Entries Tagged as “Ethics”

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In Search of Edification: Anglican Bishops and the Abuse of the Internet
By:  Benjamin Guyer on April 18, 2010
Excerpt:  “The state of this present age wherein zeale hath drowned charitie…” — Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie, IV.1.1 Introduction In the mid-late sixteenth century John Jewel, bishop…   Read full post >>

The Church in Stone Or, Anglicanism and Canterbury Cathedral
By:  Benjamin Guyer on February 07, 2010
Excerpt:  As every student of Church history knows, one of the central arguments in early Christian centuries pertained to the created order. Gnostics, perhaps the earliest of heretical movements, believed that…   Read full post >>

The Bottom Line on Copenhagen
Channel: Wall Street Journal
By:  Craig Uffman on December 20, 2009 Excerpt: I'm afraid the Wall Street Journal's verdict on the results of the recent climate summit may be right: We can't wait to hear Mr. Obama tell Americans that he wants…   Read full post >>

Copenhagen, the Land, and Our Witness
By:  Craig Uffman on December 12, 2009
Excerpt:  Recent headlines - and surely those throughout the next several days - include news of the United Nations meeting in Copenhagen on global climate concerns.  Because the goal to reduce…   Read full post >>

A Necessary War?
By:  Craig Uffman on October 11, 2009
Excerpt:  I appreciated reading today Peggy Noonan's concerns about the state of our political will and acumen with respect to the Afghan War. I especially appreciate her reminder of how Lincoln…   Read full post >>

Keeping America Safe From the Ranters
Channel: Wall Street Journal  Author: Peggy Noonan
By:  Craig Uffman on October 02, 2009 Excerpt: Editor's note: Read this in its entirety, and let's reflect on it not just as a commentary about journalism, but about the need for elders to arise within our Church....…   Read full post >>

Rowan Williams Channels Jeremiah: “Bankers, Repent!”
Channel: Times (UK)  Author: Ruth Gledhill
By:  Craig Uffman on September 16, 2009 Excerpt: The Archbishop of Canterbury has attacked the bonus culture of the City, condemning the failure of bankers to repent for their excesses. Dr Rowan Williams, who has consistently taken a…   Read full post >>

Ruth Gledhill: Archbishop of Canterbury on Sin and the City
Channel: Times (UK)  Author: Ruth Gledhill
By:  Craig Uffman on September 16, 2009 Excerpt: Repent, or be doomed, is the Jeremiah-style message of the Archbishop of Canterbury over our financial excesses. I can think of no person better suited to deliver it. See the…   Read full post >>

Stranger Danger? Fear Mustn’t Sway Immigration Views
Channel: Ethics Daily  Author: Drew Smith
By:  Craig Uffman on September 02, 2009 Excerpt: Perhaps the most beloved story in the Gospels, and indeed maybe the favorite story for many from the entire Bible, is the story of Jesus' birth. Even when it is…   Read full post >>

S.C. Gov. Sanford says God on his side
Channel: Washington Times  Author: Ralph Z. Hallow
By:  Craig Uffman on September 02, 2009 Excerpt: Embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford acknowledged Tuesday that he has been shaken by the failure of a single fellow Republican to back him in his fight to save his…   Read full post >>

Time: Finding Common Ground on an Abortion Bill
Channel: Time  Author: AMY SULLIVAN
By:  Craig Uffman on July 23, 2009 Excerpt: The volume in the abortion debate has been stuck at rancorous screaming for so long that when it gets turned down, it's disorienting, like walking outside after a rock concert…   Read full post >>

Required reading:  CARITAS IN VERITATE
By:  Craig Uffman on July 10, 2009
Excerpt:  Given the discussions at General Conference and in the national news, it seems right to feature this important encyclical by the learned teacher given us by Providence, Benedict XVI: INTRODUCTION…   Read full post >>

Let the Little Children Come: Scripture and the DREAM Act
Channel: Sojourners  Author: Matthew Soerens
By:  Craig Uffman on July 10, 2009 Excerpt: Throughout the Old Testament, we find God’s repeated command to care and look out for immigrants.  As an immigrant people themselves, the people of Israel were mandated to remember their…   Read full post >>

Economic Woes a Result of ‘Crisis of Truthfulness,’ Archbishop Tells Forum
Channel: Living Church  Author: Doug LeBlanc
By:  Douglas LeBlanc on July 10, 2009 Excerpt: After spending his day in private meetings with small groups of deputies and roaming through General Convention’s Exhibit Hall, the Archbishop of Canterbury devoted Wednesday evening to delivering a vigorous…   Read full post >>

