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Automation and Augmentation in Theological Perspective
Abstract AI enables forms of automation that threaten unemployment and deskilling, eliminating important opportunities for the development of virtue. The concomitant loss of virtue and meaningful employment makes it a theological problem from the perspective of Catholic social teaching and theological anthropology.
Paul Scherz
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Fatal Coincidences in 1933. Nazism’s Triumph and Martin Luther’s 450th Birthday
Three matters are discussed in this essay: First, the question why the vast majority of German Protestants were so enthusiastic when Hitler came to power; second, how the German Christians who were closely associated with the Nazi party celebrated ...
Hartmut Lehmann
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The Meaning of Obedience in a Time of Authoritarianism: Ethics of Care in and beyond the Military
ABSTRACT In my book, On Obedience, Contrasting Philosophies for Military, Community and Citizenry, I anticipated emerging and different problems of authority and the nature/character of obedience in military and civic cultures. My anticipations proved to be correct, and more urgent questions have emerged.
Pauline Shanks Kaurin
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“To ask essential questions?” Bonhoeffer, America, South Africa [PDF]
The first part of the essay is a biographical sketch of Bonhoeffer’s visits to America. His essays reflecting on these visits will be probed in the second part, where the focus will particularly be on the essay that Bonhoeffer wrote at the end of his ...
Henco van der Westhuizen
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The Ethics of Authoritarianism in Christian Perspective
ABSTRACT We look here at the characteristics of authoritarian government in the context of constitutional democracies and argue that its operative ethical system in public policy is egoism, with its supporters constituting a collective ego complicit in the undemocratic and Machiavellian practices used to sustain power and the authority of leadership to
James M. Childs
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ABSTRACT In recent years, Orthodox Christianity has gained increasing visibility in global discussions on social ethics, encompassing issues such as climate change, environmental protection, peace, and human rights. The following paper examines the underlying metaethical framework of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Social Ethos Document, analyzing how it
Alexander Kriebitz, Stefanos Athanasiou
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Implicaciones recíprocas de realidad y verdad en la ética bonhoefferiana
El significado de verdad articula la ética de Bonhoeffer. Este estudio profundiza en el concepto de verdad y en el criterio que la relaciona con la realidad. Todo ello basado en su obra Ética y analizándolo a la luz de sus pasajes.
José J. Alemany
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. This study explores Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theological perspective as a foundation for Christian education in fostering peace, courage, and transformative action within communities.
Yanice Janis
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer e a teologia pública no Brasil
Book Review: CALDAS, Carlos. Dietrich Bonhoeffer e a teologia pública no Brasil. São Paulo: Garimpo Editorial, 2016. 221 p.
Jair Souza Leal
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Teaching New Religious Movements Historically: Distance, Empathy, and Cults in the Classroom
ABSTRACT Resistance to understanding the beliefs of modern New Religious Movements (NRMs) is well‐known to those who teach in the area. This paper builds on Eugene Gallagher's repurposing of “methodological belief” for college classes on NRMs by suggesting that scholars and teachers in the field of religious studies engage methods and content drawn ...
Douglas FitzHenry Jones
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