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Beyond the Abortion Wars: A Way Forward for a New Generation

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Beyond the Abortion Wars: A Way Forward for a New Generation

By: Camosy

Now in paperback A terribly timely take on the polarized abortion debate The abortion debate in the United States is confused. Ratings-driven media coverage highlights extreme views and creates the illusion that we are stuck in a hopeless stalemate. In this book (published in hardcover in March 2015) Charles Camosy argues that our polarized public discourse hides the fact that most Americans actually agree on the major issues at stake in abortion morality and law. Unpacking the complexity of the abortion issue, Camosy shows that placing oneself on either side of the typical polarizations -- pro-life vs. pro-choice, liberal vs. conservative, Democrat vs. Republican -- only serves to further confuse the debate and limits our ability to have fruitful dialogue. Camosy then proposes a new public policy that he believes is consistent with the beliefs of the broad majority of Americans and supported by the best ideas and arguments about abortion from both secular and religious sources.

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0802874681

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Losing Our Dignity

How Secularized Medicine is Undermining Fundamental Human Equality

By: Charles C. Camosy

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Losing Our Dignity

How Secularized Medicine is Undermining Fundamental Human Equality

By: Charles C. Camosy

There is perhaps no more important value than fundamental human equality. And yet, despite large percentages of people affirming the value, the resources available to explain and defend the basis for such equality are few and far between. In his newest book Charles Camosy provides a thoughtful defense of human dignity. Telling personal stories like those of Jahi McMath, Terri Schiavo, and Alfie Evans, Camosy, a noted bioethicist and theologian, uses an engaging style to show how the influence of secularized medicine is undermining fundamental human equality in the broader culture. And in a disturbing final chapter, Camosy sounds the alarm about the next population to fall if we stay on our current trajectory: dozens of millions of human beings with dementia. Heeding this alarm, Camosy argues, means doing two things. First, making urgent and genuine attempts to dialogue with a secularized culture which cannot see how it is undermining one of its most foundational values. Second, religious communities which hold the Imago Dei sacred must mobilize their existing institutions (and create new ones) to care for a new set of human beings our throwaway culture may deem non-persons.

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New City Press

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1565484711

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For Love of Animals

Christian Ethics, Consistent Action

By: Charles Camosy

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For Love of Animals

Christian Ethics, Consistent Action

By: Charles Camosy

For Love of Animals is an honest and thoughtful look at our responsibility as Christians with respect to animals. Many Christians misunderstand both history and their own tradition in thinking about animals. They are joined by prominent secular thinkers who blame Christianity for the Western world's failure to seriously consider the moral status of nonhuman animals. This book explains how traditional Christian ideas and principles—like nonviolence, concern for the vulnerable, respect for life, stewardship of God's creation, and rejection of consumerism—require us to treat animals morally. Though this point of view is often thought of as liberal, the book cites several conservatives who are also concerned about animals. Camosy's Christian argument transcends secular politics. The book's starting point for a Christian position on animals—from the creation story in Genesis to Jesus's eating habits in the Gospels—rests in Scripture. It then moves to explore the views of the Church Fathers, the teachings of the Catholic Church, and current discussions in both Catholic and Protestant theology. Ultimately, however, the book is concerned not with abstract ideas, but with how we should live our everyday lives. Should Christians eat meat? Is cooperation with factory farming evil? What sort of medical research on animals is justified? Camosy also asks difficult questions about hunting and pet ownership. This is an ideal resource for those who are interested in thinking about animals from the perspective of Christian ethics and the consistent ethic of life. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter and suggestions for further reading round out the usefulness of this important work.

