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• Cover
• American Gnosis
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Awakening: An Introduction
• 1. What Is Neo-​Gnosticism and What Is Gnosis?
• 2. Neo-​Gnosticism in American Literature
• 3. Neo-​Gnostic Video
• 4. The Neo-​Gnosticism of Miguel Serrano
• 5. The Neo-​Gnosticism of Samael Aun Weor
• 6. The Enigmatic Dr. Musès
• 7. Psychedelic Gnosis
• 8. American Archontic Neo-​Gnosticism
• 9. Understanding American Gnoses
• 10. Political Religion and the End of Modernity
• 11. Future Gnosis
• 12. Conclusion
• Notes
• Index

"Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley's new book is both an updated academic study and an autobiographical account of her decades-long Mandaean encounters. The book includes the author's intellectual timeline in Mandaean studies from the late 1960s until today, a study of Mandaean scribal lineages, accounts of private and public meetings with Mandeans around the world with 26 anecdotes / vignettes, as well as selections from a privately printed book on her international human rights work for Mandaeans. The book is dedicated to a treasured Mandaean friend, the yalufa (learned layman) Sh. Salem Choheili"-- Provided by publisher.

• Intro
• Series page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication page
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Introducing the Concept of Accountability
• 2. Introducing a Theology of Accountability
• 3. Overview of Chapters
• Part I. The Concept of Accountability
• 1. A Definition of Accountability
• 1. Accountability between a Doctor and a Patient
• 2. Stephen Darwall on Accountability as 'Moral Responsibility To'
• 3. Jesse Couenhoven on Accountability as 'Moral Responsibility For'
• 4. Accountability and the Account of a Person
• 5. Conclusion

• 2. Analysing Accountability
• 1. Accountability Requires a Relationship
• 2. Accountability Requires Communication and Interpretation
• 3. Accountability Is Teleological
• 4. There Is an Order to Relationships of Accountability
• 5. Conclusion
• 3. The Virtue of Accountability
• 1. Accountability as a Relational Virtue
• 2. The Virtue of Obedience
• 3. Conclusion
• 4. Slavery-Accountability or Exploitation?
• 1. Paul and Aquinas on Slavery
• 2. Slavery and Accountability
• 3. The Possible Reasoning for Paul's and Aquinas's Attitudes towards Slavery
• 4. Wisely Interpreting Authority

• 5. The Concept of Exploitation
• 6. Conclusion
• Part II. A Theology of Accountability
• 5. The Story of Creation and the Covenant of Accountability
• 1. Theological Narrative
• 2. Covenant
• 3. Conclusion
• 6. The Fall from Accountability to God
• 1. Interpreting the Genesis Story of the Fall
• 2. What Does the Tree of Life Tell Us about the Garden in Eden?
• 3. What Does the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil Tell Us about the Garden in Eden?
• 4. The Knowledge of Good and Evil as Forbidden Knowledge
• 5. Conclusion
• 7. The Fear of the Lord
• 1. Aquinas on Fear

• 2. The Limits of Fear
• 3. Conclusion
• 8. Baptism into Accountability in Christ
• 1. The Baptism of Jesus and the New Story of Repentance
• 2. Two Views of Accountability to God
• 3. Accountability to God in Christ
• 4. Accountability and Baptism in Christ
• 5. Experiencing Accountability in Christ
• 6. Conclusion
• 9. The Story That Turned Paul's Life Around
• 1. Questioning the Story of Paul's Conversion
• 2. Reconciliation and Conversion
• 3. Interpreting Paul's Road to Damascus Experience as an Event of Conversion
• 4. Conclusion
• 10. Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index

