Religious ethics Books
Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Christian Ethics Cambridge Companions to Religion
Book SynopsisIn this second edition of the best-selling Cambridge Companion to Christian Ethics, Robin Gill brings together twenty essays by leading experts, to provide a comprehensive introduction to Christian ethics which is both authoritative and up to date. This volume boasts four entirely new chapters, while previous chapters and all bibliographies have been updated to reflect significant developments in the field over the last decade. Gill offers a superb overview of the subject, examining the scriptural bases of ethics as well as discussing Christian ethics in the context of contemporary issues, including war and the arms trade, social justice, ecology, economics, medicine and genetics. All of the contributors have a proven track record of balanced, comprehensive and comprehensible writing making this book an accessible and invaluable source not only for students in upper-level undergraduate courses, graduate students and teachers, but anyone interested in Christian ethics today.Table of ContentsPart I. The Grounds of Christian Ethics: 1. Making moral decisions Rowan Williams; 2. Moral traditions in eastern and western Christianity Robin W. Lovin; 3. The Old Testament and Christian ethics John Rogerson; 4. The Gospels and Christian ethics Allen Verhey; 5. The epistles and Christian ethics Stephen C. Barton; Part II. Approaches to Christian Ethics: 6. Natural law and Christian ethics Stephen J. Pope; 7. Virtue ethics Jean Porter; 8. Gender and Christian ethics Lisa Sowle Cahill; 9. Liberation ethics Tim Gorringe; 10. Christian ethics in Asia Peniel Rajkumar; 11. Christian ethics: a Jewish perspective Ronald M. Green; 12. Other faiths and Christian ethics Gavin D'Costa; Part III. Issues in Christian Ethics: 13. Christianity and war R. John Elford; 14. The arms trade and Christian ethics Robin Gill; 15. Social justice and welfare Duncan B. Forrester; 16. Ecology and Christian ethics Michael S. Northcott; 17. Business, economics and Christian ethics Max L. Stackhouse with David W. Miller; 18. World family trends Don Browning; 19. Sexuality and religious ethics Robin Gill; 20. Christian ethics, medicine, and genetics James F. Childress.
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Cambridge University Press Peter Singer and Christian Ethics
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Cambridge University Press Catholic Bioethics for a New Millennium
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Cambridge University Press Constitutional Rights Moral Controversy and the Supreme Court
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Cambridge University Press The Ethics of Tainted Legacies
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Cambridge University Press Catholic Social Teaching in Practice
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Cambridge University Press Life without God
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Cambridge University Press Family and Christian Ethics
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Cambridge University Press CompassionJustice Conflicts and Christian Ethics
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Cambridge University Press God in Moral Experience
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Cambridge University Press Money as God
Book SynopsisA fascinating interdisciplinary study of the impact of the monetization of market transactions on all aspects of our social, political, legal and spiritual lives. This book brings together economists, theologians, historians, political scientists and lawyers to develop a comprehensive view of the nature and the social role of money.Table of ContentsIntroduction Jürgen von Hagen and Michael Welker; Part I. Money and Markets: Economic, Legal, and Theological Foundations: 1. Microfoundations of the uses of money Jürgen von Hagen; 2. Money and its role in a decentralized market economy Peter Bernholz; 3. Mensura et mensuratum: money as measure and measure for money Wolfgang Ernst; 4. Standardization and monetization: legal perspectives Burkhard Hess; 5. Kohelet and the co-evolution of a monetary economy and religion Michael Welker; Part II. Monetary Exchange: Historical and Social Roots: 6. Money and image: the presence of the state on the routes of economy Tonio Hölscher; 7. The social world of Ecclesiastes Choon-Leong Seow; 8. The development of monetary systems in Palestine during the Achaemenid and Hellenistic eras Ulrich Hübner; 9. Fate's gift economy: the Chinese case of coping with the asymmetry between man and fate Rudolf G. Wagner; 10. 'Mothers and children': discourses on paper money during the Song period Hans-Ulrich Vogel; 11. 'Buying heaven': the prospects of commercialized salvation in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries Berndt Hamm; Part III. Monetary Exchange: Ethical Limits and Challenges: 12. The monetization and demonetization of the human body: the case of compensatory payments for bodily injuries and homicide in ancient Near Eastern and ancient Israelite law books Konrad Schmid; 13. What price do we place on life? Ethical observations on the limits of law and money in a case of transitional justice Günter Thomas; 14. Standardized monetization of the market and the argument for preferential justice Piet Naudé; 15. Religious faith and the market economy: a survey on faith and trust of Catholic entrepreneurs in China Gao Shining and Yang Fenggang; Part IV. Money, Wealth, and Desire: 16. 'Do not sell your soul for money': economy and eschatology in biblical and intertestamental traditions Andreas Schüle; 17. 'Businessmen and merchants will not enter the places of my father': early Christianity and market mentality Edmondo F. Lupieri; 18. Desire in consumer culture: theological perspectives from Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine of Hippo John F. Hoffmeyer; Money as God?: conclusions Michael Welker and Jürgen von Hagen; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Maths Workout Pupils book 6 For Homework and Practice Step Up Mathematics S
Book SynopsisThis book develops a theory of existential security. It demonstrates that the publics of virtually all advanced industrial societies have been moving toward more secular orientations during the past half century, but also that the world as a whole now has more people with traditional religious views than ever before. This second edition expands the theory and provides new and updated evidence from a broad perspective and in a wide range of countries. This confirms that religiosity persists most strongly among vulnerable populations, especially in poorer nations and in failed states. Conversely, a systematic erosion of religious practices, values and beliefs has occurred among the more prosperous strata in rich nations.Trade Review"This second edition is an outstanding contribution to the new thought among social scientists about the process of secularization... Norris and Inglehart present convincing arguments soundly anchored in extensive systematic research from around the globe...[They] provide a brilliant, well-written, and thoroughly convincing second edition of what will surely become a classic in the field. This is an indispensable work for any college-level class concerned with the role of religion in the contemporary world. Summing Up: Essential." -J.J. Preston, Sonoma State University, CHOICE MagazineTable of ContentsPart I. Understanding Secularization: 1. The secularization debate; 2. Measuring secularization; 3. Comparing secularization worldwide; Part II. Case Studies of Religion and Politics: 4. The puzzle of secularization in the United States and Western Europe; 5. A religious revival in post-communist Europe?; 6. Religion and politics in the Muslim world; Part III. The Consequences of Secularization: 7. Religion, the Protestant ethic, and moral values; 8. Religious organizations and social capital; 9. Religious parties and electoral behavior; Part IV. Conclusions: 10. Secularization and its consequences; 11. Re-examining the theory of existential security; 12. Re-examining evidence for the security thesis.
