fordham university press apr 2005 (6 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A study of the author's 'Albany, NY' novels. These novels are structured by the heroic quest of a character or characters into the past in order to resurrect, redeem, and purify the past.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Evolution of Religion: A Re-Examination' attempts to show that while religion has evolved like any other cultural entity, the process is not as simple as earlier 'evolutionists' of religion have made it out to be.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Providers of pastoral healthcare frequently ask hospital ethics committees how to deal with the dying patients of various faiths. Apart from the responsibility to the individuals involved and their religious traditions, there are implications for developing HMO's to develop the proper approaches to sensitive questions. This book is the result of a conference held at the Creighton University Center for Health Policy among representatives of several religious traditions: the Omaha and Winnebago tribes, Zen Buddhists, Jews, Muslims, the Nation of Islam, Hindus, the Plains Indians and Navahos, Jehovah's Witnesses and Southwestern Hispanics. It was felt that the religious traditions of Catholic and Protestant Churches were reasonably well known and did not need inclusion here at this time. Each follows a set outline of questions and problems. Among these are each religion's faith perspective on illness and suffering. There was a remarkable consensus on the need to accept suffering in order to grow; the meaning of the afterlife; key terms that should be used in these areas when dealing with a patient; views on visiting the sick, post-mortem preparations and other related questions. The study is not meant to be all inclusive; rather, it is a promising beginning that touches on a number of important beliefs and approaches of great value to healthcare providers everywhere.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The central positoin of St. Thomas Aquinas in the pantheon of Catholic thinkers along with St. Augustine of Hippo more than justifies ongoing attnetion to his thought and contributions to philosophy, theology, and medieval culture. This volume is an anthology of the passages of his 'Summa Theologia 'on human nature or the 'human constitution.'.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book traces the roots of the contemporary abortion debate in the tradition of existential philosophy of the Sartrian type by investigating the work of four feminist writers on abortion--each with a specific focus: Simone de Beauvoir, Mary Daly, Carol Gilligan, and Beverly Wildung Harrison. 'No Higher Court' attempts to envisage a pro-life feminism that is able to provide a 'new world for women without abortion as its linchpin and bedrock.'.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Frank and Albert Dietrich were identical twins whose lives took very different directions during World War II. Drafted into the Army Air Corps and trained as a radio operator, Frank was shipped to the Philippines in 1945, where as a sergeant in the Fifth Air Force he prepared for the invasion of Japan. Albert, a pacifist, struggled mightily to become a conscientious objector and spent two years building dams, saving farmland, and helping the poor at Civilian Service Camps in South Dakota, Iowa, and Florida. Raised in a close, religious, Pittsburg family, Frank and Albert were inseparable as boys, sharing a strong social conscience. Divided by war, they kept in touch by writing hundreds of letters to each other. The correspondence concerns everything from the daily drudgery of service, loneliness, lousy food, to heartfelt debates about war, peace, and patriotism. This absorbing selection of letters offers fresh perspectives on the American experience during World War II.