book by the authors of the award-winning Amish Grace sheds further light on the Amish, this time on their faith, spirituality, and spiritual practices.Table of ContentsPreface xi Part One Searching for Amish Spirituality 1 1 A Peculiar Way 3 2 Spiritual Headwaters 17 Part Two The Amish Way of Community 29 3 Losing Self 31 4 Joining Church 45 5 Worshiping God 59 6 Living Together 75 Part Three The Amish Way in Everyday Life 91 7 Children 93 8 Family 107 9 Possessions 123 10 Nature 137 11 Evil 151 12 Sorrow 165 Part Four Amish Faith and the Rest of Us 179 13 The Things That Matter 181 Acknowledgments 193 Appendix I. The Amish of North America 195 Appendix II. Amish Lectionary 205 Appendix III. Rules of a Godly Life 209 Notes 223 References 239 The Authors 247 Index 249
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Prodigal Christianity
Book SynopsisAn engaging and thoughtful book that guides readers into the frontiers of being a missional Christian Prodigal Christianity offers a down-to-earth, accessible, and yet provocative understanding of God''s mission of redemption in the world, and how followers of Christ can participate in this work. It speaks into the discontent of all those who have exhausted conservative, liberal, and even emergent ways of being Christian and are looking for a new way forward. It offers building blocks for missional theology and practice that moves Christians into a gospel-centered way of life for our culture and our times. Offers a compelling and creative vision for North American Christians Puts forth a theology and ten critical signposts that must be observed to follow a missional way of life: post-Christendom, missio Dei, incarnation, witness, scripture, gospel, church, sexuality, justice, pluralism Asks questions and points to issues that trouble manyTable of ContentsAbout the Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series xi Preface and Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Following Jesus into the Far Country—the Winter of Our Discontent xix Signpost One: Post-Christendom 1 Into the Far Country: The Journey into Post-Christendom Signpost Two: Missio Dei 16 With the Prodigal God: The Journey into God’s Mission Signpost Three: Incarnation 31 On the Ground: The Journey into Everyday Life Signpost Four: Witness 48 In the World: The Journey into the World Signpost Five: Scripture 66 Living Our Story: Journeying by the Book That Is More Than a Book Signpost Six: Gospel 83 Making All Things Right: The Journey into Redemption Signpost Seven: Church 96 In Kingdom Communities: The Journey as the Body of Christ into the World Signpost Eight: Prodigal Relationships 114 With Our Brokenness: The Journey Toward Sexual Redemption Signpost Nine: Prodigal Justice 131 Among Our Neighborhoods: The Journey Toward Local Justice Signpost Ten: Prodigal Openness 148 For the Good News: The Journey into Diverse Worlds Epilogue: The Prodigal Returns 163 Notes 167 About the Authors 183 Index 185
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Christian History
Book SynopsisA major new introduction to the global history of Christianity, written by one of the world's leading theologians and author of numerous bestselling textbooks. Provides a truly global review by exploring the development of Christianity and related issues in Asia, Latin America and Africa, and not just focusing on Western concerns Spanning more than two millennia and combining elements of theology, history, and culture, it traces the development of all three branches of Christianity Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox providing context to Christianity's origins and its links to Judaism Looks beyond denominational history at Christianity's impact on individuals, society, politics, and intellectual thought, as well as on art, architecture, and the natural sciences Combines McGrath's acute historical sensibility with formidable organizational skill, breaking the material down into accessible, self-contained historical periods Offers an aTrade Review“As a work giving an introductory overview of historical theology and lived Christianity in a wider social and intellectual context, the work is excellent —useful for introductory orientation to specific topics (with a meticulously subdivided table of contents and subheads throughout)—and helpful for seeing longer through-lines and deeper continuities than one would see in more narrowly focused works.” (Journal of Religious History, 6 December 2015) “This book, ideal for seminarians but also for the non-professional Christian, is an incredible resource for helping Christians understand where our faith comes from, how it has developed and spread and survived as long as it has. Ultimately, this book is a great picture of the story of God working to advance his kingdom in the midst of broken humanity." (Tom-farr.blogspot.com, 1 August 2013) Table of ContentsList of Maps and Illustrations xiii How to Use This Book xv 1. The Early Church, 100–500 1 2. The Middle Ages and Renaissance, c. 500–c. 1500 71 3. Competing Visions of Reform, c. 1500–c. 1650 150 4. The Modern Age, c. 1650–1914 214 5. The Twentieth Century, 1914 to the Present 285 Where Next? 349 A Glossary of Christian Terms 351 Index 361
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd American Standard
Book SynopsisBring a cultural-studies toolkit to bear on the world''s most interpreted text The study of the Bible has adapted to the full range of analytical tools available to theologians, scholars, and researchers of every stripe. The marriage between cultural studies and Biblical studies has been especially fruitful, increasingly producing rich and provocative engagements with Biblical texts and contexts. Students of the Bible stand to profit significantly from a volume which illustrates the value of cultural studies approaches by putting these theories into practice. American Standard meets the needs of these students with a series of lively essays working through cultural-studies readings of specific Biblical texts. Drawing connections between the Bible and its modern settings, American popular culture, and more, it balances theory with direct close reading to provide an accessible introduction to the vast and varied landscape of cultural studies. American Standar
