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In print for more than two decades, On Moral Medicine remains the definitive anthology for Christian theological reflection on medical ethics. This third edition updates and expands the earlier awardwinning volumes, providing classrooms and individuals alike with one of the finest available resources for ethics-engaged modern medicine.
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.
In A Sacramental-Prophetic Vision: The Praxis of Christian Spirituality in a Suffering World Matthew Eggemeier argues that the sacramental and prophetic traditions of Christian spirituality possesses critical resources for responding to the contemporary social crises of widespread ecological degradation and the innocent suffering of a crucified people. Eggemeier maintains that the vital key for cultivating these sacramental and prophetic traditions in the present is to situate these spiritualities in the context of spiritual exercsises or ascetical practices that enable Christians to live more deeply coram Deo and in turn to make this presence visible in a suffering world.
What does it mean to consider creation as a divine gift? In the post–Laudato Si’ era, it has become more important than ever to rediscover and further develop a Catholic philosophy and theology of creation. To that end, a diversity of scholars has produced this collection of essays that examine our relationship with the Creator and the created world through a variety of lenses. The authors of these chapters engage timeless visionaries, such as St. Augustine and St. Hildegard of Bingen, as well as more contemporary voices, like Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) and Ferdinand Ulrich, as they endeavor to deepen our understanding of Catholic teaching on creation and the nature of being. Featuring contributions from internationally recognized philosophers and theologians—including Rocco Buttiglione, William Cavanaugh, Salvador Antuñano Alea, and others—this volume seeks to challenge the reader in an examination of what it means to receive the gift of creation.
An eminent theologian addresses an enduring--but newly urgent--question Is it possible to be both a faithful Catholic and an avowed feminist? Earlier generations of feminists first formulated answers to this question in the 1970s. Their views are still broadly held, but with increasing tentativeness and a growing sense of their inadequacy. Even now, Catholic women and men still say, "It's my Church and I'm not leaving," "Change will only happen if people like me stay and fight," and "The Church's work for social justice is more important than the issues that concern me as a feminist." Yet in a post-#MeToo, #ChurchToo moment, when the Church seems disconnected from struggles for racial justic...
Medical and bioethical issues have spawned a great deal of debate in both public and academic contexts. Little has been done, however, to engage with the underlying issues of the nature of medicine and its role in human community. This book seeks to fill that gap by providing Christian philosophical and theological reflections on the nature and purposes of medicine and its role in a Christian understanding of human society. The book provides two main 'doorways' into a Christian philosophical theology of medicine. First it presents a brief description of the contexts in which medicine is practiced in the early 21st century, identifying key problems and challenges that medicine must address. I...
Contents Introduction: Complex Situations M. Therese Lysaught INVITED COMMENTARY Dignitas Infinita: A Syllabus of Errors for the 21st Century? Bernard V. Brady ORIGINAL ARTICLES Moral Impossibility and Communion to the Divorced and Remarried Anthony Hollowell Catholic Anthropology beyond Compulsory Sexuality Jessica Coblentz Inculturation of Catholic Virtue Ethics through Vietnamese Women’s Reclaimed Confucian Virtues Ngoc Nguyen Cultivating a Lifelong Commitment to Social Justice: A Quantitative Analysis Sean T. Lansing Analyzing the Anthropological Implications of Artificial Intelligence through the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger/ Benedict XVI Octavian M. Machidon REVIEW ESSAY Distortions ...
Drawing on the controversial case of “Ashley X,” a girl with severe developmental disabilities who received interventionist medical treatment to limit her growth and keep her body forever small—a procedure now known as the “Ashley Treatment”—Reconsidering Intellectual Disability explores important questions at the intersection of disability theory, Christian moral theology, and bioethics. What are the biomedical boundaries of acceptable treatment for those not able to give informed consent? Who gets to decide when a patient cannot communicate their desires and needs? Should we accept the dominance of a form of medicine that identifies those with intellectual impairments as pathol...
Contents Introduction: Theologizing in a Time of Reckoning M. Therese Lysaught ORIGINAL ARTICLES Reckoning in Mennonite Peace Theology: Reinhold Niebuhr’s Realism and Four Waves of Development Janna Hunter-Bowman Romero, Migration, and the Grammar of Creation Matthew Philipp Whelan and Victor J. Hinojosa . Palaver as a Synodal Praxis of Belonging in the Catholic Church SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai From Ubuntu to Fratelli Tutti: “I Am Because We Are” and Relational Solidarity Colman Okechukwu Nwokoro SYMPOSIUM: CHRISTIAN FAMILY ETHICS AND SHAME Christian Family Ethics and Shame: Three Perspectives Marcus Mescher Families, Social Responsibility, and Experiencing Shame Kari-Shane Davis Zimme...
CONTENTS Introduction: Touching the Wounds M. Therese Lysaught ORIGINAL ARTICLES Nebulous Populism and the Constellation of Agencies within the Philippine Catholic Church Edryan Paul J. Colmenares Reimagining Catholic Peacebuilding Through Pope Francis’s “Culture of Encounter”: The Case of Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region Martin Owhorchukwu Ejiowhor JESSICA COBLENTZ’S DUST IN THE BLOOD: A THEOLOGY OF LIFE WITH DEPRESSION: A ROUNDTABLE Theologizing Across Psychology: Experiences of Depression, Trauma, and Moral Injury Stephanie C. Edwards and Catherine Yanko Investigating Moral Injury: Thinking Beyond the Law- Conscience Binary Catherine Yanko Christian Ethics, Trauma, and Dust in the B...