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Cambridge University Press Patents on Life
Book SynopsisBrings legal, religious, ethical, and political perspectives to bear on debates about biotechnology patents or 'patents on life'. With international, interfaith, and cross-disciplinary contributions, it will appeal to legal scholars, policymakers, advocates, and religious ethicists and leaders working in the area of social ethics and justice.Trade Review'… wonderful book …' Ira Bedzow, Journal of Law and ReligionTable of Contents1. Introduction Roman Cholij; Part I. Life Patents, Law, and Morality: 2. Morality, religion, and patents Kathleen Liddell and Simon Ravenscroft; 3. Religious and moral grounds for patent-eligible subject matter exclusions Joshua D. Sarnoff; 4. Life-form patents: proceedings in the European Patent Office and the role of non-commercial parties Christopher Rennie-Smith; Part II. Religious Perspectives on Life Patents: 5. Intellectual property rights and the fundamental right to the Commons in the light of Catholic social teaching Monsignor Osvaldo Neves de Almeiad; 6. Human rights and life patents: lessons from the Church's social teaching and engagement in the United States Stephen M. Colecchi; 7. Intellectual property and genetic sequences: a Jewish law perspective Michael J. Broyde and Steven S. Weiner; 8. Intellectual property, Islamic values, and the patenting of genes Mohammed El Said; 9. Christian libertarianism and the curious lack of religious objections to the patenting of life forms in the United States Paul J. Heald; 10. From 'Chakrabarty' to 'Myriad' and beyond: Catholic contributions to the gene patenting debate Paul J. Wodja; Part III. Social Justice and Political Aspects: 11. 'Thou shalt not steal': the morality of compulsory licensing of pharmaceutical patents Margo Bagley; 12. Genetic resources and patents: in search of ethical solutions to global IP discord Roman Cholij; 13. Patent for life: towards an ethical use of patents on plant innovations Michael A. Kock; 14. Germline modification of human embryos, patents and the limits of markets: rethinking equality, human diversity, and the question of innovation funding Katerina Sideri; 15. Patent governance, ethics, and democracy: how transparency and accountability norms are challenged by patents on stem cells, gametes, and genome editing (CRISPR) in Europe Ingrid Schneider; 16. Life patents, religion, and justice: a summary of themes Thomas C. Berg.