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Christian Wisdom of the Jedi Masters
Book SynopsisWritten by award-winning radio personality Dick Staub, this compelling book is filled with anecdotes from the Star Wars films that serve as a launching pad into rediscovering authentic Christianity. Christian Wisdom of the Jedi Masters also contains quotes from revered Jedi Christians such as Thomas Merton, Teresa of Avila, the Apostle Paul, G.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. PART ONE: THE LORD OF THE FORCE. Chapter 1: Lord of the Force. Chapter 2: The Lost Sayings. PART TWO: SEEKING. Chapter 3: Believe. Chapter 4: "Do. Or Do Not. There Is No Try." Chapter 5: Wake Up. Be Healed. Be Saved. Chapter 6: Seek First. Chapter 7: Will One Thing. Chapter 8: The Seeker Is Sought. PART THREE: KNOWING. Chapter 9: Enter the Cloud of Unknowing. Chapter 10: Don’t Miss the Big Reveal. Chapter 11: Meditate. Chapter 12: Go Deep in a Shallow Age. Chapter 13: Aim High and Let Grace Fill the Gap. Chapter 14: Trust the Lord of the Force. Chapter 15: Know and Love the Word. Chapter 16: Obey the Word. Chapter 17: Believe to See. Chapter 18: The Lord of the Force You Are Not. PART FOUR: FIGHTING. Chapter 19: Changed. Chapter 20: "Always Two There Are, a Master and an Apprentice". Chapter 21: Renounce the Dark Side. Chapter 22: Prepare for War, Live for Peace. Chapter 23: These Weapons Are Your Life. Chapter 24: Use All Your Weapons. Chapter 25: Be Strong! The Battle Is the Lord's! Chapter 26: Receive the Power. Chapter 27: Power in the Blood. Chapter 28: Flee the Dark Path. Chapter 29: Love Your Father. PART FIVE: SERVING. Chapter 30: Make Your Masterpiece by Living It. Chapter 31: Loving, Transforming Presence. Chapter 32: Counter Culture Like an Alien. Chapter 33: Better World, Better Way. Chapter 34: Preserve, Repair, and Make Beautiful. Chapter 35: Live Simply, Pack Light, Hold Loose. Chapter 36: The Least of These. Chapter 37: Pursue God in the Company of Friends. Chapter 38: Forgive, Forgive, and Again Forgive. Chapter 39: In Age Is Opportunity. Chapter 40: Another Chance. Chapter 41: Touch the Sky. Notes. The Author.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc A Baptist Among the Jews
Book SynopsisJoin Baptist Mary Blye Howe on an exhilarating journey to spiritual wholeness through deep and lasting friendships with several Jewish communities. No other book, memoir or otherwise, describes with such depth and passion the power of Christians recovering the Jewish roots of their faith.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xvi Foreword xviii Chapter 1 Hanging with the Jews 1 Chapter 2 Arguing with God 23 Chapter 3 Dancing with the Torah 39 Chapter 4 Discovering the Passionate Hebrew God 67 Chapter 5 Women in Yarmulkes 89 Chapter 6 Men in Black Hats 107 Chapter 7 Hungering for My Roots 133 Chapter 8 A Spiritual Journey 153 Afterword 169 Judaism 101 173 Glossary 189 Recommended Reading 193 Notes 195 References 199 The Author 203
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Buddha Jesus and Muhammad
Book SynopsisThis cool, clear-sighted comparative study has no theological axe to grind. It offers a trusty thematic guide to the figureheads of three of the largest religions in the world. The comparative approach is descriptive and even-handed, highlighting both similarities and differences across a range of major areas. The thematic chapters cover: early life, followers, the core message, political attitudes, relations with women, and death. The engaging writing and descriptive approach make this an ideal text for students, instructors and general readers. Table of ContentsPreface ix Notes xiv Maps xv 1 Sources 1 The Delay in Writing 1 Gospel Portraits 6 Qur’an, Sira and Hadith 11 Observations 16 2 Context 23 The Ganges Plain 23 Roman Palestine 28 Arabia Deserta 34 Observations 37 3 Early Years 44 Heir to the Throne 44 Son of the Carpenter 49 Orphan and Merchant 54 Observations 58 4 Turning Point 65 The Four Sights 65 Waters of the Jordan 71 Night of Power 75 Observations 80 5 Message 88 Four Noble Truths 88 Kingdom of God 94 The Straight Path 100 Observations 106 6 Miracles 114 Iddhi 114 The Finger of God 118 One or Many? 122 Observations 127 7 Followers 134 The Third Jewel 134 The Twelve Disciples 141 Companions 147 Observations 154 8 Women 163 The Renunciation 163 Eunuch for the Kingdom 168 Mothers of the Faithful 174 Observations 179 9 Politics 185 The Enemy Within 185 Messiah 191 Ruler of Arabia 196 Observations 204 10 Death 212 The Blacksmith’s Meal 212 Cross and Tomb 218 In ‘A’isha’s arms 226 Observations 230 Conclusion 238 Further Reading 245 References 251 Index 255
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Asian Religions
