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Walking With The Poor (Revised)
$32.00Add to cartIn this revised and updated edition of a modern classic, Bryant Myers shows how Christian mission can contribute to dismantling poverty and social evil. Integrating the best principles and practice of the international development community, the thinking and experience of Christian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and a theological framework for transformational development, Myers demonstrates what is possible when we cease to treat the spiritual and physical domains of life as separate and unrelated.
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Christian Future And The Fate Of Earth
$22.00Add to cartLike no other religious thinker, Thomas Berry has been a prophetic voice regarding Earth s destruction and the urgent need for human response from the Christian community. This book collects Berry s signature views on the interrelatedness of both Earth s future and the Christian future. He ponders why Christians have been late in coming to the issue of the environment. He reflects insightfully on how the environment must be seen as a religious issue, not simply a scientific or economic problem.
In powerful and poetic language Berry presents a compelling vision of the sacredness of the universe and the interrelatedness of the Earth community. Drawing on Thomas Aquinas and Teilhard de Chardin he brings the Christian tradition into a cosmology of care for the whole of creation.
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Hope Abundant : Third World And Indigenous Womens Theology
$36.00Add to cartIn 1988 Virginia Fabella from the Philippines and Mercy Amba Oduyoye from Ghana coedited With Passion and Compassion: Third world Women Doing Theology, based on the work of the Women s Commission of the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians (EATWOT). The book has been widely used as an important resource for understanding women s liberation theologies, in Africa, Asia, and Latin America emerging out of women s struggles for justice in church and society. More than twenty years have passed and it is time to bring out a new collection of essays to signal newer developments and to include emerging voices.
Divided into four parts Context and Theology; Scripture; Christology; and Body, Sexuality, and Spirituality these carefully selected essays paint a vivid picture of theological developments among indigenous women and other women living in the global South who face poverty, violence, and war and yet find abundant hope through their faith.
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Introducing Catholic Social Thought
$28.00Add to cartAfter offering a description of the general historical development of Catholic social thought, Thompson provides five chapters that each deal with a specific theme: faithful citizenship, economic justice, human rights, war and peace and the consistent ethic of life, and care for the earth. Each chapter identifies key documents and explores their meaning and how they are applied today. Stories of key practitioners include figures ranging from Cesar Chavez and Mother Teresa to John Leary and Dorothy Stang.
Written by an experienced teacher in accessible language, Introducing Catholic Social Thought is appropriate for courses in Catholic social teaching, Christian ethics, and social justice for undergraduates and non-religion majors, as well as for adult and parish study groups.
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Social And Political Thought Of Benedict 16
$113.00Add to cart1. Introduction
2. Anthropological Foundations
3. Revelation, Reason, And Politics
4. Special Topics
5. Culture And Society
ConclusionAdditional Info
Covering the entire trajectory of his religious life, this meticulously researched book identifies the roots of political and social order in Pope Benedict XVI’s philosophy and analyzes his views on the role of Christian faith in politics. Although not generally characterized as a political philosopher, the Benedict’s writings shed significant and unique light on the world of politics today. In an age when modern politics has lost sight of its proper relationship within the larger scheme of human affairs and existence, Thomas R. Rourke shows that, as both Pope and the former Cardinal Ratzinger, Benedict has made a conscious effort to relate political issues to the broader dialogue on human endeavor, ethics, and culture.Bringing to the fore Benedict’s belief on the necessary place of the Christian tradition in a contemporary politics of reason, Rourke details the Pope’s contribution to solving the deeper problems of politics today. A valuable study in political theory and religion, this book should be read by those interested in Catholic social and political thought.
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Trails Of Hope And Terror
$20.00Add to cartA conversation on the challenges of immigration that includes the voices of recent immigrants, the documented and the undocumented.
Miguel De La Torre, the son of an undocumented immigrant and now a U.S. citizen and a professor of Christian ethics, seeks to develop a constructive conversation on immigration by examining significant issues and by presenting first-person accounts of the experiences of immigration. De La Torre’s goal is to initiate a civil conversation that can replace the politics of fear that now dominates discussions of immigration.
Each of seven sections (Borders, Economics, Myths, Family Values, the Politics of Fear, Christian Perspectives, Ethical Responses) opens with an examination of an issue and then includes a story or testimony by an undocumented immigrant, a story by someone who works with the undocumented, and a poem, prayer, or a song that expresses the hope and the terror involved in crossing the border. This combination of analysis, story, and artistic expression opens up the complexities of immigration for undergraduates and for all Christians.
