With a beautiful grasp of the Dominican tradition, Benedict Ashley, O. P. gives us a rich historical overview of the major personalities who contributed to this school of spirituality. In a concise, informative manuscript he traces the development of the tradition and presents central elements that form and guide a Dominican spiritual director.

Spiritual Direction in the Dominican Tradition (Integration Books)

Ashley, Benedict M.

Religion & Spirituality

Paulist Pr

Few issues have created as much controversy in the Catholic Church as the debate over women's ordination and the broader role of women in the Church. Today the Church stands accused - both from within and from without - of preaching justice to the world while itelf practising injustice by continuing to exclude women from the priesthood. Is it not especially unjust to exclude the very members who have tirelessly devoted themselves to the Church? Has the Vatican no grounds for its stand against women's ordination except a tradition that simply reflects first century patriarchal culture? This text outlines the Church's conception of justice, and goes beyond the argument of tradition to explain and fully defend the Church's opposition to women's ordination. Benedict Ashley provides a theological exploration of the definitive 1994 Vatican declaration, "Ordinatio Pastoralis", which opposed the ordination of women. Presenting both sides of the debate, Ashley confronts the arguments of feminist and liberation theologians in favour of changing the Church's practice of ordaining priests, and explains the Church's reasoning for strictly denying women's participation in the priesthood. Ashley sets out the important distinction between personal equality and functional inequality, and then uses this distinction as the principal tool for dealing with the difficult issue of women's ordination. He contends that, though members of the Church certainly have equal basic rights, a hierarchy of funtions is necessary for the mission of the Church. Women and men have unique gifts to contribute and roles to fulfill, as biblically and ecclesiastically symbolized in Adam and Eve, Jesus and Mary, and the priest and the consecrated nun. The Church insists that these symbols, which animate Christian marriage and the spiritual motherhood and fatherhood of the laity, cannot be changed to accommodate cultural change. Exclusion of women from the priesthood is not an injustice; rather it is a simple recognition of women's different but equally as important gifts to the Church. And though ordination may not be permitted, women can still contribute immensely to the life and mission of the Church. Although the author supports the Catholic tradition, in this book he presents a balanced and thoughtful assessment of the issue. He calls for a deeper understanding of the Church's position and at the same time proposes greater recognition of women and the contributions that they make to the Church. This book should be of interest to Catholics and non-Catholics struggling with the issues of women's ordination and the broader issues of gender and participation in the Church.

Justice in the Church: Gender and Participation (Michael J. McGivney Lectures of the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, 1992)

Christian Books & Bibles

Catholic Univ of Amer Pr

Justice in the Church: Gender and Participation (The McGivney Lectures of the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, 1992)

History

World

The Dominicans (Michael Glazier Books) Hardcover - August 1, 1991

The Dominicans (Religious order series)

A Michael Glazier Book, The Liturgical Press

An exhaustive presentation of Roman Catholic moral teaching by an acknowledged expert.

Living the Truth in Love: A Biblical Introduction to Moral Theology

Alba House

This work is designed to help all those who seek a world-view and value-system by which they can live their lives to find everything they are looking for in Christ and in the Church which He founded.

Choosing a World-View and Value-System: An Ecumenical Apologetics

Health care ethics: A theological analysis

Medical Books

Medicine

Catholic Hospital Association

This fourth edition of Health Care Ethics provides a contemporary study of broad and major issues affecting health care and the ethics of health care from the perspective of Catholic teachings and theological investigation.It aims to help Christian, and especially Catholic, health care professionals solve concrete  problems in terms of principles rooted in Scripture and tested by individual experience.Since the last edition of Health Care Ethics, there have been many changes in the fields of health care medicine and theology that have necessitated a fourth edition. Ashley and O'Rourke have revised their seminal work to address the publication of significant documents by the Church and the restructuring of the health care system.Features of the revised fourth edition:  Discusses significant Church documents issued since the third edition includes "The Splendor of Truth" (Veritatis Splendor), and the "Gospel of Life" (Evangelium Vitae); the "Instruction on the Vocation of Theologians"; the Catechism of the Catholic Church; and the Revised Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Services.  Examines the implications of managed care techniques.  Probes such changes in the practice of medicine as the new emphasis on preventive care, the involvement of individuals in their own care, greater use of pharmaceuticals in psychiatry, and the greater role of genetics in diagnosis and prognosis.  Explores the quest for more compassionate care of the dying.  Updates the bibliography.

Catholic Health Association of the United States

Ethics of health care

Health, Fitness & Dieting

"What was already a stellar theological compendium of health care ethics a decade ago has been fully revised to meet the challenges of a new century, from the genome project, adult and embryonic stem cell research and genetic therapies to new controversies over end-of-life care. Clearly rooted in the Catholic, natural law and personalist traditions, it astutely weighs diverse opinions within Catholicism, as well as alternative approaches from other Christian and non-religious thinkers. . . . A treasure." —John F. Kavanaugh S.J., Director of Ethics Across the Curriculum, Saint Louis University

Healthcare Ethics: A Theological Analysis

O'Rourke, Kevin D.

Catholic Health Assn of the United

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Spiritual Direction in the Dominican Tradition (Integration Books)

Justice in the Church: Gender and Participation (Michael J. McGivney Lectures of the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, 1992)

Justice in the Church: Gender and Participation (The McGivney Lectures of the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, 1992)

The Dominicans (Religious order series)

Living the Truth in Love: A Biblical Introduction to Moral Theology

Choosing a World-View and Value-System: An Ecumenical Apologetics

Health care ethics: A theological analysis

Health care ethics: A theological analysis

Ethics of health care

Healthcare Ethics: A Theological Analysis