Book SynopsisThis lively introduction offers a complete overview of the main Asian religions, their traditions and contemporary relevance, and how they are lived and practiced today. It provides readers with an all-embracing introduction to Asian religions, covering each of the main traditions in a style that is lively and distinctive.Table of ContentsList of Figures vii Preface ix Part I Introductory Material 1 1 Religion 3 2 Language 11 Part II The Confucian Tradition 19 3 Defining “Religion”: The Confucian Response 21 4 The Religious Dimensions of Confucianism 28 5 The Self as a Center of Relationships 36 6 Learning to Be Human 44 7 The Lasting Influence of Confucianism in Modern East Asia 51 Part III The Taoist Tradition 59 8 What Is Taoism? 61 9 Philosophical Taoism 68 10 Temporal Dimensions of Yin–Yang Cosmology 76 11 Spatial Dimensions of Yin–Yang Cosmology 82 12 Personal Dimensions of Yin–Yang Cosmology 90 13 Taoism as a Global Religious Phenomenon 96 Part IV The Hindu Tradition 103 14 What Is Hinduism? 105 15 Karma-marga 111 16 Jñâna-marga 117 17 Bhakti-marga 123 18 Hinduism in the Modern World 133 Part V The Theravâda Buddhist Tradition 139 19 Buddhism and the Buddha 141 20 Suffering and Its Causes 149 21 Buddhist Ethics 156 22 The Fruits of Meditation 164 23 Monastic Practice 171 Part VI The Mahâyâna Buddhist Tradition 179 24 Faith 181 25 Principles of Zen Buddhism 189 26 Buddhism as a Global Religion 199 Part VII Japanese Religions 207 27 Japanese Religion and Culture 209 28 Shrine Shintô: Dimensions of Sacred Time and Space in Japan 218 29 Dimensions of Religion in Modern Japan 227 Part VIII Conclusions 237 30 “Religion” and the Religions 239 Appendix: Suggestions for Further Reading 246 Glossary 255 Index 260
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Encyclopedia of Religious Ethics 3 Volume Set
Book SynopsisA comprehensive, innovative, and authoritative view of moral inquiry engaged with the resources of the world's religions Encompassing three comprehensive volumes, the Encyclopedia of Religious Ethics introduces fundamental issues in moral inquiry, explores the world's major moral traditions, and surveys specific moral issues across a wide range of human experiences. This landmark work defines the meaning, task, and various forms of religious ethics to guide readers through critical inquiry of religious and moral life across historical periods, geography, and cultural traditions. The Encyclopedia features contributions by an extraordinary panel of ethicists, historians, theologians, philosophers, political theorists, and other experts that draw from and revise religious sources to explore basic themes in moral theory and address contemporary ethical and political problems. Each volume is devoted to a particular element of religious ethics. Volume I Table of ContentsVolume I: Moral Enquiry Preface Introduction On Religious Ethics Reflection Moral Knowledge Moral Theories Moral Truth Norms, Values, and Metaphysics God and Morality Non-theistic Ethics Language and Morality Embodied Knowledge Reason, Emotion, Ethics Feminist Epistemologies Natural Law Divine Command Moral Formation Authority and Religious Experience Ideas of Excellence Agents and Moral Formation Moral Development Desire and Will Perception Love and Compassion Practical Reasoning and Moral Casuistry Virtue Consequentialism Deontology Responsibility Value Theory Alterity Discourse Transmission Texts Text and Canon Hermeneutics Contested Canons and Counter-Traditions Revelation and Authorship Institutions Law and Religion Schools and Monasteries Communications and Media Practices Practices Francis X.Clooney Theories of Practice Performance/Liturgy Reading/Recitation/Memorization Pilgrimage Meditation as an Ethical Practice Asceticism and Self-Cultivation Comparison Theories Comparison in Religious Ethics Comparison as a Discipline Religious Ethics and Religious Studies Secularism Post-secularism Approaches History of Religions Culture and Moral Pluralism Conceptual Ethnographic Pragmatism Concepts Cosmology Ritual Saints and Exemplars Cosmogony and Eschatology Myth Nature and Human Nature Soteriology and Enlightenment Volume II: Moral Traditions Preface Introduction On Religious Ethics Historical and Theoretical Perspectives Judaism Jewish Ethics? Foundations of Jewish Ethics Ethics Differentiated from the Law From Law to Ethics… and Back Christianity Christian Ethics Origins of Christian Ethics Differentiation in Christian Ethics Trajectories in Christian Ethics Islam Islamic Ethics? Origins of Islamic Ethics Islamic Ethics: Differentiations Muslim Ethical Trajectories in the Contemporary Period Buddhism Buddhist Ethics? Origins of Buddhist Ethics Cultural Differentiation in Buddhist Ethics Buddhist Ethics: Trajectories Indian Religions Hindu Ethics? Origins of Hindu Ethics Differentiations in Hindu Ethics Trajectories of Hindu Ethics Chinese Religions Chinese Ethics? Origins of Chinese Ethics Differentiations Trajectories of Chinese Religious Ethics African Religions African Ethics? Origins of African Ethics Differentiations in African Ethics Trajectories in African Ethics Religions of the Americas Indigenous Peoples Origins (Religions of the Americas) Modes of Interpretation (Religions of the Americas) Global Interactions (Religions of the Americas) Contemporary and Cultural Perspectives Practices and Communities Practices and Communities (Christianity) Practices and Communities (Islam) Practices and Communities (Indian Religions) Practices and Communities (Chinese Religions) Practices and Communities (African Religions) Modes of Interpretation Modes of Interpretation (Judaism) Modes of Interpretation (Christianity) Modes of Interpretation (Islam) Modes of Interpretation (Buddhism) Modes of Interpretation (Indian Religions) Modes of Interpretation (African Religions) Modes of Interpretation (Chinese Religions) Global Interactions Global Interactions (Christianity) Global Interactions (Islam) Global Interactions (Buddhism) Global Interactions (African Religions) Global Interactions (Indian Religions) Volume III Preface Introduction On Religious Ethics Persons Structures and Conditions Health Body Culture Aesthetic Experience and Ethics Children Joy and Laughter Play/Recreation/Sport Personhood Pleasure and Pain Reproduction Subject Formation/Subjectivity Challenges Ability and Disability Class Disease and Decay Home and Homelessness Moral Struggle Trans-humanism and Post-humanism Violence Structures and Conditions Nations Economics Human Rights Ethics, Images, and Things Corporations Education Law Non-governmental Organizations Religious Institutions Challenges Science Challenges Ecology Global Dynamics Technology Animal Ethics Justice Production and Consumption Sustainability and Climate Change Communities Structures and Conditions Religious Membership Future Generations Ecumenism Family Inter-species communities Labor and Trade Marriage New Religious Movements Peace-keeping Challenges Religion and Religious War Censorship, Disclosure, Privacy Civil Rights and Protest Movements Domestic Violence Gender Discrimination Genocide Racial Discrimination Religious Discrimination Torture War and Non-state Group Violence
