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  • Karl Barth's Moral Thought

    by Gerald McKenny ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics
    Does theological ethics articulate moral norms with the assistance of moral philosophy? Or does it leave that task to moral philosophy alone while it describes a distinctively Christian way of acting or form of life? These questions lie at the very heart of theological ethics as a discipline. Karl Barth's theological ethics makes a strong case for the first alternative. Karl Barth's Moral Thought ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • The Analogy of Grace

    Karl Barth's Moral Theology

    by Gerald McKenny ...
    Once considered inimical to ethics, Karl Barth's theology is now rightly recognized for the central role ethics plays in it. But can Barth be safely placed in the mainstream tradition of Christian moral theology or does he offer a challenge to the latter? Gerald McKenny argues that the claim that God not only establishes the good from eternity but also brings it about in time is of fundamental ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Biotechnology, Human Nature, and Christian Ethics

    by Gerald McKenny ...
    Series series New Studies in Christian Ethics
    In public debates over biotechnology, theologians, philosophers, and political theorists have proposed that biotechnology could have significant implications for human nature. They argue that ethical evaluations of biotechnologies that might affect human nature must take these implications into account. In this book, Gerald McKenny examines these important yet controversial arguments, which have ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • The Future of Christian Realism

    International Conflict, Political Decay, and the Crisis of Democracy

    by Dallas Gingles, Joshua Mauldin, Rebekah L. Miles, Nigel Biggar, John P. Burgess, William P. George, Luping Huang, Elisabeth R. Kincaid0, Nathan McLellan1, Douglas F. Ottati2, Frederick Simmons3, Yoshibumi Takahashi4, Todd Whitmore5, Robin W. Lovin6, Gary Dorrien7, Kevin Carnahan8, Eric Gregory9, Simeon O. Ilesanmi0, Gerald McKenny1, Peter J. Paris2, William Schweiker3 ...
    Series series Faith and Politics: Political Theology in a New Key
    In the world’s most developed democracies, anxiety about the future of democracy is palpable. The tension between moral aspiration and moral despair has reached a point of crisis. Christian realism arose during a similar time of crisis, when Reinhold Niebuhr used the insights of the Christian tradition to interpret the clash between democracy and totalitarianism.Beginning with Robin Lovin’s ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Transhumanism and Transcendence

    Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Enhancement

    by Ronald Cole-Turner, Michael S. Burdett, David Grumett, Karen Lebacqz, Ted Peters, Stephen Garner, J. Jeanine Thweatt-Bates, Celia Deane-Drummond, Todd T.W. Daly, Michael L. Spezio0, Brent Waters1, Gerald McKenny2 ...
    The timeless human desire to be more beautiful, intelligent, healthy, athletic, or young has given rise in our time to technologies of human enhancement. Athletes use drugs to increase their strength or stamina; cosmetic surgery is widely used to improve physical appearance; millions of men take drugs like Viagra to enhance sexual performance. And today researchers are exploring technologies such ... Read more

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  • The Reformed Faith: An Exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith

    by Robert Shaw ...
    Robert Shaw (1795 1863) was a Scottish Presbyterian leader in the Original Secession Church and a minister at Whitburn. The Reformed Faith is the standard of Church beliefs for the Reformed churches worldwide. It is also the most comprehensive statement of biblically based Christian belief available. This book is a practical aid to help Christians understand and apply the material in the ... Read more

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  • The Berlin Discussion of the Problem of Evolution

    Full Report of the Lectures Given in February 1907, and of the Evening Discussion

    by Erich Wasmann, S.J. ...
    First published in 1909, this book collects the author’s lectures on the ‘problem of evolution’ and the resultant debate. The first considers the validity of the Theory of Evolution and whether it is in opposition to the Christian view of creation. The second examines the assertion that evolution harmonises only with Monism rather than Theism and which of the two views is preferable. It also looks ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

  • Superstition

    Belief in the Age of Science

    by Robert L. Park ...
    Why the battle between superstition and science is far from overFrom uttering a prayer before boarding a plane, to exploring past lives through hypnosis, has superstition become pervasive in contemporary culture? Robert Park, the best-selling author of Voodoo Science, argues that it has. In Superstition, Park asks why people persist in superstitious convictions long after science has shown them to ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • The Wheel of Life

    Buddhist Perspectives on Cause and Effect

    by Dalai Lama ...
    Translated by Jeffrey Hopkins ...
    Using the traditional Buddhist allegorical image of the Wheel of Life and the teaching of the twelve links of dependent origination, the Dalai Lama deftly illustrates how our existence, though fleeting and often full of woes, brims with the potential for peace and happiness. We can realize that potential by cultivating a wise appreciation of the interdependency of actions and experience, and by ... Read more

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  • The Meaning of Belief

    Religion from an Atheist’s Point of View

    by Tim Crane ...
    “[A] lucid and thoughtful book… In a spirit of reconciliation, Crane proposes to paint a more accurate picture of religion for his fellow unbelievers.” —James Ryerson, New York Times Book ReviewContemporary debate about religion seems to be going nowhere. Atheists persist with their arguments, many plausible and some unanswerable, but these make no impact on religious believers. Defenders of ... Read more

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  • Fair Trade? Its Prospects as a Poverty Solution

    by Victor Claar ...
    Fair Trade is an enormously popular idea in Christian and secular circles alike. Who, after all, could be against fairness? Victor V. Claar, however, raises significant economic and moral questions about both the logic and economic reasoning underlying the fair trade movement. In this monograph, Claar suggests that, for all its good intentions, fair trade may not be of particular service to the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Great Learning (Unabridged)

    Translated by James Legge ...
    by Confucius Confucius ...
    This carefully crafted ebook: “The Great Learning (Unabridged)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. His followers competed successfully with many other schools during the Hundred Schools of Thought era only to be ... Read more

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