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Palestinian Christian Cry For Reconciliation
$26.00Add to cartA Palestinian Christian Arab, who is also a citizen of Israel, provides a sharp analysis of the conflict, centered on the land and its meaning for all the region’s inhabitants.
In this powerful sequel to Justice and Only Justice Naim Ateek focuses on events since the intifada of 1987, including the unrestrained violence of both suicide bombers and military forces. In an uncompromising style he draws on scripture, raising up biblical figures such as Samson, Jonah, Daniel, and Jesus as he examines issues of ownership of the land. Finally, Ateek presents a nonviolent strategy to achieve a peace that will promote justice for the Palestinians and security for both Israel and Palestine.
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Catholic Perspectives On Crime And Criminal Justice
$142.00Add to cartDrawing upon Catholic social teaching, traditional writings, and Sacred Scripture, this book presents a Catholic perspective of crime and criminal justice in America. Specifically, it presents a policy framework for the criminal justice system describing how and why police, courts, and corrections should adopt the tenets of restorative and community justice. In addition, it presents how certain crime-related issues would be addressed under a Catholic perspective, particularly focusing on the death penalty, abortion, euthanasia, and so-called victimless crimes.
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Paradigm Shifts In Christian Witness
$30.00Add to cartPerspectives on global Christian mission, life, and witness from eighteen renowned scholars of mission, anthropology, and world Christian studies.
If there is one book you are going to read to understand the deep currents affecting Christian life and witness today, this is it. Paradigm Shifts in Christian Witness enlists the world’s foremost observers of global Christianity to discern the most important intercultural patterns and paradigm shifts as the Christian movement matures beyond post-colonialism as a world religion. The authors do this while bringing into relief the work of Charles A. Kraft and the challenges the future presents to those who have learned so much from him. In addition to the editors, writers include: Douglas McConnell, Daniel Shaw, Paul Pierson, the late Paul Hiebert, Robert Priest, Michael Rynkiewich, Eugene Nida, Viggo Sgaard, Roberta King, Knud Jrgensen, Peter Wagner, John and Anna Travis, Tormod Engelsviken, Dean Gilliland, and Robert Schreiter.
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Id Rather Teach Peace
$19.00Add to cartAn acclaimed writer takes up the challenge of teaching peace.
“Here is a dedicated teacher’s journal that will help all of us understand how we might live in a better world by trying to understand it, and by trying to make it more peaceful.” -Robert Coles
When acclaimed Washington Post columnist Colman McCarthy was invited to teach a course on writing at an impoverished public school in Washington, D.C., he responded, “I’d rather teach peace.” Thus began the work he has passionately pursued for the past 25 years-teaching courses on nonviolence, conflict management, and peace studies. I’d Rather Teach Peace chronicles one semester in six of these schools, as students find themselves challenged and inspired by an unconventional course and by a man who believes that if we don’t teach our children peace someone else will teach them violence.
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God At The Ritz
$19.95Add to cartLorenzo Albacete, a close friend of Pope John Paul II, physicist, and New York Times columnist, shows that religion has a place amid conversations on science and contemporary culture. With humor and honesty, Albacete answers questions about life and death, good and evil, science and religion, religion and politics, and other issues.
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Subverting Hatred : The Challenge Of Nonviolence In Religious Traditions (Annive
$30.00Add to cartThe Tenth Anniversary Edition of a best-selling book on nonviolence in religious traditions.
Religious rivalries have been at the root of many human conflicts throughout history. Representatives of nine world religions offer insights into the teachings of nonviolence within their tradition, how practice has often fallen short of the ideals, and how they can overcome the contagion of hatred through a return to traditional teachings on nonviolence.
Included are a new Foreword and Preface, a new Introduction by Daniel Smith-Christopher, two new chapters on Islam and the indigenous religion of the Maori, and a new Epilogue. In addition, study questions have been added to each chapter.
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Lazarus At The Table
$19.95Add to cartLazarus at the Table is the fruit of more than two decades of instructing students in the social teachings of the Catholic Church. For most of these years Bernard Evans has taught graduate students. Lately he also teaches lay Catholics engaged in parish ministry and enrolled in diocesan ministry formation programs. This book is written specifically for the latter group.
Evans agrees with the bishops of the United States who insist that any Catholic education that does not include Catholic social teaching is not fully Catholic. And so he writes clearly, concisely, and convincingly about how Catholic social teaching addresses such contemporary issues as human dignity, abortion, assisted suicide and euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, the death penalty, war, family, marriage, poverty, superfluous income, just wages, unions, peace, solidarity, and many more. Excerpts from the church’s official teachings in papal documents abound throughout the book.