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Cambridge University Press Christianity and the Laws of Conscience
Book SynopsisThis book explores Christian theological, legal, constitutional, historical, and philosophical meanings of conscience. In doing so, it surveys how conscience has been deployed in the New Testament text, across Christian history, and in various contemporary applications, including rights to sexual expression and constitutional law.Table of ContentsPart I. Themes in Understandings of Conscience in Christianity: 1. New Testament on conscience Wendell Willis; 2. Conscience and natural law in scripture David VanDrunen; 3. Conscience in early Christian thought John Anthony McGuckin; 4. Sensus Fidei, the magisterium, and the formation of conscience E. Christian Brugger; Part II. Conscience According to Major Figures and Traditions: 5. Conscience in the early church fathers Alexis Torrance; 6. St Thomas Aquinas on conscience Cajetan Cuddy, OP; 7. Reforming the conscience: magisterial reformers on the theory and practice of conscience John L. Thompson; 8. Toward a theology of a redeemed conscience Jeffrey B. Hammond; 9. Pierre Bayle: an enlightened alternative to John Locke Edward Andrew; 10. Freedom of conscience and its right to constitutional protection: the contribution of Roger Williams David Little; 11. Jonathan Edwards on conscience Michael McClymond; 12. Obeying God rather than men: uneasy evangelicals, conscience, and politics Micah Watson; 13. Mormonism and conscience Rosalynde Welch and Nathan B. Oman; 14. Culture and conscience in the thought of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI Peter J. Casarella; Part III. Applied Topics in Law and Conscience: 15. Liberty of conscience, free exercise of religion, and the U.S. constitution Nathan S. Chapman; 16. Religious conscience protections in American state constitutions Michael J. DeBoer; 17. Forced conformity or accommodation? How to reconcile conscience and difference in a pluralistic democracy Mark Rienzi; 18. Christian conscience and sexual expression rights Helen M. Alvaré; 19. Conscience and war Joseph Capizzi; 20. Institutional conscience, corporate persons, and Hobby Lobby Christopher Tollefsen; 21. Religion, conscience, and the law: reasons, bases, and limits for exemptions R. Kent Greenawalt; Index.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Ben Shapiro combines a sophisticated intellect and wide erudition with the skills of a really gifted mud wrestler. You’ll find all of him in this book: the deep seriousness, the ardor in combat, the sly wordplay, and the love of country—above all, the love of country. How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps is Ben Shapiro at his best. Which is to say: glorious.” — Peter Robinson, Murdoch Distinguished Policy Fellow at the Hoover Institution and former speechwriter and special assistant to President Ronald Reagan "Most Americans still embrace our free-enterprise system—today. But will they in the future? Ben Shapiro shows that it depends on the commitments we make to our common philosophy, culture, and history. Read this book and you will be prepared to defend, confidently and joyfully, the system that changed the world for the better." — Arthur Brooks, Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School, and author of Love Your Enemies "Facing much more trying times than our own, Abraham Lincoln insisted, ‘We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies.’ Ben Shapiro reminds us that this friendship has a foundation, that it is the American idea, and that we still are responsible as citizens for the work of building that more perfect union." — Kevin Willliamson, author of The Smallest Majority "Conservatism is grounded in gratitude—gratitude for what we love and want to conserve for future generations. Ben Shapiro’s How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps is a valuable and passionate expression of gratitude for what makes this country great and why we should be grateful for what it is, not angry at it for falling short of some ideological fantasy of perfection." — Jonah Goldberg, author of Suicide of the West
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Zondervan Ethics beyond Rules
Book SynopsisAn introduction to ethics that will help Christians rediscover a moral reasoning rooted in Scripture and navigate the ethical crises of our time. How should Christians live? How should we interact with one another? Why do we think the way we do about right and wrong? How should we approach today''s complex moral questions? Keith Stanglin realigns our ethical thinking around the central question: What does real love require? applying it to our ethical reasoning on many of the social issues present in today''s culture: abortion sexual ethics consumerism technology race and politics Moral evaluation must be based on more than our subjective feelings or the received wisdom or majority opinion of our community. But thinking objectively and reasonably about our ethical commitments is a process that''s rarely taught in contemporary education or even in churches.Ethics Beyond RulesTrade Review'Ethics beyond Rules is a clarion call to wake up a sleepy Church and to exhort Christians to become 'loving resistance fighters.' Drawing from Scripture, tradition, history, science, and human experience, Stanglin offers an articulate defense of the church's ageless teaching and challenges Christians everywhere to sanctify rather than submit to an increasingly secular culture.' * DeAnn Stuart, associate director of curriculum, Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture *'Ethics beyond Rules is a readable, insightful book. It offers guidance for Christian disciples living in a quickly changing and increasingly morally confused culture. Keith Stanglin provides both a solid framework and grounding principles for a clear, biblically informed ethic on living wisely and well. Then with balance, courage, and grace, he applies those principles to such relevant topics as race and sexuality. Finally, he exhorts us to take our calling as salt and light seriously, engaging in the spiritual and cultural challenges of our day as 'loving resistance fighters.' I am very pleased to recommend this fine book.' * Paul Copan, Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics, Palm Beach Atlantic University, and author of Loving Wisdom: A Guide to Philosophy and Christian Faith *'Ethics beyond Rules is deceptively easy to read, but the discerning reader will notice the way in which Keith Stanglin has taken the ethical insights of such luminaries as Aristotle, Plato, Augustine of Hippo, and Thomas Aquinas and made them accessible to everyone, while also fully integrating this history of ethics with the inspired teaching of the Christian Scriptures. In doing this, Stanglin has produced a much needed volume of Christian ethics, one that will equip pastors and laity alike in living holy lives while also guiding others toward the same. This volume is not only a corrective to the erroneous moral