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To Will & To Do
(Hardcover)
Jacques Ellul; Translated by Jacob Marques Rollison
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Enter the packed courtroom and take your seat as a juror on the
Cain v. Abel trial. Soon, the prosecution and defense attorneys
(angels from Jewish legend) will call Cain, Abel, Sin, Adam, Eve,
and God to the witness stand to present their perspectives on the
world's first murder. Great Jewish commentators throughout the ages
will also offer contradictory testimony on Cain's emotional,
societal, and spiritual influences. As jurors, when we mete out
Cain's punishment, must we factor in his family history,
psychological makeup, and the human impulse to sin? In this highly
eclectic and gripping compilation of insights by Jewish
commentators on the Cain and Abel story, courtroom scenes are
juxtaposed with the author's commentary, advancing novel insights
and introspection. As each of us grapples with Cain's actions, we
confront our own darkest traits. If Cain is a symbol for all
humanity, what can we do to avoid becoming like him? Furthering
this conversation, Rabbi Dan Ornstein includes a discussion and
activity guide to promote open dialogue about human brokenness and
healing, personal impulses, and societal responsibility.
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Chasing Methuselah
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Todd T W Daly; Foreword by Brent Waters
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Chasing Methuselah
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Todd T W Daly; Foreword by Brent Waters
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At present, human beings worldwide are using an estimated 115.3
million animals in experiments-a normalization of the unthinkable
on an immense scale. In terms of harm, pain, suffering, and death,
animal experiments constitute one of the major moral issues of our
time. Given today's deeper understanding of animal sentience, the
contributors to this volume argue that we must afford animals a
special moral consideration that precludes their use in
experiments. The Ethical Case against Animal Experiments begins
with the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics's groundbreaking and
comprehensive ethical critique of the practice of animal
experiments. A second section offers original writings that engage
with, and elaborate on, aspects of the Oxford Centre report. The
essayists explore historical, philosophical, and personal
perspectives that range from animal experiments in classical times
to the place of necessity in animal research to one researcher's
painful journey from researcher to opponent. A devastating look at
a contemporary moral crisis, The Ethical Case against Animal
Experiments melds logic and compassion to mount a powerful
challenge to human cruelty.
Critically surveying various approaches to Christian ecological
ethics alongside the vexing moral ambiguities of the Anthropocene,
Ecology of Vocation offers an integrative approach to responsible
living vis a vis one of Protestantism's key theological resources-
the doctrine of vocation. Drawing on H. Richard Niebuhr's germinal
ethical framework with a decidedly ecofeminist perspective, Kiara
A. Jorgenson demonstrates how vocation's emphasis on right
relationship practically speaks to the embodied realities of
planetary interrelatedness. By excavating the ecological promise of
the early Reformers' democratized renderings of calling and linking
their concerns to the contemporary context, she argues that
vocation cannot be reduced to the particular aim of monetized work,
nor to an elitist escape from it. Rather, vocation must be recast
as the dynamic and vibrant space among the myriad roles any of us
inhabits at any given time in a particular place. When understood
in this light, vocation signals much more than a job, a passion, or
a quest for self-discovery. An alternative understanding of
vocation's very ecology can extend Christian conceptions of the
neighbor beyond the human and lead the church to more faithfully
pursue lives characterized by humility, restraint, wisdom, justice,
and love.
The moral theology of Hans G. Ulrich is presented here in English
for the first time. These collected essays represent the
culmination of a lifetime of reflection on Christian living from
this German theologian in conversation with Luther, Bonhoeffer, and
contemporary philosophers and theologians. Ulrich's ethics affirm
the lively presence of the living work of God in orienting the
daily life of Christians. This presence enables members of the
Church to live as creatures trusting in God's promises, bearing
witness in political and economic spheres, and trusting in life as
a gift in response to bioethical issues. Ulrich's fresh take on
living out of the promise of God yields further guidance on issues
in international relations, economics, parenting, disability, and
more.
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