Bringing scientific data into conversation with theological tradition, this book shows that biodiversity is a point of intersection between faith and ethics, social justice and environmentalism, science and politics, global problems and local solutions.
How can ordinary Christians find moral guidance for the mundane dilemmas they confront in their daily lives? To answer this question, this title brings together a Catholic theology of marriage and a commitment to social justice to focus on the place where the ethics of ordinary life are played out: the family.
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Shows how emotions are composed as embodied mental states. This book identifies various factors, including religious beliefs, intuitions, images, and questions that can affect the formation and the course of a person's emotions.
This book addresses a current, frontline issue in the perennial exchange between science and religion. Jersild surveys the contemporary scene in genetic research and the visionary goals of a number of scientists concerning the human future. He focuses on human identity - "Who Are We?" - as the critical question, first addressing our biological ......
Weaves a tapestry of evidence to conclude that the Jewish understanding of the human being as sacred, as the image of God, is in fact compatible with philosophical claims about the rights of the human person - especially the right to life - and can be made intelligible to secular culture.
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The crown jewel of Bonhoeffer's body of work, Ethics is the culmination of his theological and personal odyssey. Based on careful reconstruction of the manuscripts, freshly and expertly translated and annotated, this new critical edition features an insightful Introduction by Clifford Green and an Afterword from the German edition's editors. ......
Two principles capture the essence of the Catholic position on the morality of sexuality: first, that any human genital act must occur within the framework of heterosexual marriage; second, every marriage act must remain open to the transmission of life. This work offers an overview of Catholicism and sexuality, and examines these principles.