This is a book for our political moment. As Doug Schoen (The End of Authority, Rowman & Littlefield, 2013) warned us nearly a decade ago, we are facing a wholesale lack of trust in our institutions. This problem has deep roots within liberalism, and it cannot be solved by tweaking the liberal paradigm, in which different conceptions of the good exclude each other as well as a nonexclusive common good. The essence of liberalism is contained in the language of "values, " which in politics serves as wedges to divide people, as Jo Renee Formicola has shown (The Politics of Values, Rowman & Littlefield, 2008). Scholars are beginning to imagine a postliberal paradigm, preeminently John Milbank and Adrian Pabst in their Politics of Virtue (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016). The liberal approach is nearing its end, yet at the moment its tentacles seem impossible to escape. In no small part this because its assumptions are embedded in our political language, in the language of "values, " as well as terms like "morality, " "sovereignty, " and "secular." Only a thoroughgoing survey, reaching back to the early modern era, can uncover the nature of liberalism's basic assumptions and diagnose its breakdown. This book therefore complements and grounds critiques of liberalism such as Patrick Deneen's Why Liberalism Failed (2018). This book does so by questioning values language, building on Edward Andrew's The Genealogy of Values (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995), the only monograph on the topic in English. Central to liberalism is a denial of a good that is qualitatively superior to individual interest: individuals disagree about the good - they have different values - and the state protects us from fighting each other. By contrast, a postliberal political philosophy is able to understand the common good as friendship and social trust, which are built up by loyalty. The pursuit of "values" and of "morality" in liberalism actually distorts and harms the common good as friendship: if I am loyal to certain impersonal "values, " that means I am not loyal to you. Political thinkers have, however, systematically ignored the phenomenon of friendship over the past five hundred years. No other book on liberalism connects so many dots. The target audience is graduate students and scholars. Topics covered along the way in this work include the shortcomings of the concept of "sovereignty" and the invention of "morality" as its supplement, the inappropriateness of the distinction between the empirical and the transcendental, the true nature of the secular and the sacred, the necessarily symbolic expression of the common good, and the false conceptualization of "religion" and politics.
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• Judaism: teaching and practice regarding humanity's relationship with animals
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• Christianity: teaching and practice regarding humanity's relationship with animals
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• Islam: teaching and practice regarding humanity's relationship with animals
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• Hinduism: teaching and practice regarding humanity's relationship with animals
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• Buddhism: teaching and practice regarding humanity's relationship with animals
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• Beyond the major world religions: teaching and practice regarding humanity's relationship with animals.

"This unique and readable book examines the relationship between religion and animal welfare, taking a detailed dive into the teachings and practices of the major world religions. While there are many books expounding the beliefs of the major religions and many about the rights and welfare of animals, there are few linking the two. With each chapter focussing on one of the five major religions - Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism - the book explores the beliefs and practices which drive our relationship with and treatment of animals. The book draws on the scriptures of the major faiths and includes the voices of leading historical religious figures and contemporary faith leaders. In doing so it compares the teachings of old with contemporary practices and showcases the impact of the major religions on both the protection and exploitation of animals, from running animal sanctuaries, to participating in or condoning cruel sports and factory farming. Importantly, the book also includes a chapter looking beyond the major world religions, where it examines a wider range of beliefs and practices, including Indigenous peoples from the USA and Australia, Jainism, Sikhism and Rastafarianism, to provide fascinating insights into another range of beliefs and views on the human-animal relationship. Overall, this book challenges and encourages religious leaders and followers to re-examine their teachings and to prioritise the well-being of animals. This book is essential reading for those interested in the role of religion in animal welfare, human-animal studies, and animal welfare and ethics more broadly"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction
• The Coptic manuscript tradition
• The Sahidic version of the Apocalypse of Paul
• The Apocalypse of Paul in Christian Egypt
• The Apocalypse of Paul : Time and Place
• A note on the edition
• Text and translation
• Commentary
• Appendix 1 : The Sahidic Apocalypse of Athanasius
• Appendix 2 : The Arabic Apocalypse of Athanasius

"The apocryphal Apocalypse of Paul (Visio Pauli) plunges us right into the heart of early-Christian conceptions of heaven and hell. Its vivid eyewitness account of otherworldly punishment and reward was translated into many different languages and inspired numerous later authors, among whom Dante. This book offers a re-edition and English translation of the ancient Coptic version. An exhaustive commentary makes the text accessible and situates it in the time and place where it was written, fourth-century Egypt. As this new study shows, the Coptic version is by far the best available witness of the original Apocalypse of Paul." -- Publisher, page four of cover

"Aristide: A Theological and Political Introduction is a study of the political theory, democratic vision, and theological ethics and anthropology in the writings and ideas of Jean-Bertrand Aristide"-- Provided by publisher

• Kierkegaard's audience and approach
• Kierkegaard on creation and christology, against Hegelianism
• Karl Barth's stand against idealism, cultural religion, and nationalism
• The theological implications of God's kinship in time
• Barth's appropriation of Kierkegaard
• Engaging secular society
• Beyond immanence.

