Recent theology offers few attempts to come to grips with the meaning and implications of the ascension of Jesus.
Professor Farrow begins with a discussion of the biblical treatment of the ascension and Eucharistic celebration, from which emerges the unique ecclesial worldview. There are chapters on the treatment of these ideas by Irenaeus, Origen and Augustine, and on developments up to the Reformation. He explores the link between ideas of the ascension, cosmology and ecclesiology.
Farrow goes on to examine the difficulties faced by the doctrine of ascension in the modern...
Recent theology offers few attempts to come to grips with the meaning and implications of the ascension of Jesus.
What does it mean to describe our society as secular? And what role might religion play in its evolution? Are religious considerations a necessary part of coherent speech about human dignity or human rights? Are religious communities properly accounted for in our talk of a social contract? Recognizing Religion in a Secular Society sets aside popular myths about secularism to probe these important questions from the perspectives of law, politics, religion, morality, and bioethics, reconfiguring the debate about religion and public life.
What does it mean to describe our society as secular? And what role might religion play in its evolution? Are religious considerations a necessary par...
What does it mean to describe our society as secular? And what role might religion play in its evolution? Are religious considerations a necessary part of coherent speech about human dignity or human rights? Are religious communities properly accounted for in our talk of a social contract? Recognizing Religion in a Secular Society sets aside popular myths about secularism to probe these important questions from the perspectives of law, politics, religion, morality, and bioethics, reconfiguring the debate about religion and public life.
What does it mean to describe our society as secular? And what role might religion play in its evolution? Are religious considerations a necessary par...
Is redefining marriage to include same-sex unions simply an act of fairness to gays and lesbians - another step in the evolution to a just society? Or is it a hastily conceived social experiment that will undermine human rights, deflecting marriage from the support of children to the mere affirmation of sexual commitment between adults? central questions: How did Canada come to the point of proposing a redefinition of marriage? Where would redefinition take Canadian society? Do the Charter and equality rights mandate exchanging an opposite-sex institution for one built on the union of two...
Is redefining marriage to include same-sex unions simply an act of fairness to gays and lesbians - another step in the evolution to a just society? Or...
Farrow, associate professor of Christian Thought at McGill University in Montreal, pens an expos of the implications of same-sex marriage and a compelling analysis of what it will take for society to reclaim the birthright of freedom it lost in a reckless social experiment.
Farrow, associate professor of Christian Thought at McGill University in Montreal, pens an expos of the implications of same-sex marriage and a compel...
