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Valuing Earth Intrinsically And Instrumentally: A Theological Framework For Environmental Ethics, Jame Schaefer Dec 2005

Valuing Earth Intrinsically And Instrumentally: A Theological Framework For Environmental Ethics, Jame Schaefer

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

Philosophers have struggled with value theory as one of the most recalcitrant problems for environmental ethics. Theologians can benefit from their efforts when retrieving and reworking notions about the goodness of creation in patristic and medieval texts, particularly those by Augustine, John Chrysostom, and Thomas Aquinas. This process yields a religiously motivated rationale for intrinsic-instrumental valuing of the physical world's constituents for themselves, their relationships to one another, and their common good that can be relevant, meaningful, and helpful for responding to ecological degradation.


The Lies Of War: Building An Ethics Of Peace, Daniel Maguire Oct 2005

The Lies Of War: Building An Ethics Of Peace, Daniel Maguire

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Denying And Disclosing God: The Ambiguous Progress Of Modern Atheism" By Michael J. Buckley, Sj, Philip J. Rossi Sep 2005

Review Of "Denying And Disclosing God: The Ambiguous Progress Of Modern Atheism" By Michael J. Buckley, Sj, Philip J. Rossi

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of "The Enlightenment And The Intellectual Culture Of Modernity," By Louis Dupré, Philip J. Rossi Jun 2005

Review Of "The Enlightenment And The Intellectual Culture Of Modernity," By Louis Dupré, Philip J. Rossi

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


The Force Of Analogy, Robert Masson Jun 2005

The Force Of Analogy, Robert Masson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

The article outlines twenty theses for rethinking the doctrine of analogy in a postmodern context. The pivotal claim is that the paradigmatic and decisive force of analogy is to extend and create new meanings by "forcing" an affirmation of identity that fundamentally alters our fields of meanings. Thus analogy in the case of terms properly predicated of God has to do more with the conceptual moves that create changes in our fields of meanings than with recognizing a "similarity in difference" or a proportion of some sort. The argument draws on Mary Gerhart and Allan Russell's theory of metaphoric process, …


Book Review: Retroverting Slavonic Pseudepigrapha: Toward The Original Of The Apocalypse Of Abraham, By Alexander Kulik, Andrei Orlov May 2005

Book Review: Retroverting Slavonic Pseudepigrapha: Toward The Original Of The Apocalypse Of Abraham, By Alexander Kulik, Andrei Orlov

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of Mountains Beyond Mountains, By Tracy Kidder; Pathologies Of Power By Paul Farmer; And The Uses Of Haiti By Paul Farmer, M. Therese Lysaught Feb 2005

Review Of Mountains Beyond Mountains, By Tracy Kidder; Pathologies Of Power By Paul Farmer; And The Uses Of Haiti By Paul Farmer, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Die Bedeutung Der Philosophie Immanuel Kants Für Die Gegenwärtige Katholische Theologie In Den Vereinigten Staaten Von Amerika, Philip J. Rossi Jan 2005

Die Bedeutung Der Philosophie Immanuel Kants Für Die Gegenwärtige Katholische Theologie In Den Vereinigten Staaten Von Amerika, Philip J. Rossi

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Theology: Also (Green) Religious Experience Seeking Understanding, Thomas Hughson Jan 2005

Theology: Also (Green) Religious Experience Seeking Understanding, Thomas Hughson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

Religious experience in contemporary theological epistemology is a theme broad enough to allow for many approaches. This essay grants the concept of 'religious experience' tentative validity, subject to later qualification. The actual experience explored will be a 'green' experience of non-human nature that many Christians have in common with many non-Christians. The first section describes it in a general way, while the second probes its character as a possible 'religious experience'. Then, a third section begins to explore its theological significance. A conclusion emphasizes the essential, dynamic partnership between theological method and non-methodical elements, such as religious experiences in general …


When Stands Are Taken Where Do We Stand?, Robert Masson Jan 2005

When Stands Are Taken Where Do We Stand?, Robert Masson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


’The Learned Savant Who Guards The Secrets Of The Great Gods’: Evolution Of The Roles And Titles Of The Seventh Antediluvian Hero In Mesopotamian And Enochic Traditions: Part I: Mesopotamian Traditions, Andrei Orlov Jan 2005

’The Learned Savant Who Guards The Secrets Of The Great Gods’: Evolution Of The Roles And Titles Of The Seventh Antediluvian Hero In Mesopotamian And Enochic Traditions: Part I: Mesopotamian Traditions, Andrei Orlov

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Sexuality Brewed In An African Pot: A Personal Account Of Paths Of Sexual Maturation In Africa, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator Jan 2005

Sexuality Brewed In An African Pot: A Personal Account Of Paths Of Sexual Maturation In Africa, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


The Authority Of Experience: What Counts As Experience?, Philip J. Rossi Jan 2005

The Authority Of Experience: What Counts As Experience?, Philip J. Rossi

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of The Consolations Of God: Great Sermons Of Phillips Brooks, Edited By Ellen Wilbur, Robert B. Slocum Jan 2005

Review Of The Consolations Of God: Great Sermons Of Phillips Brooks, Edited By Ellen Wilbur, Robert B. Slocum

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.