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Will To Live
$5.95Add to cartArchbishop Jose Gomes, renowned expert on death and dying issues, explains what every Catholic needs to know in order to effectively and morally prepare for the inevitable death of our loved ones and even ourselves. With changing values and modern medical technologies to deal with, this booklet explains how to approach end-of-life issues and prepare for death in a way consistent with our Catholic faith. You will learn the answers to these important issues and more: What dignified death means to a Catholic. Why euthanasia, even if well intended, is murder. What the culture of life really means. Whether a Catholic should have a living will . Which medical practices are immoral. Pope John Paul II s criteria for ordinary vs. extraordinary means. What is morally mandated for palliative care.
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Hunger For The Word Year C
$19.95Add to cartWe have all experienced hunger, whether it’s a need for spiritual guidance or physical nutrition. Our hunger for God’s Word can benefit those needing material sustenance. God’s Word calls us to nourish the hungry and poor, just as it nourishes our faith and sustains us in our struggle for justice. Hunger for the Word explores the Lectionary with a focus on anti-hunger advocacy, social activism, and political issues affecting marginalized people. Using insights, images, and stories from pastors, professors, and laity active in anti-hunger campaigns, this ecumenical book offers devotional connections to inequality issues, as well as themes to help in our struggle to understand and eliminate injustice. Hunger for the Word, edited by Larry Hollar of Bread for the World, brings concern for hunger and fairness into our daily religious life. With weekly sermon/homily reflections, Hunger for the Word is an invaluable resource for pastors, liturgical ministers, and those interested in justice-oriented Bible study and spiritual growth. Also includes suggestions for musical worship, and ideas for children’s sermons to help spread God’s Word of activism, compassion, and integrity throughout the congregation.
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Without Roots : The West Relativism Christianity Islam
$17.99Add to cartCan a civilization exist without any sense of the sacred? That is the question at the heart of Without Roots, which was born of a dialogue between Joseph Ratzinger-now Pope Benedict XVI-and Marcello Pera, president of the Italian Senate.
On May 13, 2004, Cardinal Ratzinger addressed the Italian senate on the state of the West. The day before, Marcello Pera gave a lecture at the Latern Pontifical University. Though the juxtaposition of the talks was pure chance, the two leaders arrived at strikingly similar conclusions about the spiritual, cultural, and political crisis facing the West. Now Without Roots takes on even more importance as a window into the mind of the Pope, who, as George Weigel explains in his forward to the American edition, “was elected in part, because of his long experience with, and profound understanding of, the current crisis in European civilization”.
Bringing together their unique vantage points as leaders of Church and State, Ratzinger and Pera challenge us to examine anew the fate of a civilization that has abandoned its spiritual roots. The question is urgent not only for the United States and Europe but for all democratic cultures.
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Convict Christ : What The Gospel Says About Criminal Justice
$19.00Add to cart14 Chapters
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A magisterial study of Christian mercy within the gritty realities of the American prison system…- Rev. Marjorie Holm, Chaplain Service of the Churches of VirginiaAn inmate for life, Jens Soering tells stories of prison life that are shocking and inspiring. He confronts us with Jesus’ challenge to love not only the least amongst us but those who are perceived as the worst amongst us.
Anyone interested in what goes on behind the walls of our nation’s prisons and in seeing the face of Christ in everyone will value this authentic, harrowing, and visionary search for redemption.
Jens Soering confronts the everyday realities of prison life with mercy, compassion, and forgiveness. I recommend The Convict Christ to those willing to become more deeply sensitized to the failures and injustices in our jails and prisons today. It is fascinating and enriching!- Walter F. Sullivan, Bishop Emeritus of Richmond
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Benedict Of Nursia
$14.95Add to cartBrief reflections on aspects of the Rule of Benedict.
Ponders how work is an aid to prayer and how the Benedictine vow of stability is essential to building community.