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Franciscan Media

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1616366621

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Peter Singer and Christian Ethics

Beyond Polarization

By: Charles C. Camosy

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Peter Singer and Christian Ethics

Beyond Polarization

By: Charles C. Camosy

This book explores a number of important issues to illuminate the common ground between Peter Singer and Christian ethics.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521199158

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Beyond the Abortion Wars

A Way Forward for a New Generation

By: Charles C. Camosy

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Beyond the Abortion Wars

A Way Forward for a New Generation

By: Charles C. Camosy

The abortion debate in the United States is confused. Ratings-driven media coverage highlights extreme views and creates the illusion that we are stuck in a hopeless stalemate. In this book Charles Camosy argues that our polarized public discourse hides the fact that most Americans actually agree on the major issues at stake in abortion morality and law. Unpacking the complexity of the abortion issue, Camosy shows that placing oneself on either side of the typical polarizations -- pro-life vs. pro-choice, liberal vs. conservative, Democrat vs. Republican -- only serves to further confuse the debate and limits our ability to have fruitful dialogue. Camosy then proposes a new public policy that he believes is consistent with the beliefs of the broad majority of Americans and supported by the best ideas and arguments about abortion from both secular and religious sources.

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0802871283

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Too Expensive to Treat?

Finitude, Tragedy, and the Neonatal ICU

By: Charles C. Camosy

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Too Expensive to Treat?

Finitude, Tragedy, and the Neonatal ICU

By: Charles C. Camosy

The moral status of newborn infants -- Arguments against the social quality of life model -- The "weak" social quality of life model -- A constructive proposal for reforming the treatment and care of imperiled newborns.

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0802865291

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Losing Our Dignity

How Secularized Medicine is Undermining Fundamental Human Equality

By: Charles C. Camosy

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Losing Our Dignity

How Secularized Medicine is Undermining Fundamental Human Equality

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Bioethics for Nurses

A Christian Moral Vision

By: Alisha N. Mack,Charles C. Camosy

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Bioethics for Nurses

A Christian Moral Vision

By: Alisha N. Mack,Charles C. Camosy

Recovering the foundation of faith in a profession enduring the pressures of a rapidly changing health-care system. If you are one of the millions of Christian nurses or nursing students in the United States, you already know that there is no real way to separate your faith commitments from your professional vocation—nor would you want to. Especially amid the bedlam of the COVID-19 pandemic, faith has given countless nurses the strength to carry on and be there for their patients, one exhausting shift after another. Bioethics for Nurses, the first book of its kind, is for nurses and nurses in training who still believe in treating the whole person—not just their medical condition. It is for those committed to living out the love of Jesus Christ through the warm, relational care they provide for all hurting and vulnerable people—including those in underserved populations—each of whom has the dignity of a human being made in the image of God. It is also for those who rightly see themselves as crucial members of medical teams alongside doctors (and sometimes without doctors present at all), empowered to exercise professional judgment while protecting their consciences. With the combined wisdom of Alisha Mack, a professor of nursing with many years of clinical experience, and Charles Camosy, an award-winning bioethicist and theologian, Bioethics for Nurses advances a vision for a holistic Christian notion of health care with practical applications for everyday relevance on the job. Through a series of case studies in the second part of the book, Mack and Camosy explore the ethics of specific situations with far-reaching implications for nurses working in a range of fields. In the last part, the authors reflect on the future of nursing after COVID-19, making this an especially timely book for a pivotal moment in the history of the profession. Now, more than ever before, the wisdom of the ancient tradition of Christianity is needed to speak into the profound contemporary realities we are facing together as a culture.

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1467465445

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One Church

How to Rekindle Trust, Negotiate Difference, and Reclaim Catholic Unity

By: Charles C. Camosy

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One Church

How to Rekindle Trust, Negotiate Difference, and Reclaim Catholic Unity

By: Charles C. Camosy

Vatican II baby boomers, trad millennials, zealous converts, Christmas and Easter Catholics—these are some of the humorous stereotypes theologian Charles Camosy uses to explain the points of view that divide today’s Church. He says that in spite of our differences, unity and healing can be found through the fullness of the Gospel and an authentic understanding of the Catholic faith. In One Church, Camosy offers a hopeful and practical field guide for the here and now by sharing what it takes to listen and love those whose views are different than ours and to understand how we are united in the Body of Christ, the Church. Throughout the history of the Catholic Church there have always been fundamental differences about how the faith should be expressed—for example, between Peter and Paul, Jerome and Augustine, Franciscans and Dominicans, left and right, “Rad Trads” and Vatican II Catholics. In today’s climate of polarization, getting to unity-in-diversity has never been more difficult. Where Sts. Jerome and Augustine shared their differences by letter, social media is the place where division is most noticeable—and vitriolic—today. Camosy, founder and director of The Catholic Conversation Project, offers five principles of dialogue to build on our unity as the Body of Christ: maintain a humble attitude; avoid binary thinking and dismissive name-calling; affirm and build on common ground; make Christ the center of everything; and lead with what you are for, not what you are against.

