What may we say about the significance of particular moral actions for one’s relationship with God? In this provocative analysis of contemporary Catholic moral theology Darlene Fozard Weaver shows the person as a moral agent acting in relation to God. Using an overarching theological context of sinful estrangement from and gracious reconciliation in God, Weaver shows how individuals negotiate their relationships with God in and through their involvement with others and the world. Much of current Christian ethics focuses more on persons and their virtues and vices exemplified by the work of virtue ethicists or on sinful social structures illustrated in the work of liberation theologians. These judgments fail to appreciate the reflexive character of human action and neglect the way our actions negotiate our response to God. Weaver develops a theologically robust moral anthropology that advances Christian understanding of persons and moral actions and contends we can better understand the theological import of moral actions by seeing ourselves as creatures who live, move, and have our being in God.
The Second IUPHAR Satellite Meeting on Serotonin was held under the auspices of the Serotonin Club in Basel, Switzerland in July 1990. The scope was wide, ranging from molecular biology through in vitro and in vivo pharmacology to new drug tools and their clinical signifi cance. There were three invited review lectures, by J. M. Palacios, D. I. Wallis and A. Kaumann, and S. Peroutka gave the first Serotonin Club Irvine H. Page Lecture. The rest of the oral programme was put together by the Scientific Organizing Committee based on volunteered research contributions. The invited review lecturers, the platform speak ers and selected poster contributors were invited to write up their contributions for inclusion in this volume. Most complied and this book is the result of their efforts. When instructing the authors prior to the meeting, we emphasized that selected new data should be put in the context of the literature findings. In this way we hoped to achieve topicality yet preserve the review perspective which facilitates its appreciation by the non-special ist. It was truly a pleasure to read the interesting papers which resulted and to prepare them for publication. We believe they convey to a remarkable degree the spirit of what was generally felt to be a highly stimulating exchange of information on matters serotonergic which took place in Basel last July.
The strength of this collection of essays is its careful consideration, from a variety of perspectives within the Catholic tradition, of the practice of embryo adoption. It approaches the question in an open and reasonable way by allowing proponents of diverse positions within the tradition. This method both sheds a great deal of light on the particular question and at the same time introduces the reader to the relevant general principles that guide Catholic moral thought.
On an island rich in Copprillium ore where corruption rules supreme, two families are battling for power: one, the former righteous rulers who want to reinstate peace; the other, an insidious clan enacting a plot to plunder the material wealth of Stormfield isle at the expense of all its inhabitants. Central to this strange blind battle of evil vs. diabolical vs. good but unaware of his importance is a sociopathic killer suffering from a physical immunity to pain: his name, Colonel Arthur Stormfield. He must learn to cope in a world far from his understanding, for a mysterious villainess is trying to kill his only two friends, an eccentric burglar named Kat and a rebellious daughter from the top of society named Jill. Who is this villainess? What are the mysterious Harlequins up to? Will Arthur find out what's happening in time or will he and his friends perish in the attempt?
Have you given up your dreams? You were made to dream big! No matter what shut you down - discouraging parents or distressing circumstances -- the vision you were made for is still alive in God's mind, and God wants to help you bring those promises back to life. Part memoir, part practical guide, this inspirational book shares Spirit-filled lessons from a Christian wife and mother of eight who rediscovered hope in Jesus after nearly destroying her marriage and family. Today, she and her husband are church leaders whose children, grandchildren and great grandchildren join them in their life of faith. You'll learn how tests and trials can help you activate the growth of God's seed of faith. You'll find tools to build a solid spiritual foundation. You'll learn how to create the life habits that God tells us to add to our faith: virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience and godliness. Faith is a gift from God, Mrs. Fozard writes, but it accomplishes nothing without our hard work to patiently help it grow. And when our faithful efforts seem to go unfulfilled ... just watch God! Maybe the strength built in those diligent efforts has prepared us for something as unexpected as what happened to the very ambitious - but short -- high school basketball player she describes. Stories from the Fozard family will encourage mothers and fathers in their own Godly parenting. Guidance from their experience and the Bible will help parents learn ways to protect children from phony faith that would lead to spiritual catastrophe. Bible-based prayers in each chapter stabilize the foundational lessons this book offers for a Whether your dream is enough money, a godly marriage, a happy family, a solid future for your children, or a secure place in your community, here's the strength to conceive it. You can birth God's vision for your life!
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