theology so common today but a map for those who desire to love God and their neighbor wholeheartedly.' * Greg Peters, professor, Torrey Honors College, Biola University *'Ethics beyond Rules is exactly the right book in exactly the right moment for every Christian, especially in a world increasingly untethered from biblical faith. Beautifully written and intensely engaging, it examines the contentious issues of our time through the only lens that matters: What does Christian love require? Here is a book for every man and woman of faith--but also for those of no faith, because its decency and compassion refute once and for all the anti-Christian caricatures of our time.' * Mary Eberstadt, Panula Chair in Christian Culture, Catholic Information Center, Washington, DC, author of Primal Screams and How the West Really Lost God *'Ethics beyond Rules is the product of wide reading and careful Christian thinking. Readers will find in it both the sorts of considerations that matter in moral reasoning and a discussion of many of the ethical issues that are central to human life--all of this done in a way that takes seriously not only natural reason but also Christian Scripture and tradition. Stanglin approaches disputed moral problems in thoughtful, often imaginative ways that will be accessible to many sorts of readers.' * Gilbert Meilaender, senior research professor of theology, Valparaiso University *'Kudos to Keith Stanglin for the courage, intelligence, and love it took to write this crucial tract for the times. It is full of Christian wisdom about how we ought to live and interact with one another in nearly every sphere of life. I applaud the way it orients our ethical reflection in relation to the question, 'What does real love require?' If more of us attended to that question more regularly, deeply, and honestly, our world would be a much better place.' * Douglas A. Sweeney, dean and professor of divinity, Beeson Divinity School *'Stanglin brings his keen mind, Christian rootedness, and lucid writing to this pointed overview of Christian ethics. A wonderfully ordered and accessibly presented discussion of the foundations of the gospel's love ethic that is then applied to a series of key issues, Stanglin pulls no punches, providing a responsible Scriptural lens on matters ranging from sexuality and race to technology and politics. Wearing its learning lightly and delving into the concrete challenges of Christian life in the world, this illuminating volume will deepen the faith and practice of any serious disciple. It deserves a wide reading throughout the church.' * Ephraim Radner, professor of historical theology, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto *'Stanglin in Ethics beyond Rules lays bare all the pseudo-foundations of the moral relativism that has gripped our culture. Tragically, even the church has been caught in the quicksand of this moral malaise and needs a fresh vision and renewed understanding of biblical ethics. Stanglin provides it in a refreshing and compelling way, focusing on many of the most pressing issues of our day. It is engagingly written, persuasively argued, and decisively relevant. Every Christian should purchase two copies, one to read, and one to give to a friend, because this book is that good.' * Timothy C. Tennent, president and professor of world Christianity, Asbury Theological Seminary *
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Zondervan Subversive Witness
Book SynopsisLearn to leverage privilege.Privilege is a social consequence of our unwillingness to reckon with and turn from sin. But properly stewarded, it can help us see and participate in God''s inbreaking kingdom. Scripture repeatedly affirms that privilege is real and declares that, rather than exploiting it for selfish gain or feeling immobilized by it, Christians have a responsibility to leverage it.Subversive Witness asks us to grapple with privilege, indifference, and systemic sin in new ways by using biblical examples to reveal the complex nature of privilege and Christians'' responsibility in stewarding it well.Dominique DuBois Gilliard highlights several people in the Bible who understood this kingdom call. Through their stories, you will discover how to leverage privilege to: Resist Sin Stand in Solidarity with the Oppressed Birth Liberation Create Systemic Change Proclaim the Good News
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Concordia Publishing House Love Marriage and Family Learning from the Early Christians
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Thomas Nelson NKJV Large Print Thinline Reference Bible Blue
Book SynopsisThis large print thinline NKJV Bible edition is stunning inside and out, with unique finishes such as blue-letter words of Christ, beautiful covers, and an etched gilding design on the page edges.
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Moody Publishers Platforms to Pillars
Book Synopsis A biblical response to living in a platform society. Platform: A mentality, a way of approaching life, which promises to reinforce our uniqueness, deliver on our desires, and offer validation and visibility. A platform society emphasizes individualism and performance. It?s rooted in the belief that self and personal desires are preeminent. In Platforms to Pillars, cultural expert Mark Sayers explores how platform mentality is misshaping our contemporary world and contrasts this to the biblical call of Christians to live as pillars. By looking at the ancient world?a world remarkably similar to our own?Sayers explores the flaws of a platform society. Sayers takes a deep dive into the influence and allure of digital platforms on individuals and society, and he invites readers to envision a legacy that lives beyond themselves. Like columns in buildings, human pillars provide support and strength. They work together to create space for others, partnering with God as He advances His kingdom in the world. Human pillars fortify and protect community through virtue and character and pass these values to others. Sayers shows us how to delight in God?s presence, enjoying the freedom that flows from belonging to Him. A much-needed corrective, Platforms to Pillars models a biblical and better way for Christians to live.
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Beacon Press Loving Our Own Bones
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Beacon Press Loving Our Own Bones
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Paulist Press Sexual and Gender Doctrinal Language
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The Catholic University of America Press Fyodor Dostoevsky Walker Percy and the Age of
Book SynopsisPresents a study of the phenomenon of suicide in modern and post-modern society as represented in the major fictional works of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Walker Percy. In his study, suicide is understood in both a literal and spiritual sense as referring to both the actual suicides in their works and to the broader social malaise of spiritual suicide.
