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Just and True Love : Feminism at the Frontiers of Theological Ethics: Essays in Honor of Margaret Farley.

Ryan, Maura A.

Just and True Love : Feminism at the Frontiers of Theological Ethics: Essays in Honor of Margaret Farley. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (535 pages)

Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Freedom-in-relation: Autonomy, Relationality, Solidarity -- Introduction -- 1. Feminist Theology and Sexual Ethics -- 2. Human Rights and Women's Rights -- 3. Transnational Feminism and the Rhetoric of Religion -- 4. Postcolonial Challenges and the Practice of Hospitality -- Part 2: A Just and True Love -- Introduction -- 5. Self and Other in a Theological Framework -- 6. Justice and Love Shall Kiss -- 7. Mouth to Mouth, Person to Person -- Part 3: The Meaning and Practice of Love -- Introduction -- 8. Feminist Ethics and the Sexual Abuse of Children -- 9. The Sexual Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church -- 10. "Framework for Love" -- 11. Virtuous Decision Makers and Incompetent Patients -- Part 4: Truth and Love in Ecclesial Community -- Introduction -- 12. Contraceptive Use and the Authority of the Church -- 13. The Second Great Argument about Freedom -- 14. John Paul II's Understanding of the Church as Teacher of the Truth about Humankind -- 15. Neither Thick nor Thin -- Selected Publications of Margaret A. Farley -- Contributors -- Index.

Contributors to this interdisciplinary and ecumenical collection of essays show that by insisting that social, economic, and political realities be taken seriously in considerations of justice, feminists challenge the very categories of Christian ethics.

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Feminist ethics.
Feminist theology.
Christian ethics.
Sexual ethics.
Medical ethics.


Electronic books.

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