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This literally "refreshing" collection is based on the notion that
the future of bioethics is inseparable from its past. Seminal works
provide a unique and relatively unexplored vehicle for
investigating not only where bioethics began, but where it may be
going as well. In this volume, a number of the pioneers in
bioethics - Tom Beauchamp, Lisa Sowle Cahill, James Childress,
Charles E. Curran, Patricia King, H. Tristram Engelhardt, William
F. May, Edmund D. Pellegrino, Warren Reich, Robert Veatch and LeRoy
Walters - reflect on their early work and how they fit into the
past and future of bioethics. Coming from many disciplines,
generations, and perspectives, these trailblazing authors provide a
broad overview of the history and current state of the field.
Invaluable to anyone with a serious interest in the development and
future of bioethics, at a time when new paths into medical
questions are made almost daily, "The Story of Bioethics" is a
Baedeker beyond compare.
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 bioethics and public
policy. As a theological ethicist and progressive Catholic, Lisa
Sowle Cahill does not want to cede the "religious perspective" to
fundamentalists and the pro-life movement, nor does she want to
submit to the gospel of a political liberalism that champions
individual autonomy as holy writ. In Theological Bioethics, Cahill
calls for progressive religious thinkers and believers to join in
the effort to reclaim the best of their traditions through jointly
engaging political forces at both community and national levels. In
Cahill's eyes, just access to health care must be the number one
priority for this type of "participatory bioethics." She describes
a new understanding of theological bioethics that must go beyond
decrying injustice, beyond opposing social practices that
commercialize human beings, beyond painting a vision of a more
egalitarian future. Such a participatory bioethics, she argues,
must also take account of and take part in a global social network
of mobilization for change; it must seek out those in solidarity,
those involved in a common calling to create a more just social,
political, and economic system. During the past two decades Cahill
has made profound contributions to theological ethics and
bioethics. This is a magisterial and programmatic statement that
will alter how the religiously inclined understand their role in
the great bioethics debates of today and tomorrow that yearn for
clear thinking and prophetic wisdom.
Christian ethics has addressed moral agency and culture from the
start, and Christian social ethics increasingly acknowledges the
power of social structures. However, neither has made sufficient
use of the discipline that specializes in understanding structures
and culture: sociology. In Moral Agency within Social Structures
and Culture, editor and contributor Daniel K. Finn proposes a
field-changing critical realist sociology that puts Christian
ethics into conversation with modern discourses on human agency and
social transformation. Catholic social teaching mischaracterizes
social evil as being little more than the sum of individual
choices, remedied through individual conversion. Liberation
theology points to the power of social structures but without
specifying how structures affect moral agency. Critical realist
sociology provides a solution to both shortcomings. This collection
shows how sociological insights can deepen and extend Catholic
social thought by enabling ethicists to analyze more precisely how
structures and culture impact human decisions. The book
demonstrates how this sociological framework has applications for
the study of the ecological crisis, economic life, and virtue
ethics. Moral Agency within Social Structures and Culture is a
valuable tool for Christian ethicists who seek systemic change in
accord with the Gospel.
Christian ethics has addressed moral agency and culture from the
start, and Christian social ethics increasingly acknowledges the
power of social structures. However, neither has made sufficient
use of the discipline that specializes in understanding structures
and culture: sociology. In Moral Agency within Social Structures
and Culture, editor and contributor Daniel K. Finn proposes a
field-changing critical realist sociology that puts Christian
ethics into conversation with modern discourses on human agency and
social transformation. Catholic social teaching mischaracterizes
social evil as being little more than the sum of individual
choices, remedied through individual conversion. Liberation
theology points to the power of social structures but without
specifying how structures affect moral agency. Critical realist
sociology provides a solution to both shortcomings. This collection
shows how sociological insights can deepen and extend Catholic
social thought by enabling ethicists to analyze more precisely how
structures and culture impact human decisions. The book
demonstrates how this sociological framework has applications for
the study of the ecological crisis, economic life, and virtue
ethics. Moral Agency within Social Structures and Culture is a
valuable tool for Christian ethicists who seek systemic change in
accord with the Gospel.
The just peace movement offers a critical shift in focus and
imagination. Recognizing that all life is sacred and seeking peace
through violence is unsustainable, the just peace approach turns
our attention to rehumanization, participatory processes,
nonviolent resistance, restorative justice, reconciliation, racial
justice, and creative strategies of active nonviolence to build
sustainable peace, transform conflict, and end cycles of violence.