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Kregel Publications,U.S. Invitation to Christian Ethics
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University of Missouri Press The Struggle for the Soul of Journalism
Book SynopsisExamines several narratives involving religion's historical influence on the news ethic of journalism: its decades-long opposition to the Sunday newspaper as a vehicle of modernity that challenged the tradition of the Sabbath; the parallel attempt to create an advertising-driven Christian daily newspaper; and the ways in which religion pressured the press to become a moral agent.Trade ReviewThis may be a book about history, but its concerns are remarkably contemporary. Its central concern is the struggle for journalism that is both trustworthy and important, a concern that resonates with today’s society that urgently needs credible news reporting but that distrusts media more than ever. It should become essential reading for those who want to understand media criticism in the United States."" - John Ferré, University of Louisville; co-author of Good News: Social Ethics and the Press""Mainstream press and mainstream church: two institutions often seen as being past their prime, losing audiences, scrambling to stay solvent, and trying to remain relevant. Ronald R. Rodgers examines how these two opinion leaders tangled as America entered the era of mass consumption of goods and ideas, setting the stage for our information-rich but wisdom-poor society.“Rodgers’s book is aptly named. More than a century ago, the debates about the role and soul of the press focused on whether it should give what people need or what they want—a question fascinatingly addressed in miniature when the a clergyman took control of the Topeka Capital for one week in 1900. This bread-vs.-circuses debate animates the discussion about what seems to be our soul-less public life in the twenty-first century, making Rodgers’s book a truly fascinating prologue to our present."" - Michael Sweeney, author of The Military and the Press: An Uneasy Truce""Ronald Rodgers brings a strong background to this book: more than twenty years as a newspaper reporter and editor, an intellectual curiosity about the past, and a proven track record as an astute historian. In studying journalism’s mission and conduct over a ninety-year period in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, he closely examines criticism of how the press sustained itself and identified 'its role and responsibility.' Using both the regular press and the religious press, and focusing on the ethics of journalism, he argues convincingly that looking at the period under study can lead to a better understanding of journalism’s role in society today. This approach breaks significant new ground in a highly interesting book."" - Patrick S. Washburn, Professor Emeritus, Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
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Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City Scandalous Obligation Rethinking Christian
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Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City Ethics in Christian Ministry A Guide for Pastors
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Georgetown University Press Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics 1998 18
Book SynopsisIncludes subjects such as the nature and tasks of religious ethics, comparative ethics involving a variety of Western and Eastern traditions, religious social ethics and social theory, and problems in professional and applied ethics.Table of ContentsEditor's Preface Presidential Address Community Versus Universals: A Misplaced Debate in Christian EthicsLisa Sowle CahillPanel on the Work of Stanley HarakasIntroductory CommentsVigen GuroianA Short Response to Stanley HarakasTimothy F. SedgwickCosmic Theocentrism: Remarks on Stanley Harakas's Toward Transfigured LifeJames GustafsonThe Work of Fr. Stanley Harakas: A Panel DiscussionM. Therese LysaughtResponseStanley S. HarakasA Select Bibliography of Works by Stanley Samuel Harakas Conversations with Related Societies Christian Ethics in Europe: A Perspective from the Societas EthicaWerner WolbertChristian Ethics in Europe: A Response to Werner WolbertWilliam SchweikerHistorical-Constructive Studies Contemporary Forms of Askesis and the Return of Spiritual ExercisesMaria AntonaccioSchleiermacher's Christian Ethics in Relation to His Philosophical EthicsJohn CrossleySocial EthicsChurch Talk in Christian Ethics: Lessons from the Writing of Tex Sample and Robert WuthnowPeter D. BrowningEbonics as an Ethically Sound Discourse: A Solution, Not a ProblemCheryl A. Kirk-DugganBabel's Children: Reconstructing the Common GoodWilliam O'Neill, SJPassionate Mothering: Toward an Ethics of Appropriate Mother-Child IntimacyCristina L. H. TrainaJust War TraditionApplied Just War Theory: Moral Implications of New Weapons for Air WarMartin L. CookTwo Rival Versions of Just War Theory and the Presumption Against Harm in PolicingTobias L. WinwrightApplied EthicsBusiness and "Family Values"George D. Randels Jr.A Cabbit in Sheep's Clothing: Exploring the Sources of Our Moral Disquiet about CloningTimothy M. RenickProfessional ResourcesIntroduction: Doing Health Care Ethics TodayDennis Brodeur and John KilnerMethodology and Theology in Health Care EthicsRon HamelEthics and Human GeneticsAudrey R. ChapmanThe Ethics of Access to Health CareCharlene A. GalarneauEthical Issues at the End of LifeSondra Ely WheelerContributors
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University of Chicago Press Ethics and the Catechism of the Catholic Church
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B&H Publishing Group Faithful Reason
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B&H Publishing Group Ethics Of War The
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Short History of Jewish Ethics