"An exploration of Søren Kierkegaard's influence on Karl Barth's theology." -- Provided by publisher.
"Karl Barth was often critical of Søren Kierkegaard's ideas as he understood them. But close reading of the two corpora reveals that Barth owes a lot to the melancholy Dane. Both conceive of God as infinitely qualitatively different from humans, and both emphasize the shocking nearness of God in the incarnation. As public intellectuals, they used this theological vision to protect Christocentric faith from political manipulation and compromise. For Kierkegaard, this meant criticizing the state church; for Barth, this entailed resisting Nazism. Meticulously crafted by a father-son team of renowned systematic theologians, Beyond Immanence demonstrates that Kierkegaard and Barth share a theological trajectory-one that resists cynical manipulation of Christianity for political purposes in favor of uncompromising devotion to a God who is radically transcendent yet established kinship with humanity in time." -- Publisher, inside front flap of dust jacket.

"In Black Lives Matter and The Image of God: A Theo-Anthropological Study, the author argues that "God's" future is inseparable from humane values that eschew white supremacy and other modes of self-deification in favor of ethics that cultivate life for all human beings"-- Provided by publisher

• Black Theology and Modern Economic Thought
• The Panthers Praxis from 1967-1971
• A Consideration of Praxis
• Ethics of Dismantling.

"In Black Theology and The Black Panthers, Joshua S. Bartholomew deals with the relationship between economic justice and racial equality. By examining the economic philosophies and inter-communal survival programs of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense from 1967-1971, Bartholomew utilizes a Womanist methodology to connect the praxis of The Panthers with priorities of Black Theological Ethics. In doing so, Bartholomew offers a basis for moving Christian ethicists away from normative models of economic justice that eschew experience and knowledge from marginalized communities. Ultimately, Bartholomew reveals how the power of racial politics for radical change can constructively and inclusively impact the struggle for freedom and social justice."-- Provided by publisher.

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations
• 1 Principles and Practical Wisdom in Catholic Social Teaching
• Practical Wisdom in the Wings
• The Modern Neglect of Practical Wisdom
• Practical Wisdom the Theoretical Object versus Practical Wisdom the Virtue in Action
• Saying More about Practical Wisdom
• 2 The Virtue of Practical Wisdom
• The Human Soul, Virtue, and Happiness
• Moral Virtue Is Practical
• The Virtue of Practical Wisdom
• The Structure of the Human Act

• The Modern Substitute for Practical Wisdom: Technical Reason
• Contingency
• The Difference Contingency Makes
• Deliberating about Both Means and Ends
• Practical Wisdom Both an Intellectual and a Moral Virtue
• Connaturality
• Contingency and the First Person
• Christian Practical Wisdom
• The Fall and the Need for Grace
• The Supernatural End and Grace
• Christian Practical Wisdom, Christian Virtue
• The Principles of Practical Wisdom and of CST
• 3 Prudence in the Documents of Catholic Social Teaching
• The Thomistic Roots of Modern Catholic Social Teaching

• Christian Personalism in gaudium et spes and laborem exercens
• Implicit Virtue in Catholic Social Teaching
• Prudence in the catechism and the compendium
• The Translation of prudence in the Social Encyclicals
• Prudence in the Documents
• 4 Practical Personalism and the Laity
• The Church's Mission, Micro and Macro
• The Macro Challenge: Seeing the Person
• The Micro Challenge: The Relevance of CST to Daily Life
• Practical Personalism
• The Human Vocation and Practical Wisdom
• The Heaven's Declare ...
• The Human Vocation in General
• The Unique Vocation of Each Person

• From Person to Societies
• Societies in Catholic Thought
• Where Do Societies Come From?
• Reconciling Societies
• The Lay Exercise of Practical Wisdom Is Crucial to CST
• Christian Practical Wisdom
• What Kind of Social Order, Whose Exercise of ­Practical Wisdom?
• 5 Lay Formation in Practical Wisdom
• Lay Formation in Catholic Social Teaching
• CST as Part of Formation
• Aspects of Lay Formation
• Distorted Views
• Developing Practical Judgment
• The Goal: Christian Character, Christian Conscience
• Formation in Practical Wisdom
• A Good Foundation

• Action, Experience, and Responsibility
• Reflection and Guidance
• The Communal Pursuit of Virtue
• Practical Wisdom in Institutions
• MacIntyre on Virtue and Institutions
• Virtues in Institutions
• The Church as a Virtuous Organization
• The Church, Community, and Practical Wisdom
• 6 Catholic Social Teaching and Economics in Practical Dialog
• The Call for Interdisciplinary Dialog
• The Dialog Partners
• Reframing the Conversation
• Political Practical Wisdom and Catholic Social Teaching
• The Technique of Economics
• The Relationship of CST to Economics in Two Accounts

This book investigates Catholic Social Teaching from the neo-Aristotelian perspective of practical wisdom and the virtues tradition.