A Matter of Justice? Thinking Ethically About Holy Marriage and Same-Sex Partnerships
By:  Craig Uffman on July 09, 2009
Excerpt:  The many questions and concerns at General Convention about same-sex partnerships lead us (or ought to lead us) to reflect on the truth about God (and therefore about ourselves) that…   Read full post >>

General Convention and the Ethics of Same-Sex Partnerships
By:  Craig Uffman on June 29, 2009
Excerpt:  In the next few weeks, the eyes of the Anglican Communion will focus intently on the 2009 General Convention. The great question before the Convention, as it was in 2006,…   Read full post >>

Tract 1: Justice and Communion in Prophetic Ministry (Pt 4)
By:  Craig Uffman on June 12, 2009
Excerpt:  Part 4 - The Cruciform Shape of Unity and Justice Download a PDF version of this document for forwarding here. Go to Part 1 of this series. Go to Part…   Read full post >>

Tract 5: How the Body Sings in Tune (Pt 2)
By:  Craig Uffman on June 12, 2009
Excerpt:  Part 2: Learning Our Part in the Symphony of Truth Go to Part 1 of this series. Download a PDF of this document. The Holy Spirit in Paul and John…   Read full post >>

Tract 5: How the Body Sings in Tune (Pt 1)
By:  Craig Uffman on May 28, 2009
Excerpt:  Go to Part 2 of this series. Part 1: Learning Our Part in the Symphony of Truth Click here to download a PDF version of this document. In Tract 1:…   Read full post >>

Tract 1: Justice and Communion in Prophetic Ministry (Pt 3)
By:  Craig Uffman on May 21, 2009
Excerpt:  Part 3 - The Liberal Protestant Stairway to Heaven Download a PDF version of this document for forwarding here. Go to Part 1 of this series. Go to Part 2…   Read full post >>

Mainline Protestants: America’s Moral Conscience
Channel: Beliefnet  Author: Diane Butler Bass
By:  Craig Uffman on May 11, 2009 Excerpt: Earlier this week, the Pew Research Center released a survey on the views of religious Americans regarding torture. They survey found that white evangelical Protestants were the most supportive of…   Read full post >>

Caesar Tortures, Not Jesus
Channel: On Faith  Author: John Mark Reynolds
By:  Craig Uffman on May 01, 2009 Excerpt: A government decided to execute a prisoner who threatened its control of a region. It did not just kill the man, but selected, as usual, a means calculated to do…   Read full post >>

The End of Philosophy
Channel: New York Times  Author: David Brooks
By:  Craig Uffman on April 10, 2009 Excerpt: Socrates talked. The assumption behind his approach to philosophy, and the approaches of millions of people since, is that moral thinking is mostly a matter of reason and deliberation: Think…   Read full post >>

Who Counts
By:  Matt Gunter on April 03, 2009
Excerpt:  A conversation with Jean Bethke Elshtain Interview by Agnieszka Tennant Books&Culture;, March 27, 2009 Because we want to be compassionate and we feel badly about this, we say we've got…   Read full post >>

Messenger for Moral Incoherence
Channel: On Faith  Author: Michael Gerson
By:  Craig Uffman on March 14, 2009 Excerpt: There is a common thread running through President Obama's pro-choice agenda: the coercion of those who disagree with it. Obama has begun providing federal funds for international groups that promote…   Read full post >>

Bp. N.T. Wright:  On Christian Virtue
By:  Craig Uffman on March 13, 2009
Excerpt:  Listen to these two audio recordings of Bishop N.T. Wright on "Learning the Language of Life." Download MP3's of the lecture if desired.    Read full post >>

Ethics, Economics and Global Justice
By:  Craig Uffman on March 10, 2009
Excerpt:  In a lecture given in Cardiff, the Archbishop of Canterbury calls for patience and trust to be re-established in economic processes, and for governments to resist the lure of protectionism…   Read full post >>

Channeling Aquinas on our Economy
By:  Craig Uffman on March 09, 2009
Excerpt:  Editor's note: I think this opinion piece from Tidings, that reminds us of how our Christianity ought to guide navigation in these turbulent times, is so good that I am…   Read full post >>

‘Conscience’ rule on abortions may be overturned
Channel: Los Angeles Times  Author: Noam N. Levey
By:  Craig Uffman on February 28, 2009 Excerpt: Taking another step into the abortion debate, the Obama administration today will move to rescind a controversial rule that allows healthcare workers to deny abortion counseling or other family planning…   Read full post >>

Ending US Torture
Channel: Beliefnet  Author: George Hunsinger
By:  Craig Uffman on February 28, 2009 Excerpt: The Executive Orders by President Obama on January 22 -- to close Guantanamo, to end harsh interrogations, and to abolish secret prisons -- represent a huge step forward and are…   Read full post >>

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