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The Gospel of the Family

Going Beyond Cardinal Kasper's Proposal in the Debate on Marriage, Civil Re-Marriage and Communion in the Church

By: Stephan Kampowski,Juan José Pérez-Soba

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The Gospel of the Family

Going Beyond Cardinal Kasper's Proposal in the Debate on Marriage, Civil Re-Marriage and Communion in the Church

By: Stephan Kampowski,Juan José Pérez-Soba

Foreword by Cardinal George Pell. Walter Cardinal Kasper created an international media stir when he proposed allowing divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to receive the sacraments after a penitential period. But is this something the Church can even authorize? As the Church enters into the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on Marriage and the Family, this book takes up the Kasper Proposal and sorts the helpful from the problematic. Never separating pastoral concerns from doctrinal considerations, the authors engage Cardinal Kasperಙs ideas with respect, but also at times with some profound disagreement. How can we heal the wounds of a broken culture? How do we best support families, given the challenges of modern life? What is truly merciful? If the family is central to both society and the Church, how do we best express the truth of its importance? As the authors delve into the matter, they discuss how the early Church addressed issues of marriage and separation, and review the history of Church practice and discipline on marriage. They also explore how contemporary moral attitudes have shaped modern perceptions of marriage and divorce, and how the Church can offer pastoral guidance in this area. The good points of Cardinal Kasperಙs proposal are discussed, but also the ways in which his proposal falls short in presenting the ಜGospel of the Familyಝ as the center of our understanding of married life. Stay informed with this essential guide to one of the most important debates in the Church today.

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Ignatius Press

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1681494957

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A Greater Freedom

Biotechnology, Love, and Human Destiny (In Dialogue with Hans Jonas and Jurgen Habermas)

By: Stephan Kampowski

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A Greater Freedom

Biotechnology, Love, and Human Destiny (In Dialogue with Hans Jonas and Jurgen Habermas)

By: Stephan Kampowski

How does biotechnology touch on human destiny? What are its promises and challenges? In search for a response, the present volume turns to the thought of Hans Jonas, one of the pioneers and founding fathers of bioethics. The continued relevance of his ideas is exemplified by the way Jurgen Habermas applies them to the current debate. The chief promise of biotechnology is to increase our freedom by overcoming the limits of the human condition. The main risk of biotechnology, as both Jonas and Habermas seeit, is to diminish or outright abolish our capacity for responsibility and morality. It is argued that the greater freedom is not simply freedom from constraints but freedom for our destiny: the freedom to be the benevolent, responsible, and spontaneous authors of our lives, capable of communion and love. The touchstone for evaluating any biotechnological procedure has to be this greater freedom.

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Lutterworth Press

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071884162X

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9780718841621

Embracing Our Finitude

Exercises in a Christian Anthropology between Dependence and Gratitude

By: Stephan Kampowski

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Embracing Our Finitude

Exercises in a Christian Anthropology between Dependence and Gratitude

By: Stephan Kampowski

Memento mori—remember death—this is how the medieval monks exhort us. Our life, given in birth and taken by death, is radically marked by finitude, which can be a source of great fear and anguish. Our finitude, however, does not in itself need to be something negative. It confronts us with the question of our life’s meaning and spurs us on to treasure our days. Our contingency, as evidenced in our birth and death, reminds us that we have not made ourselves and that there is nothing necessary about the marvelous fact that we exist. Particularly from a Judeo-Christian perspective, embracing our finitude will mean gratefully accepting life as a completely gratuitous gift and living one’s days informed by a sense of this gratitude.

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1532618891

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The Gospel of the Family

Going Beyond Cardinal Kasper's Proposal in the Debate on Marriage, Civil Re-Marriage and Communion in the Church

By: Stephan Kampowski,Juan José Pérez-Soba

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The Gospel of the Family

Going Beyond Cardinal Kasper's Proposal in the Debate on Marriage, Civil Re-Marriage and Communion in the Church

By: Stephan Kampowski,Juan José Pérez-Soba

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Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning

The Action Theory and Moral Thought of Hannah Arendt in the Light of Her Dissertation on St. Augustine

By: Stephan Kampowski

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Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning

The Action Theory and Moral Thought of Hannah Arendt in the Light of Her Dissertation on St. Augustine

By: Stephan Kampowski

A splendid piece of scholarship on a major twentieth-century thinker often overlooked. / This book presents an original scholarly analysis of the work of political theorist Hannah Arendt, focusing on an area hitherto ignored: the ways in which Augustine s thought forms the foundation of Arendt's work. Stephan Kampowski here offers readers a valuable overview of central aspects of Arendt s thought, addressing perennial existential and philosophical questions at the heart of every human being.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802827241

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A Greater Freedom

Biotechnology, Love, and Human Destiny (In Dialogue with Hans Jonas and Jurgen Habermas)

By: Stephan Kampowski

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Biotechnology, Love, and Human Destiny (In Dialogue with Hans Jonas and Jurgen Habermas)

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Embracing Our Finitude

Exercises in a Christian Anthropology between Dependence and Gratitude

By: Stephan Kampowski

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Embracing Our Finitude

Exercises in a Christian Anthropology between Dependence and Gratitude

By: Stephan Kampowski

Memento mori--remember death--this is how the medieval monks exhort us. Our life, given in birth and taken by death, is radically marked by finitude, which can be a source of great fear and anguish. Our finitude, however, does not in itself need to be something negative. It confronts us with the question of our life's meaning and spurs us on to treasure our days. Our contingency, as evidenced in our birth and death, reminds us that we have not made ourselves and that there is nothing necessary about the marvelous fact that we exist. Particularly from a Judeo-Christian perspective, embracing our finitude will mean gratefully accepting life as a completely gratuitous gift and living one's days informed by a sense of this gratitude.

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1498244750

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Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning

The Action Theory and Moral Thought of Hannah Arendt in the Light of Her Dissertation on St. Augustine

By: Stephan Kampowski

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The Action Theory and Moral Thought of Hannah Arendt in the Light of Her Dissertation on St. Augustine

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The Gospel of the Family

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A Greater Freedom

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Embracing Our Finitude

Embracing Our Finitude

The Gospel of the Family

The Gospel of the Family

Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning

Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning

A Greater Freedom

A Greater Freedom

Embracing Our Finitude

Embracing Our Finitude

Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning

Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning

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