Thurston begins with a study of the Beatitudes that introduces what Jesus might have meant by Kingdom of Heaven. She then looks at passages from the Sermon on the Mount and discusses their implicat…
This contribution to fundamental ethics deepens our awaraness of the exceedingly rich and complex nature of the moral life. Ogletree here sketches out the systematic components of Christian ethics,…
We are at our human best when we give and forgive.But we live in a world in which it makes little sense to do either one. In our increasingly graceless culture, where can we find the motivation to …
"What do you want for your children?" Faced with that question, Virginia Owens searches deeply for an honest answer. Faith, she decides, is what she wants to pass on. But how do we transmit our fai…
What is our purpose? As Christians, what are we to do with that ambiguous time between baptism and the funeral? It's easy to become preoccupied with who gets into heaven; the real challenge is how …
Love was at one time a powerfully unifying force among Christians. In his letters, Paul consistently evokes charity as the avenue to both human and divine communion. If the magnitude of charity was…
Can one forget atrocotoes? Should one forgive abusers? Ought we not hope for the final reconciliation of all the wrongdoers alike, even if it means spending eternity with perpetrators of evil? We l…
This book presents both a critical appropriation and a sympathetic criticism of the Catholic Church's tradition on human rights.Using John Courtney Murray's landmark work on religious freedom as an…
The problems of morality are complicated by the competing perspectives that religion and philosophy sometimes bring to ethical discussions. Paul Diener provides a readable and coherent guide to the…
This, Jesus tells us, is the greatest commandement. Implicit in it is the message that propels us out to the ends of the earth, news as simple as it good: God so loves the world that he gave his on…