Each chapter concludes with a brief reflection ont he state of contemporary society and how the aspect of the Rule of Benedict treated in the chapter applies to the needs of today. -
Church Ethics And Its Organizational Context
$102.00Add to cartIntroduction
Jean M. Bartunek And James F. Keenan
Part I. New Ways Of Understanding The CrisisSection 1: The Crisis And The Scandal
Understanding The Crisis In The Church
Paul Lakeland
The Sexual Abuse Scandal As Social Drama
Jean M. Bartunek
Section 2: The Context Of The Church In The United StatesThe Six Stages Of Catholicism In America
James M. O’Toole
The Struggle To Preserve Religious Capital: A Sociological Perspective On The Catholic Church In The United States
Michele Dillon
Section 3. The Church And Leadership: Perspectives On ReformEcclesiological Perspectives On Church Reform
Richard R. Gaillardetz
Looking Good Vs. Being Good: Pitfalls Of Maintaining Perceptions Of Strong Leadership Following Organizational Scandals
Kimberly D. Elsbach
Part II. Ethics, Organizations, And Church CultureSection 1: Framing Professional Relationships In The Church
Toward An Ecclesial Professional Ethics
James F. Keenan
Renewing The Psychological Contracts Of The Clergy And Laity
Denise M. Rousseau
Section 2: Organizational Perspectives On Morality And EthicsOrganizational Morality
C. R. Hinings And Michael K. Mauws
Ethics Codes, Intervention And Corruption Reform Methods For Ecclesial Professionals
Richard P. Nielson
Section 3: Proposing An Ethical Code?A Professional Code Of Ethics Reflecting The Nature Of A Christian Vocation And An Understanding Of Leadership In The Church
Francis J. Butler
A Professional Code Of Ethics?
Richard M. Gula S.S.
Section 4: Civil And Canonical CautionsToward An Ecclesiastical Professional Ethic: Lessons From The Legal Profession
Daniel R. Coquillette And Judith A. McMorrow
“Turning Pro:” Theologico-Canonical Hurdles On The Way To A Professional Ethic For Church Leaders
John P. Beal
Section 5: Reflections On An Ethical Church CultureReflections On Ethics Organizations, And Church Culture
James E. Post
An Ethical Church Culture
Patricia M. Y. Chang
Biographical SketchesAdditional Info
Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context is the first book to provide a broadly interdisciplinary approach to understanding the leadership crisis in the Catholic Church in the wake of the sex abuse scandal and how it was handled. Well-known scholars, religious clergy, and laymen in the trenches of church formation and leadership come together from the disciplines of organizational behavior, theology, sociology, history, and law, to foster the creation of a new code of ethics that is both ecclesial and professional. Touching on issues of governance, authority, accountability, and transparency, this volume goes on to specifically explore whether and how professional ethics can shape the identity and actions of Church leaders, ministers, and their congregations.While evoked by the sex scandal in the Church, the essays in this book raise questions that have implications far beyond this current issue, to much broader issues such as the role of professionalism in ethics and what it means for an organization to engage in moral action.
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Church Ethics And Its Organizational Context
$44.00Add to cartIntroduction
Jean M. Bartunek And James F. Keenan
Part I. New Ways Of Understanding The CrisisSection 1: The Crisis And The Scandal
Understanding The Crisis In The Church
Paul Lakeland
The Sexual Abuse Scandal As Social Drama
Jean M. Bartunek
Section 2: The Context Of The Church In The United StatesThe Six Stages Of Catholicism In America
James M. O’Toole
The Struggle To Preserve Religious Capital: A Sociological Perspective On The Catholic Church In The United States
Michele Dillon
Section 3. The Church And Leadership: Perspectives On ReformEcclesiological Perspectives On Church Reform
Richard R. Gaillardetz
Looking Good Vs. Being Good: Pitfalls Of Maintaining Perceptions Of Strong Leadership Following Organizational Scandals
Kimberly D. Elsbach
Part II. Ethics, Organizations, And Church CultureSection 1: Framing Professional Relationships In The Church
Toward An Ecclesial Professional Ethics
James F. Keenan
Renewing The Psychological Contracts Of The Clergy And Laity
Denise M. Rousseau
Section 2: Organizational Perspectives On Morality And EthicsOrganizational Morality
C. R. Hinings And Michael K. Mauws
Ethics Codes, Intervention And Corruption Reform Methods For Ecclesial Professionals
Richard P. Nielson
Section 3: Proposing An Ethical Code?A Professional Code Of Ethics Reflecting The Nature Of A Christian Vocation And An Understanding Of Leadership In The Church
Francis J. Butler
A Professional Code Of Ethics?
Richard M. Gula S.S.
