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“robert t mcdermott”

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  • Romero's Legacy

    The Call to Peace and Justice

    by Pilar Hogan Closkey, Gustavo Gutierrez, Helen Prejean, Daniel G. Groody, Thomas J. Gumbleton, Diana L. Hayes, Robert T. McDermott ...
    Pilar Hogan Closkey and John Hogan have brought together the annual Archbishop Oscar Romero Lectures (2001-2007) to consider the life and death of Archbishop Romero and the daily struggles of the poor in our world, especially in the city of Camden, New Jersey-one of America's poorest cities. Romero's 'dangerous memory' provides the background, while urban poverty and the option for the poor are ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

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  • Faith and Politics After Christendom

    The Church as a Movement for Anarchy

    by Jonathan Bartley ...
    This groundbreaking book examines the anarchic aspects of Jesus' message, and suggests that the demise of the church as pillar of social order gives it a fresh opportunity to exercise its prophetic role - challenging injustice, shaking institutions and undermining some of the central values and norms on which post-Christian society is built. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Living the Catholic Social Tradition

    Cases and Commentary

    by David Rusk, William P. Bolan, Patrick J. Hayes, Monika K. Hellwig, Christopher C. Kelly, Bishop John J. Leibrecht, Steven M. Rodenborn, Kathleen Dolan Seipel, Todd David Whitmore, Rev. Robert J. Vitillo, Thomas Massaro, Joseph M. Palacios ...
    In a time when the global and national economies seem to favor so few and harm so many, when the threats to the common good are so prevalent and so deep, how do people of faith think about these issues and act with those who are most vulnerable? Living the Catholic Social Tradition: Cases and Commentary addresses these challenges through contemporary theory and research conducted within the ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • The Evil That Men Do

    Faith, Injustice and the Church

    by Marcus Paul ...
    At a time when barbarous acts of terrorism are being committed globally and society ponders whether the perpetrators are legitimate religious adherents, Marcus Paul makes an unflinching and counter-cultural examination of some of the worst periods in the Church's history.Were the crusades entirely inexcusable religious wars? Was the Inquisition the bloody and sadistic "Black Legend" of popular ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Mainstreaming Torture

    Ethical Approaches in the Post-9/11 United States

    by Rebecca Gordon ...
    The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 reopened what many people in America had long assumed was a settled ethical question: Is torture ever morally permissible? Within days, some began to suggest that, in these new circumstances, the new answer was "yes." Rebecca Gordon argues that September 11 did not, as some have said, "change everything," and that institutionalized state torture remains ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Essays on the Christian Worldview and Others Political, Literary, and Philosophical

    by Andrew J. Schatkin ...
    This collection of essays and thoughts covers such areas as basic Christian thought, which includes traditional family morality and a great concern for alleviating poverty and promoting social justice, political thought comparing the need for a system which includes both socialist and capitalist elements, and the need for values in our society, which has come to emphasize money, power, and greed ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • Christian Political Ethics

    Edited by John A. Coleman ...
    Series series Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics
    Christian Political Ethics brings together leading Christian scholars of diverse theological and ethical perspectives--Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anabaptist--to address fundamental questions of state and civil society, international law and relations, the role of the nation, and issues of violence and its containment. Representing a unique fusion of faith-centered ethics and social science ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Religion and Secularism in the European Union

    State of Affairs and Current Debates

    Edited by Jan Nelis, Caroline Sägesser, Jean-Philippe Schreiber ...
    Series Book 8 - Dynamiques citoyennes en Europe / Citizenship Dynamics in Europe
    The present volume monitors new developments concerning religious issues, faith-based organizations, State-Church relations and secularism in the EU, which especially during the past two decades have undergone profound changes, changes which continuously and increasingly alter mentalities and habits, whether belief-related or not. In this collective work, authors develop the major themes that are ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • God's People and the Seduction of Empire

    Hearing God’s call in the modern age

    by Graham Turner ...
    Foreword by Michael Woolcock (World Bank & Lecturer at Harvard University)“An accessible, radical and rare example of the aliveness and relevance of both the Old and New Testaments. Allow your faith to be energised and made passionate by reflecting on the insights that are brought to you in this book.”— Ann Morisy, Community Theologian and AuthorAs human beings we are continually seduced by the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Reading Green

    Tactical Considerations for Reading the Bible Ecologically

    by Jeffrey S. Lamp ...
    Series Book 168 - Studies in Biblical Literature
    Reading Green: Tactical Considerations for Reading the Bible Ecologically operates on the premise that the Bible itself does not directly address the current ecological crisis and that expecting it to do so is anachronistic, for there was no ecological crisis on the agendas of biblical authors as they penned their works. The true challenge in the field is engaging biblical texts that do not ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Measuring Change

    Transformational Outcomes in Christian Education

    by Jeremy M. Wallace ...
    Series Book 359 - American University Studies
    Measuring Change provides voluminous data substantiating the claim that students can and do experience personal formation in the context of Christian higher education. This volume is a one-of-a-kind, mixed-methods analysis of Canby Bible College (CBC) alumnae. By means of a three-part research instrumentation, CBC graduates assess and articulate the transformational journey they gained as a Bible ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • On Christian Dying

    Classic and Contemporary Texts

    Edited by Matthew Levering ...
    Is there an art of dying well? If human lives have a meaning-and we experience them as profoundly meaningful-then so must our deaths and the deaths of our loved ones. Too often we are tempted to ignore our own mortality and fill our lives with distracting and strenuous activity. Yet, despite all our efforts, death plays an inescapable role in shaping our lives. Whether due to ordinary ... Read more

    $29.99 USD