Moral Traditions series – serie
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125 produkter
Heroes, Saints, and Ordinary Morality
Inbunden, 2003
797 kr
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Most of us are content to see ourselves as ordinary people - unique in ways, talented in others, but still among the ranks of ordinary mortals. Andrew Flescher probes our contented state by asking important questions: How should "ordinary" people respond when others need our help, whether the …
Global Face of Public Faith
Politics, Human Rights, and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2003
496 kr
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"The Global Face of Public Faith" addresses the hotly debated question of the role religion should play in politics in both the American and international contexts. It engages the fears that public religion threatens American democracy and could lead to a global clash of civilizations and new wars …
Introduction to Jewish and Catholic Bioethics
A Comparative Analysis
Häftad, 2003
350 kr
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Leavened with compassion, common sense, and a readable style, this introduction to complicated bioethical issues from both Jewish and Catholic perspectives is as informative as it is undaunting. Aaron Mackler takes the reader through methodology in Roman Catholic moral theology and compares and …
Aquinas, Feminism, and the Common Good
Häftad, 2004
797 kr
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To dismiss the work of philosophers and theologians of the past because of their limited perceptions of the whole of humankind is tantamount to tossing the tot out with the tub water. Such is the case when feminist scholars of religion and ethics confront Thomas Aquinas, whose views of women can …
Fellowship of Life
Virtue Ethics and Orthodox Christianity
Häftad, 2002
797 kr
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Bringing Orthodox Christianity into the recent dialog on virtue ethics, Joseph Woodill investigates the correspondences between the Eastern Orthodox tradition and contemporary virtue ethics, and he develops a distinctly Orthodox vision of theological ethics. This book fills a vacuum in our …
Josef Fuchs on Natural Law
Av Mark Graham
Inbunden, 2002
797 kr
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Appointed by Pope John XXIII to the Pontifical Commission on Population, Family, and Birth, Fuchs ultimately found himself disappointed in his three years of service and spent the next thirty years exploring a broad array of issues pivotal to a reconstruction of Roman Catholic natural law theory. …
Bridging the Sacred and the Secular
Selected Writings of John Courtney Murray
Häftad, 1995
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447 kr
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John Courtney Murray, S.J. (1904-1967), is most renowned for his ethical writings, which distinguish between the secular and the sacred, and for his defense of civil religious freedom based on natural law philosophy. His later theological writings, however, in which he sought to reintegrate the …
Aquinas and Empowerment
Classical Ethics for Ordinary Lives
Häftad, 1997
417 kr
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Applying the ethical concepts of Thomas Aquinas to contemporary moral problems, this book both presents new interpretations of Thomist theology and offers new insights into today's perplexing moral dilemmas. This volume addresses such contemporary issues as internalized oppression, especially as it …
Christian Case for Virtue Ethics
Häftad, 1997
797 kr
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Despite the growing interest among philosophers and theologians in virtue ethics, its proponents have done little to suggest why Christians in particular find virtue ethics attractive. Joseph J. Kotva, Jr., addresses this question in "The Christian Case for Virtue Ethics", showing that virtue …
Love, Human and Divine
The Heart of Christian Ethics
Häftad, 1996
797 kr
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Although the two great commandments to love God and to love our neighbors as ourselves are central to Christianity, few theologians or spiritual writers have undertaken an extensive account of the meaning and forms of these loves. Most accounts, in fact, make love of God and love of self either …
Origins of Moral Theology in the United States
Three Different Approaches
Häftad, 1997
463 kr
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Charles E. Curran presents the first in-depth analysis of the origins of Catholic moral theology in the United States, focusing on three significant figures in the late nineteenth century and demonstrating that methodological pluralism and theological diversity existed in the Church even then. …
Banality of Good and Evil
Moral Lessons from the Shoah and Jewish Tradition
Häftad, 1999
524 kr
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People who helped exterminate Jews during the shoah (Hebrew for "holocaust") often claimed that they only did what was expected of them. Intrigued by hearing the same response from individuals who rescued Jews, David R. Blumenthal proposes that the notion of ordinariness used to characterize Nazi …
Femenist Ethics and Natural Law
The End of Anathema
Häftad, 1999
797 kr
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Heated debates over such issues as abortion, contraception, ordination, and Church hierarchy suggest that feminist and natural law ethics are diametrically opposed. Cristina L.H. Traina now reexamines both Roman Catholic natural law tradition and Anglo-American feminist ethics and reconciles the …
Jewish and Catholic Bioethics
An Ecumenical Dialogue
Av Edmund D. Pellegrino, Alan I. Faden
Häftad, 2000
797 kr
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Drawing on multiple interconnected scriptural and spiritual sources, the Jewish tradition of ethical reflection is intricate and nuanced. This book presents scholarly Jewish perspectives on suffering, healing, life, and death, and it compares them with contemporary Christian and secular views. The …
Ground Beneath the Cross
The Theology of Ignacio Ellacuría
Inbunden, 2000
1384 kr
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This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the thought of Ignacio Ellacuria, the Jesuit philosopher-theologian martyred for his work on behalf of Latin America's oppressed people. While serving as president of the Jesuit-run University of Central America in the midst of El Salvador's brutal …
Shaping the Moral Life
An Approach to Moral Theology
Av Klaus Demmer
Häftad, 2000
797 kr
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Although he is one of the most influential Catholic theologians in Europe, very few of Klaus Demmer's writings are available in English. This translation of his well-known work on moral theology introduces Demmer's thought to English-speaking audiences. In an original synthesis of scholastic and …
Medicine and the Ethics of Care
Av Diana Fritz Cates, Paul Lauritzen
Häftad, 2002
648 kr
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In these essays, a diverse group of ethicists draw insights from both religious and feminist scholarship in order to propose creative new approaches to the ethics of medical care. While traditional ethics emphasizes rules, justice, and fairness, the contributors to this volume embrace an "ethics of …
Who Count as Persons?
