Religious issues and debates

A contemporary model of spiritual struggle shifts the emphasis from virtues acquisition to its pursuit

Beyond Virtue Ethics offers a distinctive approach to virtue ethics, arguing not simply for the importance of struggle to virtue ethics, but that struggle itself is a manifestation of virtue.

A call to reform Catholic health care ethics, inspired by the teachings of Pope Francis

Since its first edition in 1948, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERD) has guided Catholic institutions in the provision of health care that reflects both the healing ministry of Jesus and the Church's understanding of human dignity.

The just peace movement offers a critical shift in focus and imagination.

The first examination of predictive technology from the perspective of Catholic theology

Probabilistic predictions of future risk govern much of society.

In Religion and the Struggle for European Union, Brent F.

Cultural factions are an intrinsic part of the fabric of American politics.

The human rights regime is one of modernity's great civilizing triumphs.

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A compelling analysis tying the work of Aquinas to contemporary literature on virtue

Despite heightened attention to virtue, contemporary philosophical and theological literature has failed to offer detailed analysis of how people attain and grow in the good habits we know as the virtues.

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A Black-Jewish dialogue lifts a veil on these groups' unspoken history, shedding light on the challenges and promises facing American democracy from its inception to the present

In this uniquely structured conversational work, two scholars-one of African American politics and religion, and one of contemporary American Jewish culture-explore a mystery: Why aren't Blacks and Jews presently united in their efforts to combat white supremacy?

An ethical framework and vision of free time for social goodand how to achieve it.

A primer on disability ethics from a Catholic perspective offers practical strategies for inclusion

Persons with disability make up at least 15 percent of the global population, yet disability is widely unacknowledged and unexplored in theology.

Sovereignty generally refers to a particular national territory, the inviolability of the nation's borders, and the right of that nation to protect its borders and ensure internal stability.

How aesthetic religious experiences can create solidarity in marginalized communities

Latine Catholics have used Our Lady of Guadalupe as a symbol in democratic campaigns ranging from the Chicano movement and United Farm Workers' movements to contemporary calls for just immigration reform.

Moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict scholars, and nuclear experts imagine a world free from nuclear weapons

At a 2017 Vatican conference, Pope Francis condemned nuclear weapons.

The first book to argue for the concept of tragic dilemmas in Christian ethics

Moral dilemmas arise when individuals are unable to fulfill all of their ethical obligations.