Common Good, Uncommon Questions

by Backous, Timothy; Graham, William C.

• ISBN13: 9780814659205
• ISBN10: 0814659209
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Michael Glazier

Summary

Common Good, Uncommon Questions places the Catholic Church's guidance into contemporary context by considering stories, poems, and articles to challenge preconceptions, asking what contribution the Church can make to moral debate.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Grace and Human Response	p. 1
An Echo in the Soul: Grace and Human Response	p. 1
Conscience	p. 9
Romans 2:12-16	p. 9
Dignity of Moral Conscience	p. 9
A Man for All Seasons	p. 10
Civility	p. 12
Developing a Christian Social Conscience	p. 15
Dying and Death	p. 23
1 Corinthians 15:51-58	p. 23
The Mystery of Death	p. 23
"I Am Going to Leave This World a Happy Man"	p. 24
How Long Must We Preserve Life? Catholic Ethics at the End of Life	p. 26
Richard Cory	p. 32
Veritas splendor in Focus: Killing the Patient	p. 32
Even I Can't Back Death Penalty: Forgiveness Not Vengeance, Is Best Reply to a Murderer	p. 38
Declaration of Life	p. 40
Faith	p. 44
Hebrews 11:1-39	p. 44
Obedience of Faith	p. 46
Does College Kill Faith?	p. 46
A Way Through, Not a Way Out	p. 50
Feminism	p. 60
Galatians 3:26-28	p. 60
Freedom from the Curse of Ignorance	p. 60
What Keeps Women "in Their Place"?	p. 61
Sojourner Truth and Women's Equality	p. 69
What's Right with the Catholic Church?	p. 69
Homelessness	p. 78
Luke 16:19-31	p. 78
A Consequence of Original Sin	p. 78
Lazarus in Our City?	p. 79
For Pete's Sake: Our Homeless Parishioner	p. 81
Advocacy for the Homeless	p. 84
The Catholic Church and Homelessness	p. 91
Oh, Give Me a Home	p. 93
Helping the Homeless: How Individuals Can Make a Difference	p. 98
Homosexuality	p. 105
Psalm 145:8-18	p. 105
Chastity and Homosexuality	p. 105
Hair of a Different Color	p. 106
Homosexuality	p. 108
Science, Homosexuality, and the Church	p. 125
Life Together	p. 130
Luke 10:25-37	p. 130
The Tradition of the Church	p. 130
Christianity and The Raise of the Nuclear Family	p. 131
The Rule of St. Benedict	p. 136
The Lofty Side of Marriage	p. 139
The Retreat	p. 143
When People's Concerns Meet Jesus Christ, Church Lives	p. 156
Ethnic Snub at Child's Party Hurts 50 Years Later	p. 158
Old Values Needed to Curb Violence	p. 160
Dorothy Day: A Radical Simplicity	p. 162
Peace and Justice	p. 169
1 Corinthians 12:12-31	p. 169
The Common Good	p. 170
As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame	p. 171
Sheen Sham	p. 171
Why Good Works Are So Good for You	p. 172
Isaiah 40:3-5	p. 175
Role of Christians in International Aid	p. 175
When Fear Moves In	p. 176
Reproduction Issues	p. 179
Psalm 139:13-16	p. 179
Scientific Research and Moral Criteria	p. 179
Genesis 1:26-28	p. 180
The Regulation of Births	p. 180
Sex, Natural Law, and Bread Crumbs	p. 182
Resolving Social Inequity	p. 193
James 2:14-18	p. 193
Deeper Questionings	p. 193
This We Can Do	p. 194
Rerum novarum	p. 195
Centesimus annus	p. 201
The Horrors of Our Century	p. 205
Christianity and the Social Crisis	p. 206
Responsible Sexuality	p. 211
Song of Solomon 3:1-4	p. 211
On Sexual Ethics	p. 211
Chastity as Shared Strength: An Open Letter to Students	p. 213
St. John's and the Sexual Dilemma	p. 220
Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics	p. 221
Can We Get Real about Sex?	p. 235
Reverence for the Earth	p. 245
Psalm 24	p. 245
Respect for the Integrity of Creation	p. 246
Pied Beauty	p. 247
Reverence for the Earth as a Religious Concern?	p. 247
Right to Life	p. 254
Deuteronomy 30:19-20	p. 254
First Right of a Person	p. 254
Giving Up the Gift: One Woman's Abortion Decision	p. 255
Inconvenient Human	p. 260
Substance Abuse	p. 266
1 Corinthians 3:16-18, Matthew 18:5-6	p. 266
Respect for Health	p. 266
Something More about Alcohol	p. 267
And, in the End	p. 273
Revelation 21-22:1-5	p. 273
Until We See God Face to Face	p. 274
"Jerusalem, My Happy Home" (hymn)	p. 276
An Index to the Catechism of the Catholic Church	p. 278
Index	p. 285
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