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Students Companion to the Theologians
Book Synopsis"As browsable as it is useful, this encyclopedic volume reads like a leisurely conversation among old friends. It will refresh professors, inspire students, and delight all who love the church. This is a book that will be fun to read in the short term but will last a long time on your library shelf.Trade Review“We are all grateful that Markham has given us such a fine work, particularly helpful on ancient and contemporary theologians.” (Anglican & Episcopal History, 1 December 2015) “Notwithstanding these gaps and some odd choices, the fact that many of the entries were of an exceptionally high quality makes the Companion a reference work that is well worth the purchase price.” (Reviews in Religion & Theology, 3 July 2013) Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv Timeline xvi Early Centuries 1 The Apocalypse of John 3 Arius (c.256–336) 6 Athanasius (c.295–373) 16 Augustine of Hippo (c.354–430) 26 Boethius (c.475–c.524) 31 The Cappadocians (c.329–c.524) 43 Cyril of Alexandria (c.378–444) and Nestorius of Constantinople (c.381–c.451) 48 Ephrem the Syrian (c.306–73) 60 Ignatius of Antioch (c.35–c.110) 71 Irenaeus of Lyons (2nd century) 74 John the Evangelist 79 Marcion (c.85–c.160) 89 Maximos the Confessor (580–662) 93 Origen (c.185–254) 103 The Apostle Paul 113 The Synoptic Evangelists: Mark, Matthew, and Luke 119 Tertullian (Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus) (c.155–c.225) 128 Middle Ages 137 Peter Abelard (1079–1142) 139 St Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) 142 Thomas Aquinas, OP (c.1224–74) 153 Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153) 159 Bonaventure (c.1217–74) 162 Duns Scotus (c.1266–1308) 171Julian of Norwich (1342–c.1416) 181 William Ockham (c.1280–c.1349) 187 Reformation Period 197 John Calvin (1509–64) 199 Richard Hooker (1554–1600) 204 Martin Luther (1483–1546) 208 Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560) 216 The Reformation 219 Teresa of Ávila (1515–82) 227 Enlightenment and Modern Period 237 Donald Baillie (1887–1954) 239 John Baillie (1886–1960) 245 Karl Barth (1886–1968) 250 Emil Brunner (1889–1966) 256 John Nelson Darby (1800–1882) 262 Georges Vasilievich Florovsky (1893–1979) 265 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) 276 Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) 287 Søren Kierkegaard (1813–55) 290 C. S. (Clive Staples) Lewis (1898–1963) 295 John Henry Newman (1801–90) 299 Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) 310 Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768–1834) 320 Gottfried Thomasius (1802–75) 326 Paul Tillich (1886–1965) 338 B. B. Warfield (1851–1921) 350 Twentieth Century to Present 353 Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–88) 355 Serge Laugier de Beaurecueil (1917–2005) 367 Black Theology 371 Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–45) 378 James Cone (1938– ) 390 Austin Farrer (1904–68) 393 Hans Frei (1922–88) 397 Colin Gunton (1941–2003) 400 Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928– ) 402 Stanley Hauerwas (1940– ) 406 John Hick (1922–2012) 416 Elizabeth A. Johnson, CSJ (1941– ) 427 Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–68) 431 Liberal Theology 438 George Lindbeck (1923– ) 451 Donald MacKinnon (1913–94) 454 John Milbank (1952– ) 458 Jürgen Moltmann (1926– ) 461 Richard John Neuhaus (1936–2009) 472 James Packer (1926– ) 475 Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928– ) 478 Charles Philip Price (1920–99) 486 Process Theology 491 Karl Rahner (1904–84) 502 Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936– ) 512 Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza (1938– ) 515 Dorothee Sölle (1929–2003) 518 Richard Swinburne (1934– ) 522 Vatican II 527 Keith Ward (1938– ) 541 Glossary 546 Index 550
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Galatians Through the Centuries
Book SynopsisThis commentary on Paul s highly autobiographical letter to the Galations traces the history of the book s reception through the ages.Trade Review“John Riches’ contribution to this excellent series is a well-focused, rich collection of work from key writers on Galatians from Marcion to the present day.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament “An invaluable treasure trove of carefully selected interpretations, but more important is the overall picture that it paints of the extensive dialogue about Galatians, and the questions the book raises about the relationship between the text and its readers.” Ecclesiastical History “This book is such a useful and admirable work of scholarship that I hesitate to find any fault with it.” Catholic Biblical QuarterlyTable of ContentsSeries Editors' Preface ix Preface xi List of Abbreviations xv Introduction: Aims and Method, Summary of Findings, Galatians as a 'World- Building' Text 1 Galatians 1:1-9: The Beginning of Paul's Argument 66 Galatians 1:10-24: Paul Argues for His Independence as an Apostle (I); The 'Conversion' of Paul the Jew 83 Galatians 2:1-10: Paul Argues for His Independence as an Apostle (II); The Conference at Jerusalem 96 Galatians 2:11-21: Justifi cation by Faith: The New Life in Christ 105 Galatians 3:1-14: Life in the Spirit Contrasted with Living under the Curse of the Law 144 Galatians 3:15-29: The Purpose of the Law and the New Life of Sonship of God 188 Galatians 4:1-20: Paul Contrasts the Galatians' Present State as Christians with Their Former Lives 214 Galatians 4:21-31: A Concluding Allegory 227 Galatians 5: The New Life of Faith 245 Galatians 6: New Creation: Life Beyond the Law 284 Glossary 302 Works Cited 309 Illustrations 319 Index 320