Section 4: Civil And Canonical CautionsToward An Ecclesiastical Professional Ethic: Lessons From The Legal Profession
Daniel R. Coquillette And Judith A. McMorrow
“Turning Pro:” Theologico-Canonical Hurdles On The Way To A Professional Ethic For Church Leaders
John P. Beal
Section 5: Reflections On An Ethical Church CultureReflections On Ethics Organizations, And Church Culture
James E. Post
An Ethical Church Culture
Patricia M. Y. Chang
Biographical SketchesAdditional Info
Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context is the first book to provide a broadly interdisciplinary approach to understanding the leadership crisis in the Catholic Church in the wake of the sex abuse scandal and how it was handled. Well-known scholars, religious clergy, and laymen in the trenches of church formation and leadership come together from the disciplines of organizational behavior, theology, sociology, history, and law, to foster the creation of a new code of ethics that is both ecclesial and professional. Touching on issues of governance, authority, accountability, and transparency, this volume goes on to specifically explore whether and how professional ethics can shape the identity and actions of Church leaders, ministers, and their congregations.While evoked by the sex scandal in the Church, the essays in this book raise questions that have implications far beyond this current issue, to much broader issues such as the role of professionalism in ethics and what it means for an organization to engage in moral action.
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Living The Catholic Social Tradition
$46.00Add to cartForeword
Bishop John J. Leibrecht
Preface
Monika K. Hellwig
Part I: Framing EssaysLiving The Catholic Social Tradition: Introduction And Overview
Kathleen Maas Weigert
Social Change Strategies For The Future Of Metropolitan Areas
David Rusk
From Industrialization To Globalization: Church And Social Ministry
Thomas J. Massaro, S.J.
Catholic Social Teaching: Starting With The Common Good
Todd David Whitmore
Part II: Case StudiesIntroduction To Case Studies
Rev. Robert J. Vitillo
Young Visionaries In The South Bronx
Alexia K. Kelley
The Resurrection Project
William P. Bolan
The Neighborhood Development Center
Steven M. Rodenborn
Oakland Community Organizations’ “Faith In Action”: Locating The Grassroots Social Justice Mission
Joseph M. Palacios, S.J.
COPS: Putting The Gospel Into Action In San Antonio
Patrick J. Hayes
Coalition Of Immokalee Workers
Kathleen Dolan Seipel
Baltimore: BUILD And The Solidarity Sponsoring Committee
Kathleen Dolan Seipel
Students Against Sweatshops
Christopher C. Kelly
Resource SectionAbout The Authors
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In a time when the global and national economies seem to favor so few and harm so many, when the threats to the common good are so prevalent and so deep, how do people of faith think about these issues and act with those who are most vulnerable? Living the Catholic Social Tradition: Cases and Commentary addresses these challenges through contemporary theory and research conducted within the framework of the rich Catholic social tradition.Co-editors Kathleen Maas Weigert and Alexia Kelley combine four essays from leading scholars with eight concrete case studies based on community social justice projects across the country. This unique combination of theory and reflective practice provides university students and adult learners with a framework for understanding the Catholic social tradition and a demonstration of its positive social impact on the people it serves.
The reader first learns about the challenges facing Catholic universities in educating the current generation about the Catholic social tradition. The next essays provide insights into the ways in which the tradition frames and contributes to social change; approaches to understanding the key concepts and documents that make up the tradition; and an understanding of the forces confronting change agents in major metropolitan areas. Undertaken by younger scholars and activists, the eight case studies tackle the issues that grass roots groups and visionary leaders face as they try to bring about positive change in their communities.
Living the Catholic Social Tradition will help readers assess and address different social justice issues within the framework of Catholic social thought. In that process, readers are called upon to think how they might not only contribute to the tradition, but develop it further, thus bringing the Catholic social tradition alive in contemporary times.
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Where Is God
$24.00Add to cartJon Sobrino’s latest book takes its starting point from tragedy and violence: a devastating earthquake in El Salvador, the terrorist attacks of September 11, and the subsequent bombing of Afghanistan. The topic of suffering and death has traditionally raised questions about the nature and existence of God. But for Sobrino the primary question is addressed to ourselves: Who are we human beings? What does it mean to be human in a world of inequality, injustice, and barbarism? In examining the cruelty of history from the standpoint of the victims, Sobrino finds a challenge not just to find meaning, but to answer a call to personal conversion, structural change, compassion, and solidarity. Ultimately, Christian faith finds hope in the cross – a cross borne not only by Christ, but by Romero, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the poor: “Because of that hope, no matter how hard it is to live through catastrophes, terrorism and barbarity, we cannot rule out the possibility of resurrection.”
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End Of Illusions
$53.00Add to cartI The Peacemakers
A Road Away From War
Albert W. Palmer
Putting Christianity In Cold Storage
Albert W. Palmer
On Saving Civilization
Charles Clayton Morrison
What Can America Do For Peace?
