Where Justice and Mercy Meet: Catholic Opposition to the Death Penalty
248Where Justice and Mercy Meet: Catholic Opposition to the Death Penalty
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Overview
The book offers the reader new insight into the debates about capital punishment; provides revealing, and sometimes surprising, information about methods of execution; and explores national and international trends and movements related to the death penalty. It also addresses how the death penalty has been intertwined with racism, the high percentage of the mentally disabled on death row, and how the death penalty disproportionately affects the poor.
The foundation for the church's position on the death penalty is illuminated by discussion of the life and death of Jesus, Scripture, the Mass, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and the teachings of Pope John Paul II. Written for concerned Catholics and other interested readers, the book contains contemporary stories and examples, as well as discussion questions to engage groups in exploring complex issues.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780814635087 |
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Publisher: | Liturgical Press |
Publication date: | 02/01/2013 |
Pages: | 248 |
Sales rank: | 687,246 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d) |
About the Author
Trudy D. Conway is professor emeritus at Mount St. Mary’s University. She is active in the Catholic campaign against the death penalty and contributes to the educational initiatives of the Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty. She is coeditor of Where Justice and Mercy Meet: Catholic Opposition to the Death Penalty (Liturgical Press, 2013).
David Matzko McCarthy, PhD, is the Father Forker Professor of Catholic Social Teaching in the theology department at Mount St. Mary's University. He is the author of Death Penalty and Discipleship: A Formation Guide (Liturgical Press, 2016), coeditor of Where Justice and Mercy Meet: Catholic Opposition to the Death Penalty (Liturgical Press, 2013), and the founding editor of the Journal of Moral Theology.
Table of Contents
Foreword Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ xi
Acknowledgments xv
Contributors xix
Part I The Death Penalty Today 1
Chapter 1 Facing the Truth 3
The Appearances and Realities of Lethal Injection Kim Philip Hansen 6
Review and Looking Forward 13
Questions for Discussion 14
Chapter 2 Seeing Ourselves from an International Perspective 16
An International Perspective on the Death Penalty Amanda Beal 18
Review and Looking Forward 28
Questions for Discussion 30
Chapter 3 Trying to Get It Right 31
Rethinking the Death Penalty Trudy D. Conway 34
Review and Looking Forward 43
Questions for Discussion 44
Chapter 4 The Power of Stories 46
Stirring Hearts and Minds Kurt Blaugher 49
Review and Looking Forward 55
Questions for Discussion 56
Part II A Christian Rethinking of the Death Penalty 57
Chapter 5 Forgiveness and Healing 59
The Eucharist: Forgiveness and Personhood Rodica Stoicoiu 61
Review and Looking Forward 67
Questions for Discussion 69
Chapter 6 Jesus Christ and Sacrifice 70
Jesus Christ as Scapegoat: Christology, Sacrifice, and the Death Penalty David Cloutier 72
Review and Looking Forward 81
Questions for Discussion 83
Chapter 7 Hebrew Scriptures-"an Eye for an Eye" 84
Biblical Principles: Mosaic Law Richard Buck 86
Review and Looking Forward 95
Questions for Discussion 96
Chapter 8 The Bible and the Church 97
WWJD? Jesus, the Death Penalty, and US Catholics Sr. Mary Katherine Birge, SSJ 99
Review and Looking Forward 107
Questions for Discussion 108
Part III Church Teachings on Capital Punishment 111
Chapter 9 The Catholic Moral Tradition 113
The Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Views E. Christian Brugger 115
Review and Looking Forward 124
Questions for Discussion 125
Chapter 10 The Church Today 126
The Church and Capital Punishment in the Modern Period E. Christian Brugger 128
Review and Looking Forward 135
Questions for Discussion 136
Chapter 11 The Catechism in Historical Perspective 137
The Catechetical Tradition Msgr. Stuart W. Swetland 139
Review and Looking Forward 147
Questions for Discussion 148
Chapter 12 The Death Penalty in the Catechetical Tradition 149
The Gospel of Life Msgr. Stuart W. Swetland 151
Review and Looking Forward 159
Questions for Discussion 161
Part IV The Least of These 163
Chapter 13 Money Matters 165
The Economics of the Death Penalty Alejandro Cañadas John Schwenkler 168
Review and Looking Forward 176
Questions for Discussion 178
Chapter 14 A Legacy of Race 179
The Death Penalty and Race Timothy W. Wolfe 181
Review and Looking Forward 192
Questions for Discussion 193
Chapter 15 Vulnerabilities and Risks 194
People with Disabilities and the Death Penalty Thomas H. Powell Robert Perske Patricia A. Lester Dominique L. Nguyen 196
Review and Looking Forward 206
Questions for Discussion 208
Chapter 16 A Matter of Discipleship 209
The Heart of Our Faith Fr. James Donohue, CR 212
Review and Looking Forward 221
Questions for Discussion 222
Conclusion Vicki Schieber 223