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John Wiley & Sons Inc A Nation for All
Book SynopsisOn the eve of the most important presidential election in decades, A NATION FOR ALL sounds the trumpet to the tens of millions of U.S. Catholics who have refused to buy the notion that people of faith must subscribe to the narrow agenda of the far right. By shining the light of authentic Catholic teaching on pressing contemporary concerns like war, human dignity, poverty, and the looming global climate crisis, this book shows Catholics how their own faith tradition calls them to tackle a sweeping array of issues commonly left out of the faith and politics dialog. Most important, A NATION FOR ALL demonstrates how the core Catholic and Christian belief in promoting the common good can provide Americans of all faith traditions with a much-needed solution to the downward spiral of greed, materialism, and excessive individualism.Table of ContentsForeword by Senator Robert P. Casey Jr. vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii 1. The Common Good 1Origins of the Common Good 3A Catholic Vision of the Common Good 4Restoring the Common Good 9Challenges to the Common Good 9Building a Culture of the Common Good 10Rebuilding the Common Good for Our Families, Jobs, and Environment 14 2. The Catholic Social Tradition 19Surprising or Familiar? 20Key Themes of the Catholic Social Tradition 23The Dignity of the Human Person 24The Common Good 24Solidarity 25Subsidiarity 25The Preferential Option for the Poor 26The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers 26Rights, Responsibilities, Participation 27Universal Destination of Goods 27Stewardship of God’s Creation 28Peace 28Popes and Principles 29TheWorkers' Pope: Leo XIII 29The Social Justice Pope: Pius XI 31A Pope for the Common Good: John XXIII 32Engaging the World: Vatican II 33The Human Development Pope: Paul VI 34The Life and Social Justice Pope: John Paul II 35The Pope of Love and Hope: Benedict XVI 37Living the Catholic Social Tradition 39 3. Church and State 43The Truth About Separation 46A Place for Faith 48The Importance of Compromise 51Church and State in the Catholic Tradition 53Political Compromise and the Culture of Life 57 4. Voting Catholic 65Catholics and the Religious Right 67Theology and the Politics of Division 73Voting for the Common Good 78Inform Your Conscience 79Use Prudence 79Vote for the Common Good 80Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship 81 5. An Agenda for the Common Good 83Poverty: The Root of All Problems 86Abortion 92The Global Climate Crisis 96Health Care 98War 100Immigration 102 6. Practicing the Common Good 105Conviction or Cowardice? 109Civility or Destruction? 112Compromise or Disengagement? 115Persuasion or Coercion? 118Faith, Politics, and the Future of America 119Resources on Catholic Social Teaching and the Common Good 125Election Day Checklist 137 The Authors 139 Index 141
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John Wiley & Sons Inc GirlTalk GodTalk
Book SynopsisGirlTalk/GodTalk offers a refreshing exploration of the faith lives of adolescent girls and shows how they think about, experience, and express spiritual and religious meanings in their lives. The book also explores the important role mothers, fathers and other parenting adults play in shaping that faith. As Joyce Ann Mercer explains, religion and faith can hold things together for girls as they move between the childhood self, the person they are in the present, and the adult self that is beginning to develop.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Preface xiii Introduction xix 1. Girl Talk: A Way of Hearing the Lives of Adolescent Girls 1 2. Girl Talk on Faith 14 3. Girl Talk on Gender 45 4. Girl Talk on Mothers 75 5. Girl Talk on Fathers 99 6. Girl Talk, God Talk 124 Appendix River of Life: A Life-Review Activity 135 Notes 137 Bibliography 147 The Author 151 Index 153
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Justification of Religious Violence
Book SynopsisThe relationship between religion and violence has been the subject of intense academic and public discussion. Clarke seeks to understand how justifications for religious violence develop and considers how these differ from ordinary secular justifications of violence.Table of ContentsPreface ix 1 Justification, Religion, and Violence 1 2 Religion 27 3 Morality 58 4 Justifying Violence,War, and CosmicWar 89 5 The Afterlife 114 6 The Sacred 134 7 Recent Justifications of Religious Violence 153 8 Tolerance 183 9 Reducing Religious Violence 198 References 215 Name Index 243 Subject Index 251
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Justification of Religious Violence
Book SynopsisThe relationship between religion and violence has been the subject of intense academic and public discussion. Clarke seeks to understand how justifications for religious violence develop and considers how these differ from ordinary secular justifications of violence.Table of ContentsPreface 1 Justification, Religion, and Violence 2 Religion 3 Morality 4 Justifying Violence,War, and CosmicWar 5 The Afterlife 6 The Sacred 7 Recent Justifications of Religious Violence 8 Tolerance 9 Reducing Religious Violence References Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Greek and Roman Religions