Book SynopsisA Short History of Jewish Ethics traces the development of Jewish moral concepts and ethical reflection from its Biblical roots to the present day.Trade Review“This is a fine study and relatively accessible for an academic work . . . The book is mostly descriptive rather than evaluative. Dr. Mittleman does seem particularly concerned to show the value of Jewish ethics to those operating from mainstream secular philosophical schools of thought. Recommended.” (Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews, 1 September 2012) “For those with some background, Mittleman provides a thoughtful tour through a number of seminal moments in Jewish ethical reflection. Summing Up: Recommended. Some advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers/faculty. (Choice, 1 July 2012) "[It] admirably recounts the Jewish tradition of ethical inquiry from its biblical beginnings until today. Mittleman is thoroughly at home in the primary sources and secondary literature. He is also an expert on contemporary moral philosophy, which enables him to contextualize Jewish thought within a wider framework of ethical theory ... He covers a vast amount of information in 200 pages, and the reader who perseveres will learn much about the broad sweep of Jewish ethical thinking." Jewish Ideas DailyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments viii Introduction 1 1 Ethics in the Axial Age 16 2 Some Aspects of Rabbinic Ethics 52 3 Medieval Philosophical Ethics 88 4 Medieval Rabbinic and Kabbalistic Ethics 124 5 Modern Jewish Ethics 156 Conclusion 199 Index 202
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Tyndale House Publishers Nobodys Cuter Than You
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Baylor University Press Human in Death
Book SynopsisExplores the best-selling futuristic suspense series In Death, written by romance legend Nora Roberts under the pseudonym J.D. Robb. Centering on troubled NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her billionaire tycoon husband Roarke, the novels explore vital questions about human flourishing.Trade Review...Ali's book shows the rich possibilities of analysis that crime fiction offers its readers. -- Heta Pyrhönen -- CluesIn each chapter, Ali displays a sure command of Robbâs oeuvre, of relevant popular romance scholarship, and of contemporary debates among readers. She avoids both dense academic jargon and fannish minutia, creating an accessible text for educated lay readers and a compelling one for scholars of popular romance fiction who do not share her encyclopedic knowledge of all 15,000 or so pages of the In Death books. -- Jessica Miller -- The Journal of Popular Romance Studies / Popular Romance ProjectTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Reading in Death 1. Intimacy in Death 2. Friendship in Death 3. Vocation in Death 4. Violence in Death 5. Perfection in Death Conclusion: Ending in Death
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Baylor University Press The Last Will Be First
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1517 Media Discipleship
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Rowman & Littlefield Living Justice: Catholic Social Teaching in
Book SynopsisThis book introduces readers to Catholic social teaching, the Church’s long tradition of reflection on the meaning of social justice and how to enact it. The Church derives its faith-based principles for promoting justice and peace from rich sources in scripture, theology, reason, and human experience. These teachings, as contained in papal encyclicals and documents from global gatherings of bishops, have inspired broad efforts to advocate for so many important goals—including human rights, the common good, equitable international development, disarmament, healthy family life, and labor justice.Readers will be led step-by-step to a deeper understanding of the demands of social justice in the world today. They will also examine the building blocks of Catholic social teaching, including its key themes, sources, and methods for clarifying values and reaching firm conclusions, always in ways appropriate to pluralistic modern societies. Along the way, readers will encounter great heroes of social change and prophets of peace and justice. This new fourth edition includes expanded coverage of such topics as global migration and climate change, new case studies applying ethical principles to currently pressing social issues, and the major social teaching of Pope FrancisThe book culminates with a description of the social justice advocacy of Pope Francis who has renewed Catholic social teaching in many distinctive ways. He has provided new resources that empower the church to navigate the many crises facing the world today. These include the refugee and environmental crises, profound challenges to family life and economic justice, and the desperate need for more effective diplomacy and global peacebuilding. A number of helpful resources contained in this volume, including eight tables, discussion questions, topics for further study, and an annotated list of print and web resources on Catholic social teaching, make this volume a perfect texts for college-level courses on social justice.Trade ReviewAccessible and comprehensive, Living Justice is a go-to textbook for my introductory courses on Catholic Social Teaching. Massaro brings the book up to date with the social teaching of Pope Francis and illustrates the significance of his contribution to the Catholic social tradition. -- Erin Brigham, director of the Joan and Ralph Lane Center for Catholic Social Thought and the Ignatian Tradition at the University of San FranciscoThomas Massaro provides a path to the lifelong quest of how faith calls us to justice. He not only introduces the reader to the narrative of Catholic Social Teaching but also links its importance to the life of the Church today. This text invites the reader to dialogue with the best forces of secular society to create a better world. It offers a vision, methods of analysis, tools of discernment and principles of proceeding, a toolbox of supports and clarifications, which make the whys and ways of the Social Tradition, available to the reader. An excellent resource for the classroom and a tool for those who want to introduce or support those seeking to make a difference. -- Judith A. Merkle, SNDdeN professor of religious studies, Niagara University, NYI know of no better single volume on the history and principles of Catholic Social Teaching that also brings readers up-to-date on that tradition's most recent developments and contemporary, global relevance. With an extensive new chapter on the contributions of Pope Francis to CST, neophytes and seasoned theologians alike will find something to appreciate in this eminently readable 4th edition. As a secondary and postsecondary classroom text, Living Justice will prove indispensable in introducing a new generation to the Church's ongoing concerns with social justice. -- AJ DeBonis, Department of Theology, Regis High School, NYCFr. Massaro’s Living Justice is the go-to book for teaching about social justice in a Catholic context. An accessible text that’s found favor with professors, high school teachers, and adult education facilitators, this fourth edition adds new attention to environmental justice and the teaching of Pope Francis. Having taught the book since its first edition, I appreciate Massaro’s down-to-earth language, his thoughtful guidance on how to reason ethically, and his attention to concerns about the credibility of the Catholic Church’s engagement with political and economic debates. I can’t wait to teach this new edition! -- Brian Stiltner, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut
