Bioethics at the Boundary- Explorations between Philosophy and Theology
Congratulations to our Director of the Bioethics Institute, Roberto Dell’Oro, Ph.D. on his new publication!
Bioethics at the Boundary- Explorations between Philosophy and Theology
The book is composed of 21 chapters. Each of them has its own integrity, and it can be read independently of the others. Thus, the reader should not expect a progressive unfolding of the content, even if, in the end, one can identify something like a unified Gestalt.
- Part I, Bioethical Openings, offers a number of essays dealing with questions of method, together with issues currently under scrutiny in the conversation of bioethics scholars; among others, cloning, human genome editing, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and abortion.
- Part II, Philosophical Probings, takes up topics of a more obvious philosophical nature, spanning epistemological, anthropological, and social-ethical questions.
- In Part III, Theological Expansions, the books open to a broader vista, pushing philosophical mindfulness to the point where it merges with the preoccupations of theology.
The work of earlier practitioners of bioethics, many of them theologians, was precisely of such nature. In fact, what made their contributions so substantive might have something to do with their background premises, informed by metaphysical confidence and thick anthropological notions, rooted in theological categories, yet open to public argumentation.
If you have more questions about the book, talk to the author! Email: roberto.dell'oro@lmu.edu
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For the Nation: Jesus, the Restoration of Israel and Articulating a Christian Ethic of Territorial Governance
Our director of the Bioethics Minor, Dr. Brown, published his book For the Nation, in 2016.
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The nature of the kingdom Jesus proclaims in the Gospels has long been a subject of intense theological debate. More recently the lines of this debate have dramatically shifted as several leading historical Jesus scholars and Christian social ethicists have argued that Jesus' kingdom proclamation most likely expresses a first century Jewish hope for Israel's restoration. Yet while several are now sanguine that Jesus' kingdom vision constitutes nothing less than a full-throated restoration of Israel's nationality, they are just as certain it rejects a restoration of Israel's land. As such it has become increasingly fashionable to say that an authentic practice of the "kingdom" ethic that Jesus enunciates must necessarily be a-territorial. The purpose of this work is to respond to these arguments and show why this can and indeed should not be the case. Through a careful and detailed process of historical investigation, biblical exegesis, theological exploration, and ethical analysis we will come to see that not only is the kingdom that Jesus proclaims inextricably landed, but also why such a kingdom is integral to articulating a Christian ethic of territorial governance.
Have questions about the book? Reach out to the author himself: nicholas.brown@lmu.edu
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