Book SynopsisOffers an introduction to the basic beliefs, practices, and major deities of Greek and Roman religions A volume in the Blackwell Ancient Religions, Greek and Roman Religions offers an authoritative overview of the region's ancient religious practices. The authora noted expert in the fieldexplores the presence of divinity in all aspects of ancient life and highlights the origins of myth, religious authority, institutions, beliefs, rituals, sacred texts, and ethics. Comprehensive in scope, the text focuses on myriad aspects that constitute Greco-Roman culture such as economic class, honor and shame, and slavery as well as the religious role of each member of the family. The integration of ethnic and community identity with divine elements are highlighted in descriptions of religious festivals. Greek and Roman Religions presents the evolution of ideas concerning death and the afterlife and the relation of death to concepts of ultimate justice. The author also offers insight into the elTable of ContentsPreface ix I Living with the Divine 1 II The Ancient Civilizations of the Mediterranean Basin 23 III Myths, Gods, and Heroes: Greece 47 IV Myths, Gods, and Heroes: Rome 71 V Temples and Priests 95 VI Worship of the Gods: Community Religious Festivals 113 VII Religion and Society 141 VIII Communicating with the Divine 161 IX The Mysteries 185 X Death and the Afterlife: Funeral Rites and Funeral Games 205 XI Religion and Philosophy 229 XII Religion and the State 253 XIII The Legacy of Greco‐Roman Religions in Western Culture 277 Glossary 303 Index 315
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Greek and Roman Religions
Book SynopsisOffers an introduction to the basic beliefs, practices, and major deities of Greek and Roman religions A volume in the Blackwell Ancient Religions, Greek and Roman Religions offers an authoritative overview of the region's ancient religious practices. The authora noted expert in the fieldexplores the presence of divinity in all aspects of ancient life and highlights the origins of myth, religious authority, institutions, beliefs, rituals, sacred texts, and ethics. Comprehensive in scope, the text focuses on myriad aspects that constitute Greco-Roman culture such as economic class, honor and shame, and slavery as well as the religious role of each member of the family. The integration of ethnic and community identity with divine elements are highlighted in descriptions of religious festivals. Greek and Roman Religions presents the evolution of ideas concerning death and the afterlife and the relation of death to concepts of ultimate justice. The author also offers insight into the elTable of ContentsPreface ix I Living with the Divine 1 II The Ancient Civilizations of the Mediterranean Basin 23 III Myths, Gods, and Heroes: Greece 47 IV Myths, Gods, and Heroes: Rome 71 V Temples and Priests 95 VI Worship of the Gods: Community Religious Festivals 113 VII Religion and Society 141 VIII Communicating with the Divine 161 IX The Mysteries 185 X Death and the Afterlife: Funeral Rites and Funeral Games 205 XI Religion and Philosophy 229 XII Religion and the State 253 XIII The Legacy of Greco‐Roman Religions in Western Culture 277 Glossary 303 Index 315
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Heaven on Earth
Book SynopsisThis collection assembles essays by eleven leading Catholic and evangelical theologians in an ecumenical discussion of the benefits and potential drawbacks of today's burgeoning corpus of theological interpretation. The authors explore the critical relationship between the earthly world and its heavenly counterpart. Ground-breaking volume of ecumenical debate featuring Catholic and evangelical theologians Explores the core theological issue of how the material and spiritual worlds interrelate Features a diversity of analytical approaches Addresses an urgent need to distinguish the positive and problematic aspects of today's rapidly growing corpus of theological interpretation Table of ContentsIntroduction: Spiritual Interpretation and Realigned Temporality 1 HANS BOERSMA and MATTHEW LEVERING Part I—Reading the Fathers 11 1 “In Many and Various Ways”: Towards A Theology of Theological Exegesis 13 BRIAN E. DALEY, SJ 2 “There’s Fire in That Rain”: On Reading the Letter and Reading Allegorically 33 LEWIS AYRES 3 Origen against History? Reconsidering the Critique of Allegory 53 PETER W. MARTENS 4 “This Is the Day Which the Lord Has Made”: Scripture, Manumission, and the Heavenly Future in Saint Gregory of Nyssa 75 HANS BOERSMA Part II—Reading Scripture 91 5 Imperial Lover: The Unveiling of Jesus Christ in Revelation 93 PETER J. LEITHART 6 Translation and Transcendence: The Fragile Future of Spiritual Interpretation 109 DAVID LYLE JEFFREY 7 Readings on the Rock: Typological Exegesis in Contemporary Scholarship 129 MATTHEW LEVERING Part III—Reading in Contemporary Context 155 8 The Self-Critique of the Historical-Critical Method: Cardinal Ratzinger’s Erasmus Lecture 157 MICHAEL MARIA WALDSTEIN 9 Profi ling Christ: The Psalms of Abandonment 173 FRANCESCA A. MURPHY 10 Reading the Book of the Church: Bonhoeffer’s Christological Hermeneutics 189 JENS ZIMMERMANN 11 “Ascending the Mountain, Singing the Rock: Biblical Interpretation Earthed, Typed, and Transfigured” 207 KEVIN J. VANHOOZER Index 231
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Politics Religion and the Common Good Advancing a
Book SynopsisIn this first volume of a two-volume set on the public expression of faith, the preeminent authority on religion in American shatters myths and stereotypes to advance the important public discussion about the public religion in political life.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: Tools for Moving from Argument to Conversation. 1. Handle with Care: The Case Against Public Religion. 2. Worth the Risk: Public Religion and the Common Good. 3. The Individual Citizen, Formed and Mobilized by Faith. 4. The Declining Political Power of Traditional Institutions. 5. The Flourishing of Religious Special Interest Groups. 6. An Invitation to All Religious People: Join the Political Conversation. Notes. References. The Author. About the Public Religion Project. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Small Strong Congregations