A Just Peace Ethic Primer illuminates a moral framework behind this
praxis and proves its versatility in global contexts. With essays
by a diverse group of scholars, A Just Peace Ethic Primer outlines
the ethical, theological, and activist underpinnings of a just
peace ethic.These essays also demonstrate and revise the norms of a
just peace ethic through conflict cases involving US immigration,
racial and environmental justice, and the death penalty, as well as
gang violence in El Salvador, civil war in South Sudan, ISIS in
Iraq, gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
women-led activism in the Philippines, and ethnic violence in
Kenya. A Just Peace Ethic Primer exemplifies the ecumenical,
interfaith, and multicultural aspects of a nonviolent approach to
preventing and transforming violent conflict. Scholars, advocates,
and activists working in politics, history, international law,
philosophy, theology, and conflict resolution will find this
resource vital for providing a fruitful framework and implementing
a creative vision of sustainable peace.
Global realities of human inequality, poverty, violence and
ecological destruction call for a twenty-first-century Christian
response which links cross-cultural and interreligious cooperation
for change to the Gospel. This book demonstrates why just action is
necessarily a criterion of authentic Christian theology, and gives
grounds for Christian hope that change in violent structures is
really possible. Lisa Sowle Cahill argues that theology and
biblical interpretation are already embedded in and indebted to
ethical-political practices and choices. Within this ecumenical
study, she explores the use of the historical Jesus in constructive
theology; the merits of Word and Spirit Christologies; the
importance of liberation and feminist theologies as well as
theologies from the global south; and also the possibility of
qualified moral universalism. The book will be of great interest to
all students of theology, religious ethics and politics, and
biblical studies.
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, both first-time readers
and those opening the pages for a return visit with an honored
friend will find Greeley's characterization remains valid. Father
McCormick begins "The Critical Calling" with his personal
affirmation of the work of Vatican II: "I believe the Council was a
work of the Spirit - desperately needed, divinely inspired,
devotedly and doggedly carried through". Yet, he stresses this was
no uncritical endorsement of everything the Council did and said.
Part One includes a discussion of fundamental moral theology that
looks at the relationship between the church hierarchy and
individual moral decision making and several chapters addressing
issues precipitated by actions involving Cardinal Josef Ratzinger,
now Pope Benedict XVI. Part Two focuses on practical and pastoral
questions that touch on contemporary concerns ranging from abortion
to AIDS, divorce, homosexuality, and teenage sexuality. Cahill
suggests that "those who lived through the tumultuous 1960s and
'70s" as well as "those who came to maturity after the Council"
will find this book to be an accurate and evocative reflection of
the passions that imbued all those early debates and a helpful
explanation why those passions ran so high. All readers will
benefit from the wise insights into the controversies of that era
and the more recent struggles, challenges, and debates that
confront today's church.
The just peace movement offers a critical shift in focus and
imagination. Recognizing that all life is sacred and seeking peace
through violence is unsustainable, the just peace approach turns
our attention to rehumanization, participatory processes,
nonviolent resistance, restorative justice, reconciliation, racial
justice, and creative strategies of active nonviolence to build
sustainable peace, transform conflict, and end cycles of violence.
A Just Peace Ethic Primer illuminates a moral framework behind this
praxis and proves its versatility in global contexts. With essays
by a diverse group of scholars, A Just Peace Ethic Primer outlines
the ethical, theological, and activist underpinnings of a just
peace ethic.These essays also demonstrate and revise the norms of a
just peace ethic through conflict cases involving US immigration,
racial and environmental justice, and the death penalty, as well as
gang violence in El Salvador, civil war in South Sudan, ISIS in
Iraq, gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
women-led activism in the Philippines, and ethnic violence in
Kenya. A Just Peace Ethic Primer exemplifies the ecumenical,
interfaith, and multicultural aspects of a nonviolent approach to
preventing and transforming violent conflict. Scholars, advocates,
and activists working in politics, history, international law,
philosophy, theology, and conflict resolution will find this
resource vital for providing a fruitful framework and implementing
a creative vision of sustainable peace.
Global realities of human inequality, poverty, violence and
ecological destruction call for a twenty-first-century Christian
response which links cross-cultural and interreligious cooperation
for change to the Gospel. This book demonstrates why just action is
necessarily a criterion of authentic Christian theology, and gives
grounds for Christian hope that change in violent structures is
really possible. Lisa Sowle Cahill argues that theology and
biblical interpretation are already embedded in and indebted to
ethical-political practices and choices. Within this ecumenical
study, she explores the use of the historical Jesus in constructive
theology; the merits of Word and Spirit Christologies; the
importance of liberation and feminist theologies as well as
theologies from the global south; and also the possibility of
qualified moral universalism. The book will be of great interest to
all students of theology, religious ethics and politics, and
biblical studies.
Cahill addresses the ethics of sexuality, marriage, parenthood and family from a feminist Christian standpoint. She wants to reaffirm the traditional unity of sex, love and parenthood, not as an absolute norm, but a guiding framework. The book also develops the significance of New Testament models of community and of moral formation, to argue that the human values associated with sex and family should be embodied in a context of concern for society's poor and marginalized. Roman Catholicism receives special but not exclusive attention.