• Introduction: The Neglect of Kinship in Theological Ethics Chapter 1:
• What is Kinship? Chapter 2:
• Shedding Blood? Kinship and Substance
• Chapter 3:
• The Christian Household and the Reimagining of Kinship
• Chapter 4: Gendered Relatedness
• Chapter 5:
• Persons in Christ: Kinship by Baptism
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index.
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Ideas of kinship play a significant role in structuring everyday life, and yet kinship has been neglected in Christian ethics, moral philosophy and bioethics. Attention has been paid in these disciplines to the ethics of 'family, ' but with little regard to the evidence that kinship varies widely from culture-to-culture, suggesting that it is, in fact, culturally constructed. Surveying notions of shared substance (e.g. blood ties), house, gender and personhood, as theorised and practiced in the Christian tradition, Torrance critiques the special privileging of the 'blood tie'. In the place of European and American cultural assumptions to the contrary, it is kinship in Christ that is presented as the basis of a truly Christian account for social ties. Torrance also aims to stimulate the moral imagination to consider Christian kinship might be lived out in miniature, in everyday life.
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• Chapter 1. The Search for Good
• Chapter 2. Sanctification of the World
• Chapter 3. Ecumenical Perspective
• Chapter 4. Mission in Crisis
• Chapter 5. Theological Humanism Beyond Christianity
• Chapter 6. Normative Humanism Beyond Theology
• Chapter 7. Ethics Beyond Normative Humanism
• Chapter 8. World Authority for Unconditional Human Dignity
• Chapter 9. Creation, Justice and Peace
• Chapter 10. Life, Work and Death
• Chapter 11. Economy and Economic Order
• Chapter 12. Leadership and Organisational Culture
• Chapter 13. Future Questions.
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World events have made clear that liberal society must become more resilient in the face of totalitarian challenges. But how is liberal society to do that? In this groundbreaking work, social ethicist Elmar Nass presents the ethical and anthropological foundations of a liberal social order within a Christian conception of humanity and society in an ecumenical spirit. In doing so, Nass revives the long-neglected discussion on the ethics of order. Christian foundations and claims are currently confronted with alternative social-ethical concepts from other religions, traditions, and social philosophies. Nass argues that Christian social ethics has a critical role to play as it engages the world. Nass vividly discusses fundamental and concrete social challenges for human dignity, freedom and justice (such as peace, integrity of creation, euthanasia, family, social justice, digitalization, behavioral economics, and many more) in the light of the threefold Christian responsibility (before God, before oneself, before one another). He articulates ethical orientations derived with clarity from a Christian foundation of values. The Christian social ethics system presented by Nass is a transparent value template that can be applied to ever new challenges in the present and in the future. With this understanding of social responsibility, questions of racism, migration, gender and sexuality, the environment, and public health and pandemics, among many others, can thus be addressed and answered. Nass offers a full-throated and robust Christian position for the value discussions of our time.
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• Creation : community cultural wealth and the glory and honor of the nations
• Fall : sin and racism
• the ordinary businesses of society
• Redemption : CRT in institutions
• Consummation : the beloved community.

"Critical Race Theory (CRT) is often poorly understood and unfavorably characterized. This accessibly written book offers a critical yet sympathetic introduction to CRT, bringing it into conversation with Christian theology and ministry practice"-- Provided by publisher.

Central to the teachings of Christianity is a puzzle: on the one hand, sin seems something that humans do not do freely and so cannot be not responsible for, since it is unavoidable; on the other hand, sin seems something that we must be responsible for and so do freely, since we are enjoined to repent of it, and since it makes us liable to divine condemnation and forgiveness. After laying out the puzzle in more depth, this book considers three possible responses - libertarian, soft determinist, and free-will skeptic - and weighs the costs and benefits of each.