Book SynopsisCreate a small, strong congregation that is dedicated to advancing God's mission The twenty-first century is the century of small, strong congregations. More people will be drawn to small, strong congregations than any other kind of congregation. Yes, there are mega-congregations; Their number is increasing greatly.Table of ContentsPreface. Small Is Strong. Mission and Service. Compassion and Shepherding. Community and Belonging. Self-Reliance and Self-Sufficiency. Worship and Hope. Team, Leaders, and Congregation. Space and Facilities. Giving and Generosity. Living with the Spirit of Promise. The Author. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc A Lily Among the Thorns
Book SynopsisA new way for Christians to think about sexuality Author Miguel De La Torre, a well-respected ethicist and professor known for his innovative readings of Christian doctrine, rejects both the liberal and conservative prejudices about sex. He instead develops an ethic that is liberative yet grounded soundly in the Bible; a sexuality that celebrates God's gift of great sex by fostering intimacy, vulnerability and openness between loving partners. In A Lily Among the Thorns, De La Torre examines the Bible, current events, history and our culture-at-large to show how and why racism, sexism, and classism have distorted Christianity's central teachings about sexuality. The author shows how the church's traditionally negative attitudes toward sex in generaland toward women, people of color, and gays in particularhave made it difficult, if not impossible, to create a biblically based and just sexual ethic. But when the Bible is read from the viewpoint of those whoTable of ContentsA Note of Thanks ix Preface xi Introduction 1 PART ONE Restoring Great Sex 1. Liberating the Female Body 13 2. Liberating the Body of Color 36 3. The Body and Its Pleasures 50 4. A Sexual Ethics for the Body 70 PART TWO Having Great Sex 5. Great Sex in Marriage 89 6. Sex and the Single Christian 108 7. Same-Sex Relationships 130 8. Predatory Sex 158 Notes 185 The Author 199 Index 201
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sexual Ethics
Book SynopsisAn accessible and engaging anthology of readings focused specifically on applied ethics issues of sexual morality Sexual Ethics: An Anthology addresses conceptual, ethical, and public policy issues about sex, providing a balanced and non-sectarian discussion of many of today's most important and controversial moral topics. Covering a broad range of contemporary sexual ethics issues, this easily accessible textbook includes explications and point/counterpoint pieces on the definition of sex and sexual orientation, sexual harassment and rape law, sexual discrimination, age of consent, marriage and adultery, online affairs, gay marriage, polygamy and polyamory, sexual orientation change therapy, transgender and sex reassignment surgery, intersexed infants and surgery, pornography, prostitution, psychiatric classifications of sexuality disorders, and specific paraphilias. Organized around six broad themesConsent, Marriage, Homosexuality, Transgender, Commerce, and ParaphiliasSexual Ethics presents multiple sides of each issue, offering diverse perspectives on critical topics, supported by relevant philosophical arguments, position papers, psychological studies, government regulations, and court rulings. Sexual Ethics is particularly designed to provide a ready-made course in sexual ethics, with several major elements ideally suited for classroom instructors and students: Includes an introductory chapter on key definitional, conceptual, and theoretical issuesFeatures Framing Questions for each section that address a major moral or policy issue and highlights the pro/con nature of the readings (e.g., How should we define rape? Should pornography be protected as free speech?)Features a short summary at the beginning of each reading, including the topic, major points, and conclusion, very helpful for instructor planningFeatures 15 Discussion Starters that help students start thinking critically and talking about sexual ethics before doing any readingFeatures 45 brief Decision Cases drawn from major media stories especially relevant to the college student context, including college virginity, male rape, child pornography on television, college sexual harassment, faux-bisexuality, fraternity party sex, transgender inclusion, race and sex, asexuality, bromances, campus pride groups, fetishes and kink, online sex, Title IX mandatory reporting, transgender sports competition, religious diversity and sex, sex education, feminists working at sexually exploitative jobs, cancel culture, and robot sex. These cases are ideal for class discussion, class presentations, and research paper topics. Sexual Ethics: An Anthology is an excellent textbook for undergraduate classes in applied ethics, sexual ethics, and gender studies, as well as related courses in sociology, public policy, marriage and family law, and social work.Table of ContentsPreface: How This Book Is Organized and How to Use It x Acknowledgements xiii Part I Introduction to Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual Ethics 1 1 What is Sex? What is Sexuality? What is Sexual Ethics? 3patrick d. hopkins Section 1: What is Sex? 4 1.1 Discussion Starters 4 1.2 The Problem of Definitions 4 1.3 Solutions to the Problem of Definitions 7 1.4 Decision Cases 7 Section 2: What is Sexuality? 12 2.1 Discussion Starters 12 2.2 Definitions 13 2.3 Contextual Categorizations 15 2.4 Decision Cases 16 Section 3: What is Sexual Ethics? 