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Thou Shalt Not Kill : A Political and Theological Dialogue.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Commonalities SeriesPublisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (145 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780823267378
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Thou Shalt Not KillDDC classification:
  • 179.7
LOC classification:
  • BV4680 .C383 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Translators' Note -- Part I: The Irrepressible Face of the Other -- Point of Departure -- Commandments and Covenant -- Christianity and Rational, Universal Morals -- You Shall Not Kill -- Responsibilities and Challenges: Burning Issues -- Part II: The Archaeology of Homicide -- A Special Law -- Brief Philological Note -- Crime and Punishment -- When Killing Is Lawful and Just -- To Cut Life Short -- A Weak Commandment -- In the Beginning -- Homo Necans -- You Shall Never Kill -- The Sex of Cain -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.
Summary: This book is comprised of two essays on the biblical commandment against homicide. The first is authored by a Roman Catholic cardinal; the second by a leading Italian feminist philosopher. Together the two essays explore the religious, philosophical, political, historical, and moral significance of "Thou Shalt Not Kill" today.
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Cover -- Contents -- Translators' Note -- Part I: The Irrepressible Face of the Other -- Point of Departure -- Commandments and Covenant -- Christianity and Rational, Universal Morals -- You Shall Not Kill -- Responsibilities and Challenges: Burning Issues -- Part II: The Archaeology of Homicide -- A Special Law -- Brief Philological Note -- Crime and Punishment -- When Killing Is Lawful and Just -- To Cut Life Short -- A Weak Commandment -- In the Beginning -- Homo Necans -- You Shall Never Kill -- The Sex of Cain -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.

This book is comprised of two essays on the biblical commandment against homicide. The first is authored by a Roman Catholic cardinal; the second by a leading Italian feminist philosopher. Together the two essays explore the religious, philosophical, political, historical, and moral significance of "Thou Shalt Not Kill" today.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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