Catholic health care is one of the key places where the church
lives Catholic social teaching (CST). Yet the individualistic
methodology of Catholic bioethics inherited from the manualist
tradition has yet to incorporate this critical component of the
Catholic moral tradition. Informed by the places where Catholic
health care intersects with the diverse societal injustices
embodied in the patients it encounters, this book brings the lens
of CST to bear on Catholic health care, illuminating a new spectrum
of ethical issues and practical recommendations from social
determinants of health, immigration, diversity and disparities,
behavioral health, gender-questioning patients, and environmental
and global health issues.
People's Peace lays a solid foundation for the argument that global
peace is possible because ordinary people are its architects.
Saikia and Haines offer a unique and imaginative perspective on
people's daily lives across the world as they struggle to create
peace despite escalating political violence. The volume's focus on
local and ordinary efforts highlights peace as a lived experience
that goes beyond national and international peace efforts. In
addition, the contributors' emphasis on the role of religion as a
catalyst for peace moves away from the usual depiction of religion
as a source of divisiveness and conflict. Spanning a range of
humanities disciplines, the essays in this volume provide case
studies of individuals defying authority or overcoming cultural
stigmas to create peaceful relations in their communities. From
investigating how ancient Jews established communal justice to
exploring how black and white citizens in Ferguson, Missouri, are
working to achieve racial harmony, the contributors find that
people are acting independently of governments and institutions to
identify everyday methods of coexisting with others. In putting
these various approaches in dialogue with each other, this volume
produces a theoretical intervention that shifts the study of peace
away from national and international organizations and institutions
toward locating successful peaceful efforts in the everyday lives
of individuals.
People's Peace lays a solid foundation for the argument that global
peace is possible because ordinary people are its architects.
Saikia and Haines offer a unique and imaginative perspective on
people's daily lives across the world as they struggle to create
peace despite escalating political violence. The volume's focus on
local and ordinary efforts highlights peace as a lived experience
that goes beyond national and international peace efforts. In
addition, the contributors' emphasis on the role of religion as a
catalyst for peace moves away from the usual depiction of religion
as a source of divisiveness and conflict. Spanning a range of
humanities disciplines, the essays in this volume provide case
studies of individuals defying authority or overcoming cultural
stigmas to create peaceful relations in their communities. From
investigating how ancient Jews established communal justice to
exploring how black and white citizens in Ferguson, Missouri, are
working to achieve racial harmony, the contributors find that
people are acting independently of governments and institutions to
identify everyday methods of coexisting with others. In putting
these various approaches in dialogue with each other, this volume
produces a theoretical intervention that shifts the study of peace
away from national and international organizations and institutions
toward locating successful peaceful efforts in the everyday lives
of individuals.
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Concilium 2012/4 (Paperback, New)
Elaine Wainwright, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Diego Irarrazaval
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Concilium has long been a household-name for cutting-edge critical
and constructive theological thinking. Past contributors include
leading Catholic scholars such as Hans Kung, Gregory Baum and
Edward Schillebeeckx, and the editors of the review belong to the
international "who's who" in the world of contemporary theology.
Published five times a year, each issue reflects a deep knowledge
and scholarship presented in a highly readable style, and each
issue offers a wide variety of viewpoints from leading thinkers
from all over the world.
Part One: Contexts A. General Reflections on Trafficking: Concept,
Forms, Contexts, and Church Documents on Migation and Trafficking
Moving Targets: Migrants, Globalization, and Human Trafficking
DANIEL GROODY Who Else is in the Boat or in the Lorry? Mixed Flows:
Trafficking and Forced Migration MARYANNE LOUGHRY Migration in
Catholic Social Thought TISHAM. RAJENDRA B. Trafficking and
Vulnerability of Children and Women in Different Contexts Sex
Trafficking, the Vulnerability of Women and Children - Urgent Call
to the Church MAURA O'DONOGHUE Sex Trafficking - a Social Analysis
and the Church's Response in Southern Africa MELANIE O'CONNOR
Valentina's Story: Trafficking inWomen in Moldova MARIA KATHARINA
MOSER C. Ethics and Trafficking: Normative Analysis, International
and Christian Responses Trafficking in Women and Reification
MICHELLE BECKA Human Trafficking and Forced Labour as a Global
Challenge for the International Labour Organization and its 'Decent
Work Agenda' STEFANIE A.WAHL Metaphorical Ecclesiology: Faith-based
Responses to Sex Trafficking AGNES BRAZAL Part Two: Theological
Forum Ecumenical Spirituality - as we already know it: an abridged
version of the discussion between Hans Kung and Jurgen Moltmann at
the Second Ecumenical Kirchentag (Church Congress) in Munich in
2010 The Master and Marguerite: Meister Eckhart and Marguerite
Porete DIETMAR MIETH Catholic Sexual Ethics - a Necessary Revision:
Catholic Responses to the Sexual Abuse Scandal HILLE HAKER
Obituary: Miklos Tomka
An authentic vision for today's family Thoughtful and informative,
Cahill's work brings fresh historical, theological, and ethical
thought to the explosive area of family-deeply contested territory
in today's cultural and religious skirmishes. As one group of
social theorists and cultural critics points to rising divorce and
illegitimacy rates as symptoms of unfettered individualism and
moral laxity, another side notes that the "traditional," nuclear
family is actually a product of the industrial age, with its strict
gender roles, public-private split, and exclusion of an underclass.