Charles Clayton Morrison
A War For Imperialism
Charles Clayton Morrison
The Same Old War
John Haynes Holmes
The Causes Of War–Hitler
John Haynes Holmes
Nazi Atrocities And The American War Fever
Paul L. Blakely
All Will Be Lost By War
Paul L. Blakely
A Clash Of Imperialisms
Ernest Fremon Tittle
What Can Christians Do?
Georgia Harkness
What, Then, Should Churches Do?
Georgia Harkness
Keeping Christ Above The Strife
Harry Emerson Fosdick
II The ProphetsAn End To Illusions
Reinhold Niebuhr
Why The Church Is Not Pacifist
Reinhold Niebuhr
Christian Faith And The World Crisis
Reinhold Niebuhr
First Letter To The French Protestants
Karl Barth
Second Letter To The French Protestants
Karl Barth
A Letter To Great Britain
Karl Barth
Five Mournful Years For Jewry
Stephen S. Wise
Enemy Of Human Freedom
Stephen S. Wise
The Crime Of Crimes
Stephen S. Wise
The Darkest Political Tyranny
John Bennett
Irresponsible Idealism
Henry P. Van Dusen
The Christian As Citizen
Henry P. Van Dusen
Defending Justice Despite Our Own Injustice
Lynn Harold Hough
The Barbarian Alternative
Lewis Mumford
The Aftermath Of Utopianism
Lewis Mumford
III The Gathering StormWar And Peace
America’s Responsibility In The Present Crisis
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The rise of Islamic radicalism has led to heated discussions about how best to address the threat of religious terror. Disputes covering the right and wrong of war with Iraq, and the even bigger war on terrorism, continue to rage across America. But this is not the first argument of this nature–America was faced with a similar moral dilemma on the eve of World War II. Fascism was conquering Europe, and religious leaders across the nation vehemently debated how to confront Nazi Germany.In The End of Illusions: Religious Leaders Confront Hitler’s Gathering Storm, Joseph Loconte brings together pieces from the most significant religious thinkers of the pre-war period. In these essays, the writers eloquently and passionately present their arguments for going to war or maintaining the peace. In doing so, they explore issues vibrantly relevant today, including the Christian cause for war, the problem of evil, and America’s role in the world. These urgently written pieces connect the past with the present and resonate with renewed clarity and poignancy
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Lost Soul Of American Protestantism
$50.00Add to cartForeword
R. Laurence Moore
The American Way Of FaithConfessional Protestantism
Defining Conservatism Down
The Intolerance Of Presbyterian Creeds
The Sectarianism Of Reformed Polity
The Irrelevance Of Luthern Liturgy
Conclusion: Confessional Protestantism And The Making Of Hyphenated Americans
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In The Lost Soul of American Protestantism, D. G. Hart examines the historical origins of the idea that faith must be socially useful in order to be valuable. Through specific episodes in Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Reformed history, Hart presents a neglected form of Protestantism–confessionalism–as an alternative to prevailing religious theory. He explains that, unlike evangelical and mainline Protestants who emphasize faith’s role in solving social and personal problems, confessional Protestants locate Christianity’s significance in the creeds, ministry, and rituals of the church.Although critics have accused confessionalism of encouraging social apathy, Hart deftly argues that this form of Protestantism has much to contribute to current discussions on the role of religion in American public life, since confessionalism refuses to confuse the well-being of the nation with that of the church. The history of confessional Protestantism suggests that contrary to the legacy of revivalism, faith may be most vital and influential when less directly relevant to everyday problems, whether personal or social.
Clear and engaging, D. G Hart’s groundbreaking study is essential reading for everyone exploring the intersection of religion and daily life.
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Morally Complex World
$31.95Add to cartHow can people celebrate the gospel of life in their daily lives? What about cloning? Is euthanasia morally acceptable in certain cases, such as terminal illness? In case of health reasons, mental illness, pregnancy due to rape, etc., is abortion morally acceptable? Are you in favor of the use of contraceptives, both natural and artificial?
A Morally Complex World will not answer such complex questions in detail, but it does provide a framework for trying to grapple better with the first question of how we should lead our moral lives in general, as well as some of the concrete ethical issues the other three questions raise.
A Morally Complex World is an accessible introduction to moral theology covering the methodology of moral theology; basic concepts such as conscience and moral agency; natural law, moral norms; how the Bible can be used in Christian ethics; how to dialogue on contested ethical issues; how to consider sin and moral failure; and finally, how to mediate moral principles and moral teaching in a pastorally sensitive manner in concrete life situations.