21 3.1 Discussion Starters 21 3.2 Methods of Ethics 22 3.3 Moral Psychology and Analysis 24 3.4 Decision Cases 25 Part II Consent and Coercion 33 How should we define sexual harassment? 2 A Feminist Definition of Sexual Harassment 35Anita M. Superson 3 Lost Innocence 45Laurence Thomas 4 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 53United States District Court (M.D. Florida, Tampa Division) 5 Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. 58United States Supreme Court How should we define rape? 6 Force, Consent, and the Reasonable Woman 62Joan Mcgregor 7 Rape and the Reasonable Man 74Donald Hubin And Karen Healy 8 Revisions to the Uniform Crime Report’s Definition of Rape 84United States Department Of Justice How should we assess the age of consent? 9 Romeo and Juliet Were Sex Offenders: An Analysis of the Age of Consent and a Call for Reform 86Steve James 10 A Bee Line in the Wrong Direction: Science, Teenagers, and the Sting to the “Age of Consent” 98Jennifer Ann Drobac Part III Marriage and Fidelity 117 Should we provide new options for heterosexual marriage? 11 Covenant Marriage Seven Years Later: Its as Yet Unfulfilled Promise 119Katherine Shaw Spaht 12 Regulatory Fictions: On Marriage and Countermarriage 129Elizabeth F. Emens Should we legalize gay marriage? 13 A Traditionalist Case for Gay Marriage 147Dale Carpenter 14 A Response to the ‘Conservative Case’ for Same- Sex Marriage: Same- Sex Marriage and the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ 154Lynn D. Wardles 15 United States v. Windsor, Executor of the Estate of Spyer 167Supreme Court Of The United States Should we legalize polygamous marriage? 16 Marriage 170Marci Hamilton 17 Liberalism and the Polygamy Question 178Jon Mahoney 18 Multi- Player Option 185Michelle Chihara Is adultery necessarily immoral?19 Is Adultery Immoral? 189Richard Wasserstrom 20 What’s Really Wrong with Adultery? 197Michael J. Wreen How should we define adultery? 21 Sex Online: Is This Adultery? 201Christine Tavella Hall 22 Virtual Adultery: No Physical Harm, No Foul? 211Kathryn Pfeiffer Part IV Homosexuality and Policy 221 How should homosexuality be understood? 23 Why Homosexuality Is Abnormal 223Michael Levin 24 Homosexuality and Nature: Happiness and the Law at Stake 233Timothy F. Murphy What should the law be about homosexuality? 25 Bowers v. Hardwick 239United States Supreme Court 26 Lawrence v. Texas 253United States Supreme Court How should we assess attempts to change sexual orientation? 27 Therapies Focused on Attempts to Change Sexual Orientation (Reparative or Conversion Therapies): COPP Position Statement 260American Psychiatric Association, Committee On Psychotherapy By Psychiatrists (Copp) 28 (A) Can Some Gay Men and Lesbians Change Their Sexual Orientation? 200 Participants Reporting a Change from Homosexual to Heterosexual Orientation – Abstract; (B) Spitzer Reassesses His 2003 Study of Reparative Therapy of Homosexuality 264Robert L. Spitzer 29 Welch v. Brown, Appellants’ Opening Brief (Preliminary Injunction Appeal) 267Kamala D. Harris, Douglas J. Woods, Tamar Pachter, Daniel J. Powell, Craig J. Konnoth, And Alexandra Robert Gordon 30 Welch v. Brown, Brief Amicus Curiae of Foundation for Moral Law, in Support of Plaintiffs – Appellees Urging Affirmance 277John A. Eidsmoe And Joshua M. Pendergrass Part V Transgender and Medicine 283 How should transgender be understood? 31 Gender Identity Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: A Critical Inquiry 285Darryl B. Hill, Christina Rozanski, Jessica Carfagnini, And Brian Willoughby 32 Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders: Discussion of Questions for DSM- V (on GID) 297Robert L. Spitzer 33 Gender Dysphoria 300American Psychiatric Association How should we assess sex reassignment surgery? 34 The Psychopathology of “Sex Reassignment” Surgery: Assessing Its Medical, Psychological, and Ethical Appropriateness 302Richard P. Fitzgibbons, Philip M. Sutton, And Dale O’leary 35 Transsexualism and Gender Reassignment Surgery 314Heather Draper And Neil Evans How should intersexed children be medically treated? 36 Surgical Progress is Not the Answer to Intersexuality 322Cheryl Case 37 The Ethics of Surgically Assigning Sex for Intersex Children 327Merle Spriggs And Julian Savalescu Part VI Commerce and Speech 337 Is pornography harmful? 38 The Question of Harm 339Attorney General’s Commission On Pornography, Final Report, 1986 39 The Findings and Recommendations of the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography: Do the Psychological “Facts” Fit the Political Fury? 348Daniel Linz, Edward Donnerstein, And Steven Penrod Should pornography be protected as free speech? 40 Pornography and the First Amendment 355Cass R. Sunstein 41 Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition 370United States Supreme Court Is prostitution necessarily immoral? 42 What’s Wrong with Prostitution? 374Igor Primoratz 43 Moral Reflections on Prostitution 385Yolanda Estes Part VII Paraphilia and Pathology 393 Are some sexual desires a type of disease? 44 DSM- IV- TR and the Paraphilias: An Argument for Removal 395Charles Moser And Peggy J. Kleinplatz 45 Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders: Discussion of Questions for DSM- V (on Paraphilia) 403Robert L. Spitzer 46 Paraphilic Disorders 406American Psychiatric Association Is sadomasochism necessarily immoral? 47 Rethinking Sadomasochism: Feminism, Interpretation, and Simulation 408Patrick D. Hopkins 48 Naughty Fantasies 419John Corvino Is bestiality necessarily immoral? 49 What (if Anything) Is Wrong with Bestiality? 424Neil Levy 50 Horse Sense 431Wesley J. Smith Is pedophilia necessarily immoral? 51 Pedophilia 434Igor Primoratz 52 What Really Is Wrong with Pedophilia? 440Robert Ehman Index 447
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