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Orbis Books (USA) The Christian Moral Life: Faithful Discipleship
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Faithlife Corporation On Charity and Justice
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Georgetown University Press The Rights of God: Islam, Human Rights, and
Book SynopsisPromoting Islam as a defender of human rights is laden with difficulties. Advocates of human rights will readily point out numerous humanitarian failures carried out in the name of Islam. In "The Rights of God", Irene Oh looks at human rights and Islam as a religious issue rather than a political or legal one and draws on three revered Islamic scholars to offer a broad range of perspectives that challenge our assumptions about the role of religion in human rights. The theoretical shift from the conception of morality based in natural duty and law to one of rights has created tensions that hinder a fruitful exchange between human rights theorists and religious thinkers. Does the static identification of human rights with lists of specific rights, such as those found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, make sense given the cultural, historical, and religious diversity of the societies in which these rights are to be respected and implemented? In examining human rights issues of the contemporary Islamic world, Oh illustrates how the value of religious scholarship cannot be overestimated. Oh analyzes the commentaries of Abul A'la Maududi, Sayyid Qutb, and Abdolkarim Soroush - all prominent and often controversial Islamic thinkers - on the topics of political participation, religious toleration, and freedom of conscience. While Maududi and Qutb represent traditional Islam, and Soroush a more reform and Western-friendly approach, all three contend that Islam is indeed capable of accommodating and advocating human rights. Whereas disentangling politics and culture from religion is never easy, Oh shows that the attempt must be made in order to understand and overcome the historical obstacles that prevent genuine dialogue from taking place across religious and cultural boundaries.Trade Review"An important addition to the literature on comparative religious ethics and on Islam and human rights." --Sohail Hashmi, Mount Holyoke CollegeTable of ContentsIntroduction: Defining Dialogue 1 Conversations about Human Rights and Islam 2 Maududi, Qutb, and Soroush: Humanity and History 3 Envisioning Islamic Democracies 4 The Free Conscience: "No Compulsion in Religion" 5 Toleration ... and Its Limits Conclusion: Advancing Human Rights Dialogue Notes Glossary of Foreign Words and Phrases Bibliography Index
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University of Scranton Press Models of Christian Ethics
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P & R Publishing Co (Presbyterian & Reformed) Bitterness
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Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Street Saints: Renewing American Cities
Book Synopsis Based on eight years of hands-on experience and more than 300 interviews, Street Saints is both a book of motivational stories about unsung heroes and a sociological study of the "faith factor," documenting faith-based programs that are treating social maladies in America. This book takes readers on a tour of communities and institutions in America where faith-based initiatives are making a difference. It offers inspiration, role models, and guidelines for people who would like to give back to their own communities.
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Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. The Altruism Reader: Selections from Writings on
Book Synopsis This anthology brings together, for the first time, leading essays and book chapters from theologians, philosophers, and scientists on their research on ethics, altruism, and love. Because the general consensus today is that scholarship in moral theory requires empirical research, the arguments of the leading scholars presented in this book will be fundamental to those examining issues in love, ethics, religion, and science. The first half of The Altruism Reader offers essential selections from religious texts, leading contemporary scholars, and cutting-edge ethicists. Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism are represented. Among the highly respected writers are Thomas Aquinas, the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, John Polkinghorne, Stephen Pope, Louis Fischer, Amira Shamma Abdin, Katharine Doob Sakenfeld, and Daniel Day Williams. The book’s second half features primary readings on love and altruism from the sciences. Here the focus is on anthropology, psychology, sociology, biology, and neurology, with material written by Daniel C. Batson, David Sloan Wilson, Robert Wright, Stephen G. Post, Robert Axelrod, Richard Dawkins, Holmes Rolston III, and other renowned scientists and philosophers. “Virtually all people act—and often talk—as if they have some clue about love. We speak about loving food, falling in love, loving God, feeling loved, and loving a type of music. We say that love hurts, love waits, love stinks, and love means never having to say you’re sorry. We use the word and its derivatives in a wide variety of ways . . . . My definition of love is this: To love is to act intentionally, in sympathetic response to others (including God), to promote well-being.” —Thomas Jay Oord Table of Contents Preface vii Part I: Defining Love 1. The Core Meaning of “Love” by Stephen G. Post 2. The Love Racket: Defining Love and Agape for the Love-and-Science Research Program by Thomas Jay Oord Part II: Ancient Religious