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No Room At The Table
$18.00Add to cartA cry that touches our hearts and awakens our desire to help – in some way – the hundreds of thousands of children around the world who are at risk. Overwhelmed by poverty, war, hunger and separation from family, they are not allowed to be children. They carry guns, they sell themselves to buy food, they live on the streets. Donald Dunson tells the stories of our children from New Orleans to the Sudan. Each chapter profiles three or four individuals as it probes an issue affecting children children including hunger and poverty, was and sexual exploitation, homelessness and the need for love. No Room at the table concludes with a list of resources for involvement and action. It is an eye – and heart – opening work.
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Credible Signs Of Christ Alive
$30.00Add to cartThis accessible and stirring book not only introduces readers to the work of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the domestic antipoverty and social justice program sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, but also inspires us to service. With John P. Hogan as our guide, we are invited to walk with those who serve and those who are served in confronting the daily reality of poverty as well as the root causes and structures that cause it. Written with the skill of a journalist and the passion of a social justice reformer, Credible Signs of Christ Alive highlights six exemplary CCHD-funded projects that represent successful joint efforts between the working poor–including whites, African-Americans, Latin Americans, and a variety of immigrant groups including, Africans, Asians, Hispanics, and Russians–and the non-poor. Complete with case studies, reflection questions, suggested actions, contacts, and optional further reading, this book tells the story behind the poverty statistics, mines the hope behind the headlines, and makes real the power of faith to transform the world.
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Reading The Bible From The Margins
$24.00Add to cartThis introduction to reading and understanding the Bible focuses on perspectives that are often ignored. Here, emphasis is placed on how issues involving race, class, and gender influence our understanding of the Bible. The author shows how “standard” readings of the Bible are not always acceptable to people or groups on the “margins.” The poor and those who are targets of discrimination because of their ethnic group or gender may have quite different insights and understandings of biblical texts that can be of value to all readers.
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Priesthood And Society (Revised)
$23.00Add to cart“This text on the nature of priesthood draws equally on scripture, tradition and the complexities of modern life to explore the ways that priests become “”walking sacraments””, acting and living out the truth they represent. Focusing on the spiritual disciplines that nurture priestly life, the wisdom of shared ministry and the value of increased lay involvement, the book presents a vision of the Christian ministry that is more concerned with serving the whole of society than in maintaining church attendence.”
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Lost Soul Of American Protestantism
$79.00Add to cartForeword
R. Laurence Moore
The American Way Of FaithConfessional Protestantism
Defining Conservatism Down
The Intolerance Of Presbyterian Creeds
The Sectarianism Of Reformed Polity
The Irrelevance Of Luthern Liturgy
Conclusion: Confessional Protestantism And The Making Of Hyphenated Americans
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In The Lost Soul of American Protestantism, D. G. Hart examines the historical origins of the idea that faith must be socially useful in order to be valuable. Through specific episodes in Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Reformed history, Hart presents a neglected form of Protestantism–confessionalism–as an alternative to prevailing religious theory. He explains that, unlike evangelical and mainline Protestants who emphasize faith’s role in solving social and personal problems, confessional Protestants locate Christianity’s significance in the creeds, ministry, and rituals of the church.Although critics have accused confessionalism of encouraging social apathy, Hart deftly argues that this form of Protestantism has much to contribute to current discussions on the role of religion in American public life, since confessionalism refuses to confuse the well-being of the nation with that of the church. The history of confessional Protestantism suggests that contrary to the legacy of revivalism, faith may be most vital and influential when less directly relevant to everyday problems, whether personal or social.
Clear and engaging, D. G Hart’s groundbreaking study is essential reading for everyone exploring the intersection of religion and daily life.
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Choosing Mercy : A Mother Of Murder Victims Pleads To End The Death Penalty
$20.00Add to cartAntoinette Bosco’s heart was crushed when Shadow Clark murdered her son John and his wife Nancy. In time her grief transformed into forgiveness. Toni felt that to want one more unnatural death would be wrong. “I could say that the 18-year -old who ended the lives of my children with an 8mm semiautomatic must be punished for life but I could not say, kill this killer”. Toni chose mercy over vengeance, and again her life changed forever.
Today she is widely known as an opponent of capital punishment in this the only modern Western nation that retains executions. In telling her dramatic journey she presents compelling arguments why the death penalty does not work and is morally wrong. She also shares unforgettable true stories form parents such as Dominick Dunne who suffered through similar experiences but also learned to choose love over fear.
Choosing Mercy is timely, gut-honest, and inspiring. It may not change some people’s minds but it will begin to change their hearts.