In the religious arena, evangelical- conservative vs.
mainline-feminist lines echo these battles, contesting the
authentic meaning of family within a Christian framework. Though
"family" has been dissected in the academic and cultural wars,
Cahill asserts that the usual religious agenda of restoring the
traditional nuclear family is actually misinformed and misguided.
It actually bolsters oppressive social, economic, and racial
mechanisms that are destroying families at the bottom, middle, and
even top of the ladder. Is there an authentically Christian notion
of family? Cahill's contribution shows in a striking way how very
different we are counter-cultural New Testament and early- church
notions of family from our ideas of "family values;" how,
throughout history, other fruitful Christian examples have emerged
in the work of John Chrysostom, Martin Luther, and the Puritans;
how, despite distortion by gender and class divisions, there
develops a Christian vision of the altruistic family, animated by
Christian discipleship to stand for compassion, generosity, and
justice; how pertinent this vision of the "domestic church" is to
public debate and public policy.
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Lisa Sowle Cahill, Dietmar Mieth
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Concilium has long been a household-name for cutting-edge critical
and constructive theological thinking. Past contributors include
leading Catholic scholars such as Hans Kung, Gregory Baum and
Edward Schillebeeckx, and the editors of the review belong to the
international "who's who" in the world of contemporary theology.
Questions of pacifism and just war, which have preoccupied
Christian thinkers from time to time over the past 1700 years, are
given distinctive treatment in this book as it discusses biblical
sources for the questions, builds on historical examples both of
just war theory and of pacifism, and shows how Christian pacifism
is a live option in many contexts.Lisa Sowle Cahill examines the
theological bases of just war theory and pacifism, especially in
light of the concept of the kingdom of God, as that motif
illuminates Christian discipleship. Differences between the theory
and just war and the practice of pacifism are highlighted in the
overview of the history of Christian thought on the subject, and
the inclusiveness of the ideal of the kingdom for pacifism is
emphasized.
"This book is a contribution to the Christian ethics of war and
peace. It advances peacebuilding as a needed challenge to and
expansion of the traditional framework of just-war theory and
pacifism. It builds on a critical reading of historical landmarks
from the Bible through Augustine, Aquinas, the Reformers, Christian
peace movements, and key modern figures like Dietrich Bonhoeffer,
Reinhold Niebuhr, and recent popes. Similar to just-war theory,
peacebuilding is committed to social change and social justice but
includes some theorists and practitioners who accept the use of
force in extreme cases of self-defense or humanitarian
intervention. Unlike just-war theorists, they do not see the
justification of war as part of the Christian mission. Unlike
traditional pacifists, they do see social change as necessary and
possible and, as such, requiring Christian participation in public
efforts. Cahill argues that transformative Christian social
participation is demanded by the gospel and the example of Jesus,
and can produce the avoidance, resolution, or reduction of
conflicts. And yet obstacles are significant, and expectations must
be realistic. Decisions to use armed force against injustice, even
when they meet the criteria of just war, will be ambiguous and
tragic from a Christian perspective. Regarding war and peace, the
focus of Christian theology, ethics, and practice should not be on
justifying war but on practical and hopeful interreligious
peacebuilding."
"Irreplaceable as a reference to where Catholic theology is at any
given moment, Concilium maps the state of the most pressing
questions with solid contributions from leading theologians and
cutting edge voices. Each volume addresses major issues in dialogue
with wider public discourses, regularly engaging perspectives from
the religions of the world. For volumes of substance, breadth and
insight, Concilium provides a most impressive response to the most
important issues in theology today." Jeannine Hill Fletcher,
Fordham University
"Irreplaceable as a reference to where Catholic theology is at any
given moment, Concilium maps the state of the most pressing
questions with solid contributions from leading theologians and
cutting edge voices. Each volume addresses major issues in dialogue
with wider public discourses, regularly engaging perspectives from
the religions of the world. For volumes of substance, breadth and
insight, Concilium provides a most impressive response to the most
important issues in theology today." Jeannine Hill Fletcher,
Fordham University
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