Examines the particulars behind eight crucial moral issues of the day and challenges the reader to take a personal stand on them.
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Concisely lays out the issues in simple, concrete terms in a challenging fashion. -- Pastoral Life
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By Ray Ray (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Where Do You Stand?: Eight Moral Issues Confronting Today's Christians (Paperback)
This was a very interesting book. It broadened my intellectual horizions. This man truly understands the truths of human nature. Higgins, picks up common moral issues in the Church and attacks them passionately. I could not put the book down, I felt it was my duty to continue to read it. I loved it!
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If you dissent from the Catholic Church teaching...,
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This review is from: Where Do You Stand?: Eight Moral Issues Confronting Today's Christians (Paperback)
Then you will like this book. If you follow the Church's teaching, live by it, love it and follow it, prepare to be terribly insulted. You will be called a "robotic Catholic" and one who is not "tolerant" of dissenting teaching. It is a Protestant book shrouded by Catholic terminology, but not Catholic understanding. The author misses a perfect opportunity to viably discuss Catholic theology. Instead, we are posed with immoral choices compared to even more immoral choices without true understanding of why or how they are immoral. The author has no concept of a true moral dilemma. Church teaching is presented as only one of many "opinions" equal, and even inferior to any number of other "individuals" opinions. Those looking for a moral compass should look for a more definitive teaching. I would suggest the Catechism of the Catholic Church for beginners.
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A great read.,
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This review is from: Where Do You Stand?: Eight Moral Issues Confronting Today's Christians (Paperback)
In my personal experience, I have met a number of Catholics who are unenlightened and unthoughtful, and many who are. Higgins certainly fits in with the latter. He is a man of intellect and integrity whose works do not warrant such harsh criticism. He is without a doubt a brilliant theologian, and his ideas cannot be dismissed by such ad hominem attacks. He is deeply pious but also reasonable, and if there is anyone who truly represents the ideal of Catholicism, it is Higgins.
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The goal of Christian ethical reflection is to determine proper and improper behavior for Christians. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
innocent human life, direct taking, capital offenders, sexual inclination Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The goal of Christian ethical reflection is to determine proper and improper behavior for Christians. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
innocent human life, direct taking, capital offenders, sexual inclination Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States Catholic Conference, New York, Discussion Questions, Roman Catholic, Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons, Pope John Paul, Supreme Court, Bishops of the Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Mario Cuomo, Paulist Press, World War New!
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- Transition and Tradition in Moral Theology by Charles E. Curran in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Moral Theology: Challenges for the Future : Essays in Honor of Richard A. McCormick, S.J. by Walter J. Burghardt in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- What Are They Saying About Euthanasia by Richard M. Gula on page 85, and Back Matter
- Love Your Enemies by Lisa S. Cahill on page 99, and Back Matter
- The Ethics of Reproductive Technology by Kenneth D. Alpern on page 30, and Back Matter
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