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Living Justice : Catholic Social Teaching In Action
$21.95Add to cartRooted in the life and ministry of Jesus and the message of the New Testament, the Church proclaims: “Justice is constitutive of the Gospel.” Building upon the broad tradition of Catholic social teaching, this third book in our popular Come & See Series offers a fresh discussion of contemporary issues (disarmament, human rights, the option for the poor). Through Scripture, Tradition, world events, and living examples of heroism and holiness ranging from the simple to the extraordinary, Living Justice develops your understanding of Catholic social teaching and inspires you for service
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Gracias : A Latin American Journal
$18.00Add to cartIn this journal of his travels in Bolivia and Peru, Nouwen ponders the presence of God in the poor, the challenge of a persecuted church, the relation between faith and justice, and his own struggle to discern the path along which God is calling him.
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Sexuality And The Black Church
$18.00Add to cartThis book tackles the “taboo” subject of sexuality that has long been avoided by the Black church and community. Douglas argues that this view of Black sexuality has interfered with constructive responses to the AIDS crisis and teenage pregnancies, fostered intolerance of sexual diversity, frustrated healthy male/female relationships, and rendered Black and womanist theologians silent on sexual issues.
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Christian Social Witness And Teaching 2
$40.00Add to cartThe second volume of Rodger Charles’ two volume presentation of the Catholic Tradidition from Genesis to Centesimus Annus addresses the Modern Social Teaching of the Church from the reign of Pope Leo XIII. The encyclical Rerun Novarum(1891) was a response to the problems of liberal capitalism and the industrial revolution in the Western world. Leo’s successors were largely concerned with the ongoing problems of that programme, though Pius XI (1922-39) and more markedly Pius XII (1939-58) were also concerned with international problems. The years following the end of the Second World War demanded even more attention to these. Meanwhile many Western intellectuals doubted the viability of capitalism and some liberation theologians from the 1970s used Marxist social analysis as an integral part of their search for justice. As it happened, the 1980s brought about the collapse of real socialism and the resurgence of liberal capitalism. From the time of John XXIII (1953-63), the pastors of the Church have been responding to these new needs and with the advent of John Paul II, the controversies over liberation theology and the collapse of socialism, the pace of that response has quickened. Rodger Charles, Lecturer and Tutor in Moral and Pastoral Theology at Campion Hall, Oxford, has spent over thirty years researching, lecturing and writing in London, Oxford and San Francisco on the social teaching of the Church and its application. His book provides a masterly and an unrivalled introduction to this topic.
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Cry Of The Earth Cry Of The Poor
$28.00Add to cart“Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor” represents Leonardo Boff’s most systematic effort to date to link the spirit of liberation theology with the urgent challenge of ecology. Focusing on the threatened Amazon of his native Brazil, Boff traces the ties that bind the fate of the rain forests with the fate of the Indians and the poor of the land. In this book, readers will find the keys to a new, liberating faith.
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In Pursuit Of Love Second Edition (Revised)
$46.95Add to cartWhile retaining the basic structure of the original book, this new edition has been thoroughly updated in light of some official Catholic documents and other theological writings dealing with sexual morality that have appeared since 1986. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II’s encyclicals Veritatis splendor and Evangelium vitae, and the 1986 and 1992 statements of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on pastoral care of homosexuals and the issue of discrimination against them are among the more recent magisterial publications considered in this text.
This edition also contains several new sections: the misuses of sex (adultery, pornography, prostitution, sexual violence); four rationales for viewing a committed love relationship as the only appropriate context for sexual intercourse; marriage as a sacrament and marital sexuality and love as embodiments of commitment, intimacy, and passion; and public policy and the civil rights of homosexuals. This edition also includes an expanded discussion of topics such as sexism, sexually transmitted diseases especially HIV/AIDS and the moral questions raised by new family-planning methods (Norplant, Depo-Provera), RU-486, postcoital hormonal interventions against pregnancy, the start of human life, and abortion.
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1 Earth Many Religions
$29.00Add to cartIn One Earth Many Religions Knitter looks back at his own “dialogical odyssey” and forward to the way that interfaith encounters and dialogue must focus attention on new challenges. Nothing less than enlisting the commitment of the world’s religions on task of saving our common home will do. In making that case, Knitter makes clear the complex structures – political economic, and social as well as religious – that face those who approach this task. While articulating a “this worldly soteriology necessary to overcome our eco-human plight, Knitter offers practical considerations on actions and projects that have and should have been undertaken to stem the tide of environmental and human suffering.
