Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics: Fall/Winter 2003

by Gudorf, Christine E.; Lauritzen, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780878403424
• ISBN10: 0878403426
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Georgetown Univ Pr

Summary

Formerly known as the "Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics, this is the second volume of the first year of appearing biannually in its new incarnation and an essential resource for students and faculty pursuing the latest developments in Christian and religious ethics. Contents include, "Ethics, Liberalism and the Law: Toward a Christian consideration of the Morality of Civil Law in Liberal Policies" by Joel James Schuman; "Mental Illness Is Missing--and Why This Matters to Bioethics" by Janet R. Nelson, "'A Threefold Cord Is Not Quickly Broken: ' Virtue, Law, and Ethics in the Talmud" by Dov Nelkin; "United States Welfare Policy in the New Millennium: Catholic Perspectives on What American Society has Learned about Low-Income Families" by Thomas Massaro, S.J.; "Journey Images and the Search for Reconciliation" by William Johnson Everett; "Locke, Martyrdom, and the Disciplinary Power of the Church" by Jennifer A. Herdt; "Should We Design Our Descendants?" by Audrey R. Chapman; "To Tell the Truth: will,the Real Public Theology Please Stand Up?" by E. Harold Breitenberg, Jr.; and "After the Slippery Slope: Dutch Experiences on Regulating Active Euthanasia" by Theo A. Boer.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
The Shift in Political Anxieties in the West: From "The Russians Are Coming" to "The Coming Anarchy"	1	(18)
William F. May
Locke, Martyrdom, and the Disciplinary Power of the Church	19	(18)
Jennifer A. Herdt
Ethics, Liberalism, and the Law: Toward a Christian Consideration of the Morality of Civil Law in Liberal Policies	37	(18)
Joel James Shuman
To Tell the Truth: Will the Real Public Theology Please Stand Up?	55	(42)
E. Harold Breitenberg, Jr.
United States Welfare Policy in the New Millennium: Catholic Perspectives on What American Society Has Learned about Low-Income Families	97	(22)
Thomas Massaro, S.J.
"A Threefold Cord Is Not Quickly Broken": Virtue, Law, and Ethics in the Talmud	119	(36)
Dov Nelkin
Journey Images and the Search for Reconciliation	155	(24)
William Johnson Everett
Bioethics and the Marginalization of Mental Illness	179	(20)
Janet R. Nelson
Should We Design Our Descendants?	199	(26)
Audrey R. Chapman
After the Slippery Slope: Dutch Experiences on Regulating Active Euthanasia	225	(18)
Theo A. Boer
Playing God? Moral Agency in an Emergent World	243	(17)
Cynthia S.W. Crysdale
Contributors	260