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Ave Maria Press

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1646801539

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For Love of Animals

Christian Ethics, Consistent Action

By: Charles Christopher Camosy

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For Love of Animals

Christian Ethics, Consistent Action

By: Charles Christopher Camosy

For Love of Animals" is an honest and thoughtful look at our responsibility as Christians in the way we treat animals. Many Christians misunderstand both history and their own tradition in thinking about animals. They are joined by many secular thinkers, who wish to paint Christianity as being responsible for how the Western world has failed to lead the charge in considering issues of animal rights. The book connects readers to the moral framework of the arguments for the ethical treatment of animals: nonviolence, inclusion of the vulnerable into our sphere of moral concern, and most important, regard for the consistent ethic of life. The focus of the content goes beyond the liberal/conservative lines that often shape the discussion; though often thought of as a liberal issue, many conservatives are concerned about the ethical treatment of animals as well, and both sides are represented here. Examples and citations from the Gospels--Didnt Jesus eat fish?--as well as the Church Fathers, the "Catechism of the Catholic Church," Benedict XVI, and John Paul II, and trends in current theological thought support the arguments made here by Camosy. The discussion moves into practical concerns of everyday life too: Should Christians eat meat? Is factory farming evil? Are there distinctions between certain animals, that is, eating chicken vs. pig vs. cow? Is the development of drugs and other medical therapies a valid reason to do research on animals? Even the topic of whether or not it is ethical to have pets is not shied away from in this thought-provoking book. This is an ideal resource for those who are interested in animal rights from the perspective of Christian ethics and the consistent ethic of life. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter a

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Jesus v. Abortion

They Know Not What They Do

By: Charles K. Bellinger

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Jesus v. Abortion

They Know Not What They Do

By: Charles K. Bellinger

There are three main positions that people adopt within the abortion debate: pro-life, muddled middle, and pro-choice. Jesus v. Abortion critiques the pro-choice and muddled middle positions, employing several unusual angles: (1) The question "What would Jesus say about abortion if he were here today?" is given very substantial treatment. (2) The abortion debate is usually conducted using moral and metaphysical arguments; this book adds in anthropological insights regarding the function of violence in human culture. (3) Rights language is employed by both sides of the debate, to opposite ends; this book leads the reader to ask deep questions about the concept of "rights." (4) The use of historical analogies in the abortion debate goes both directions, in the sense that both sides accuse the other of being similar to the defenders of slavery; this book contains what is probably the most sophisticated and sustained analysis of the meaning and legitimacy of such analogies. (5) Many important thinkers are brought into this conversation, such as Soren Kierkegaard, Eric Voegelin, Julien Benda, Simone Weil, Kenneth Burke, Richard Weaver, Rene Girard, Philip Rieff, Giorgio Agamben, Chantal Delsol, Paul Kahn, and David Bentley Hart.

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1498235050

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Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction

By: Charles Foster

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Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction

By: Charles Foster

The author surveys the principles governing medical law.

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Oxford University Press

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0199660441

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Creativity in Church Management

Entrepreneurship for a 21st-Century Parish

By: Zech, Charles E.

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Creativity in Church Management

Entrepreneurship for a 21st-Century Parish

By: Zech, Charles E.

As an adjunct to the Best Practices in Church Management Series, Creativity in Church Management covers a number of topics that, while important, do not warrant their own volumes in the series. Topics include co-responsibility, managing parish diversity, and issues surrounding parish reconfiguration and consolidation.

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