Alcohol Addiction And Christian Ethics
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Alcohol Addiction and Christian Ethics
Author | : Christopher C. H. Cook |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2006-05-04 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781139454971 |
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Addictive disorders are characterised by a division of the will, in which the addict is attracted both by a desire to continue the addictive behaviour and also by a desire to stop it. Academic perspectives on this predicament usually come from clinical and scientific standpoints, with the 'moral model' rejected as outmoded. But Christian theology has a long history of thinking and writing on such problems and offers insights which are helpful to scientific and ethical reflection upon the nature of addiction. Chris Cook reviews Christian theological and ethical reflection upon the problems of alcohol use and misuse, from biblical times until the present day. Drawing particularly upon the writings of St Paul the Apostle and Augustine of Hippo, a critical theological model of addiction is developed. Alcohol dependence is also viewed in the broader ethical perspective of the use and misuse of alcohol within communities.
Thirst
Author | : James B. Nelson |
Publsiher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0664226884 |
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This book explores the path of recovery. James Nelson writes, as he lives, with a very special blend of insight, wisdom, humor, and humility. Sobriety sustainers and spirituality seekers will be encouraged and enlightened by his work.
Bound to Sin
Author | : Alistair McFadyen |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2000-08-15 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 0521438683 |
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This book tests the explanatory and descriptive power of the doctrine of sin in relation to two concrete situations: sexual abuse of children and the holocaust. Taking seriously the explanatory power of secular discourses for analysing and regulating therapeutic action in relation to such situations, the book asks whether the theological language of sin can offer further illumination by speaking of God and the world together. Through its discussion of abuse and the holocaust, an engagement with Augustine, original sin and feminism, a fresh and sometimes surprising perspective is offered, both on the theology of sin and on the pathologies under consideration. The understanding of sin that emerges is centred on joyful worship of the trinitarian God. This essay is more systematic and more theological than most practical, pastoral or applied theology and more practical and concrete than most systematic or constructive theology. It is a genuinely concrete, systematic theology.
Addiction and Virtue
Author | : Kent Dunnington |
Publsiher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2011-07-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780830839018 |
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In this interdisciplinary work, Kent Dunnington brings the neglected resources of philosophical and theological analysis to bear on the problem of addiction. Drawing on the insights of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, he formulates a compelling alternative to the two dominant models of addiction--addiction as disease and addiction as choice.
The Heart of Addiction
Author | : Mark E. Shaw |
Publsiher | : Focus Publishing (MN) |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2008-09-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1885904681 |
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Substance abusers, addicts with a physical dependency, and those who cannot stop some type of pleasurable activity can gain insights and practical help from the hopeful message from the Bible regarding addictive thoughts and behavior.
Self Love and Christian Ethics
Author | : Darlene Fozard Weaver |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2002-10-17 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521817813 |
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Heavy Drinking
Author | : Herbert Fingarette |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 1989-06-21 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780520067547 |
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Heavy Drinking informs the general public for the first time how recent research has discredited almost every widely held belief about alcoholism, including the very concept of alcoholism as a single disease with a unique cause. Herbert Fingarette presents constructive approaches to heavy drinking, including new methods of helping heavy drinkers and social policies for preventing heavy drinking and the harms associated with it.
Living Together and Christian Ethics
Author | : Adrian Thatcher |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2002-03-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0521009553 |
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The first positive, in-depth study of cohabitation outside marriage from a mainstream Christian theological perspective.