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Eight Is Enough?: The Ethics Of The California Octuplets Case, Scott Paeth
Eight Is Enough?: The Ethics Of The California Octuplets Case, Scott Paeth
Scott R. Paeth
The recent California octuplets case raises a number of important issues that need to be addressed in the context of the increasingly widespread practice of in vitro fertilization. This paper explores some of those issues as looked at from the perspective of protestant theological ethics and public theology, examining the moral responsibilities of the various participants in the process, both before and after the octuplets’ birth, including the mother, her doctors, the health care bureaucracy, the wider society, and the media. Each of these participants failed in significant respects to consider the ethical implications of the births in this complicated …
Ecocriticism And Christian Literary Scholarship, Timothy J. Burbery
Ecocriticism And Christian Literary Scholarship, Timothy J. Burbery
Timothy J. Burbery
This essay presents a case for ecocriticism as a viable critical method for Christian scholars. It begins with an historical overview of the method, then examines common ground shared by ecocriticism and Christianity, including what amounts to a kind of critical realism, and the belief in the inherent goodness of creation. Two potential obstacles are then addressed by way of Lynn White, Jr.'s famous essay, "The Historical Roots of our Ecologic Crisis." These include the relationship of the Bible and the environment, and the charge of anthropocentrism. I believe White is partly right, but contend that neither objection is fatal …
“Housing: The Civil Rights Issue For Our Time, Laura A. Stivers
“Housing: The Civil Rights Issue For Our Time, Laura A. Stivers
Laura Stivers
Blaise Pascal: From Birth To Rebirth To Apologist, Lew A. Weider
Blaise Pascal: From Birth To Rebirth To Apologist, Lew A. Weider
Lew A. Weider
No abstract provided.
Interviewed By Timothy Harris, On Disrupting Homelessness, Laura A. Stivers
Interviewed By Timothy Harris, On Disrupting Homelessness, Laura A. Stivers
Laura Stivers
The Moral Complexity Of Video Games, Scott Paeth
The Moral Complexity Of Video Games, Scott Paeth
Scott R. Paeth
Over the past two decades, video games have reached a level of technological sophistication that enables them to immerse players in complex stories and relationships. The games require players to draw not only on their hand-eye coordination skills and puzzle-solving prowess but also on their moral imagination as they navigate complex relationships and their consequences. Today's video games are light years away from Pong and Asteroids, and they have the potential not only to offer richly textured narratives and fantastically realistic-seeming worlds but to aid in forming us as moral beings, for better and for worse.
Making A Home For All, Laura A. Stivers
Disrupting Homelessness (Guest Lecture), Laura A. Stivers
Disrupting Homelessness (Guest Lecture), Laura A. Stivers
Laura Stivers
Disrupting Homelessness, Laura A. Stivers
Confidence In Christ And The Sin Unto Death -- When Should A Believer Not Pray? 1 John 5:13-21, Leo R. Percer
Confidence In Christ And The Sin Unto Death -- When Should A Believer Not Pray? 1 John 5:13-21, Leo R. Percer
Leo Raines Percer
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Breakfast With An Author For Book Disrupting Homelessness: Alternative Christian Approaches, Laura A. Stivers
Breakfast With An Author For Book Disrupting Homelessness: Alternative Christian Approaches, Laura A. Stivers
Laura Stivers
Interviewed By Annan Paterson, On Disrupting Homelessness, Laura A. Stivers
Interviewed By Annan Paterson, On Disrupting Homelessness, Laura A. Stivers
Laura Stivers
Interviewed By John Shorb, On Disrupting Homelessness, Laura A. Stivers
Interviewed By John Shorb, On Disrupting Homelessness, Laura A. Stivers
Laura Stivers
Profiles Of Dominican: Dr. Laura Stivers, Laura A. Stivers
Profiles Of Dominican: Dr. Laura Stivers, Laura A. Stivers
Laura Stivers
Gregory Of Nyssa On Language, Naming God's Creatures, And The Desire Of The Discursive Animal, Eric D. Meyer
Gregory Of Nyssa On Language, Naming God's Creatures, And The Desire Of The Discursive Animal, Eric D. Meyer
Eric Meyer
Vincentian Pragmatism: Toward A Method For Systemic Change, Scott Kelley
Vincentian Pragmatism: Toward A Method For Systemic Change, Scott Kelley
Scott Kelley
When Pope John Paul II addressed the General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission in 1986, he encouraged the Assembly to “search out more than ever, with boldness, humility and skill, the causes of poverty and encourage short and long term solutions; adaptable and effective concrete solutions.” Building from Vincentian heritage and the wisdom of the Vincentian family, this paper uses Pragmatic Inquiry to construct a method - Vincentian Pragmatism - that will foster the kinds of systemic change that Pope John Paul II envisioned.
The Great Recession: Some Niebuhrian Reflections, Scott R. Paeth
The Great Recession: Some Niebuhrian Reflections, Scott R. Paeth
Scott R. Paeth
"This moment of economic crisis has intersected with another moment, one of renewed interest in the thought of Reinhold Niebuhr. Niebuhr’s wide- ranging intellectual curiosity touched frequently on questions of ethics and economics, particularly during the period of his own economic crisis in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash. Niebuhr’s insights during that period, which formed the core of what came to be known as his “Christian realist” approach to issues of Christianity and public morality, have something to say to us as we grapple with the questions of justice, economics, and social reform in the wake of …