Writings on Love 3. The Hebrew Scriptures: Psalms 100, 107 4. The Dhammapada: Joy 5. The Bhagavadgita: The Religion of Faith 6. The New Testament: Luke 10:25–37, 1 Corinthians 13, 1 John 4:7–21 7. The Qur’an: The Cow 8. Teaching Christianity: On Christian Doctrine by Augustine of Hippo 9. Summa Theologica: The Treatise on Charity by Thomas Aquinas 10. Agape and Eros: Excerpts by Anders Nygren 11. Love in Any Language by Thomas Jay Oord Part III: Contemporary Religious Writings on Love 12. Loyalty: The Calling of the People of God by Katharine Doob Sakenfeld 13. Understanding Our Fundamental Nature by His Holiness the Dalai Lama 14. Ahimsa: The Path of Harmlessness by Thich Nhat Hanh 15. The Incarnation by Daniel Day Williams 16. Agapeistic Ethics by Gene Outka 17. Philia by Edward Collins Vacek 18. Kenotic Creation and Divine Action by John Polkinghorne 19. Kenosis: Gender Connotations by Sarah Coakley 20. Love in Islam by Amira Shamma Abdin Part IV: The Physics of Altruism 21. Ethics, Cosmology, and Theories of God by Nancey Murphy and George Ellis Part V: The Biology of Altruism 22. Evolutionary Ethics by Robert Wright 23. The Selfish Gene: Excerpts by Richard Dawkins 24. The Robustness of Reciprocity by Robert Axelrod 25. Getting Along by Frans de Waal 26. Bentham’s Corpse by Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson 27. The Four Paths to Cooperation by Lee Alan Dugatkin Part VI: Altruism in the Social Sciences 28. Affect and Prosocial Responding by Nancy Eisenberg, Sandra Losoya, and Tracy Spinrad 29. Aversive-Arousal Reduction by Daniel C. Batson 30. Triangulating Love by Robert J. Sternberg 31. Saving Others: Was It Opportunity or Character? by Samuel P. Oliner and Pearl M. Oliner 32. Progress through Love by Stephen G. Post
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Georgetown University Press Hope for Common Ground: Mediating the Personal
Book SynopsisMuch like the rest of the country, American Catholics are politically divided, perhaps more so now than at any point in their history. In this learned but accessible work for scholars, students, and religious and lay readers, ethicist Julie Hanlon Rubio suggests that there is a way beyond red versus blue for orthodox and progressive Catholics. In a call for believers on both sides of the liberal-conservative divide to put aside labels and rhetoric, Rubio, a leading scholar in marriage and family for more than twenty years, demonstrates that common ground does exist in the local sphere between the personal and the political. In Hope for Common Ground, Rubio draws on Catholic Social Thought to explore ways to bring Catholics together. Despite their differences, Catholics across the political spectrum can share responsibility for social sin and work within communities to contribute to social progress. Rubio expands this common space into in-depth discussions on family fragility, poverty, abortion, and end-of-life care. These four issues, though divisive, are part of a seamless worldview that holds all human life as sacred. Rubio argues that if those on different sides focus on what can be done to solve social problems in "the space between" or local communities, opposing sides will see they are not so far apart as they think. The common ground thus created can then lead to far-reaching progress on even the most divisive issues -- and help quiet the discord tearing apart the Church.Trade ReviewUseful reminder that Christians have reason to engage in public life confident of the ever-present (if somewhat elusive) possibility of enhancing the common good together. * Studies in Christian Ethics *Rubio’s book is best in its review of the theological place that communities offer us to live as Christians in the world. Her call for choosing the incremental and the pragmatic—and I would add “the prudential”—is compelling. * U.S. Catholic Magazine *An ambitious, inspiring social agenda for twenty-first-century American Catholics. Each of her case studies demonstrates ethical nuance and thorough policy detail, and she provides a compelling set of proposals for immediate action or further dialogue. * Horizons *The book's strengths are many. . . . [The] practical embodiment of hope may be Rubio's greatest gift to the reader. . . . Hope for Common Ground will be of great interest to anyone interested in the spiritual and political dimensions of our times, and we need it now more than ever. * Conversations *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Reasons for Hope in a Divided Church PART I: FOUNDATIONS FOR COMMON GROUND1. Faithful Citizenship: Is There Hope for Politics?Moving from Faith to PoliticsThe Contemporary Context: Three Reasons for SkepticismPublic Faith in "the Space Between": Realism and Humility"Be the Church"?Notes2. Cooperation with Evil: Personal Responsibilityfor Social Problems Cooperation in the Manuals of Moral TheologyCooperation and the Contemporary Political SceneA Deepening Awareness of Social SinWhite Privilege The Case of Sweatshop ClothingConclusion Notes 3. Why Bother to Act Locally? The Potentialof the "Space Between" A Social Ethic for Ordinary ChristiansFaithful and EffectivePolitics: Necessary but InsufficientPersonal Transformation through Local ActionPossibilities of Social Change from BelowNotes PART II: CASES4. Family: What Does It Mean to Be Promarriage?A Theological Vision of MarriageMarriage and Relationship EducationJobs and Just WagesHelping Married Couples Avoid Divorce and Providing Support after DivorceCommon Ground and ProgressNotes 5. Poverty Reduction: A Social Virtue Ethic New Problems, New Possibilities Principles of Poverty ReductionStrategies for Poverty ReductionAdapting Contemporary Catholic Responses to PovertyFrom Above, From Below, and in BetweenNotes 6. Abortion: Toward Cooperation with the GoodLaw and Public Opinion: Where are we? What is Possible?Human Life, Women's Agency, and the Cooperation with EvilListening to Young, Unmarried Pregnant WomenThe Limits of Traditional StrategiesBuilding a Culture That Welcomes New LifeWhat Are We Hoping For?Notes 7. End-of-Life Care: Enabling Better Practices for Dying Well Human Dignity: Finitude, Vulnerability, and CommunityAutonomy and ControlUnderstanding the Social ContextBuilding Up an Alternative Context"Changing the World"Notes Conclusion: Francis and Ferguson Index
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Banner of Truth Trust Apostasy from the Gospel
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