Human Identity and the Ethics of Killing
Häftad, 2001
447 kr
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Just what is a human being? Who counts? The answers to these questions are crucial when one is faced with the ethical issue of taking human life. In this affirmation of the intrinsic personal dignity and inviolability of every human individual, John Kavanaugh, S.J., denies that it can ever be moral …
Ethics and Economics of Assisted Reproduction
The Cost of Longing
Inbunden, 2001
2361 kr
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For those who undergo it, infertility treatment is costly, time-consuming, invasive, and emotionally and physically arduous, yet technology remains the focus of most public discussion of the topic. Drawing on concepts from medical ethics, feminist theory, and Roman Catholic social teaching, Maura …
Democracy on Purpose
Justice and the Reality of God
Häftad, 2001
494 kr
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Western moral and political theory in the last two centuries has widely held that morality and politics are independent of a divine reality. Claiming that this consensus is flawed, prominent theologian Franklin I. Gamwell argues that there is a necessary relation between moral worth and belief in …
Catholic Social Teaching, 1891-Present
A Historical, Theological, and Ethical Analysis
Inbunden, 2002
1302 kr
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Charles E. Curran offers the first comprehensive analysis and criticism of the development of modern Catholic social teaching from the perspective of theology, ethics, and church history. Curran studies the methodology and content of the documents of Catholic social teaching, generally understood …
Catholic Social Teaching, 1891-Present
A Historical, Theological, and Ethical Analysis
Häftad, 2002
447 kr
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Charles E. Curran offers the first comprehensive analysis and criticism of the development of modern Catholic social teaching from the perspective of theology, ethics, and church history. Curran studies the methodology and content of the documents of Catholic social teaching, generally understood …
Ethics of Aquinas
Häftad, 2002
577 kr
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In this comprehensive anthology, twenty-seven outstanding scholars from North America and Europe address every major aspect of Thomas Aquinas' understanding of morality and comment on his remarkable legacy. While there has been a revival of interest in recent years in the ethics of St. Thomas, no …
John Paul II and the Legacy of Dignitatis Humanae
Inbunden, 2002
629 kr
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It was by far the most controversial document to emerge from Vatican II - "Dignitatis Humanae", or "the Declaration on Religious Freedom". Drafted largely by prominent Jesuit theologian John Courtney Murray, it represented a departure from previous Catholic teachings in that it acknowledged and …
Ground Beneath the Cross
The Theology of Ignacio Ellacuría
Häftad, 2004
643 kr
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This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the thought of Ignacio Ellacuria, the Jesuit philosopher - theologian martyred for his work on behalf of Latin America's oppressed people. While serving as president of the Jesuit-run University of Central America in the midst of El Salvador's brutal …
Theological Bioethics
Participation, Justice, and Change
Häftad, 2005
471 kr
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The field of bioethics was deeply influenced by religious thinkers as it emerged in the 1960s and early 1970s. Since that time, however, a seemingly neutral political liberalism has pervaded the public sphere, resulting in a deep suspicion of those bringing religious values to bear on questions of …
Prophetic and Public
The Social Witness of U.S. Catholicism
Häftad, 2006
643 kr
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The United States was founded on a commitment to religious tolerance. Based on this commitment, it has become one of the most religiously diverse and religiously observant liberal democracies in the world. Inherent in this political reality is the question, "What is the appropriate relationship …
Critical Calling
Reflections on Moral Dilemmas Since Vatican II
Häftad, 2006
586 kr
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When Richard A. McCormick's "The Critical Calling" was first published, Andrew M. Greeley commented that "in years to come scholars will look back on Father McCormick's work and say, 'This was a man who knew what he was talking about!'". In this reissue, with a new foreword by Lisa Sowle Cahill, …
Loyal Dissent
Memoir of a Catholic Theologian
Häftad, 2006
401 kr
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"Loyal Dissent" is the candid and inspiring story of a Catholic priest and theologian who, despite being stripped of his right to teach as a Catholic theologian by the Vatican, remains committed to the Catholic Church. Over a nearly fifty-year career, Charles E. Curran has distinguished himself as …
