Author
Edward Feser
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Published
March 2017
Today's Price
£27.66
Free UK Delivery
Out of stock.
By Man Shall His Blood be Shed
Today's Price £27.66
Life giving resources. Faithfully delivered.
FREE delivery on orders over £10
Serving over 2 million Christians in the UK
with Bibles, Books and Church Supplies
Our Buy-Now-Pay-Later accounts used
by over 4,000 UK Churches & Schools
Author
Edward Feser
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Published
March 2017
£27.66
Free UK Delivery
Out of stock.
By Man Shall His Blood be Shed
Today's Price £27.66
Add both to basket for £41.74 and save £2.75
The Catholic Church has in recent decades been associated with political efforts to eliminate the death penalty. It was not always so. This timely work reviews and explains the Catholic Tradition regarding the death penalty, demonstrating that it is not inherently evil and that it can be reserved as a just form of punishment in certain cases.
Drawing upon a wealth of philosophical, scriptural, theological, and social scientific arguments, the authors explain the perennial teaching of the Church that capital punishment can in principle be legitimate--not only to protect society from immediate physical danger, but also to administer retributive justice and to deter capital crimes. The authors also show how some recent statements of Church leaders in opposition to the death penalty are prudential judgments rather than dogma. They reaffirm that Catholics may, in good conscience, disagree about the application of the death penalty.
Some arguments against the death penalty falsely suggest that there has been a rupture in the Church's traditional teaching and thereby inadvertently cast doubt on the reliability of the Magisterium. Yet, as the authors demonstrate, the Church's traditional teaching is a safeguard to society, because the just use of the death penalty can be used to protect the lives of the innocent, inculcate a horror of murder, and affirm the dignity of human beings as free and rational creatures who must be held responsible for their actions.
By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed challenges contemporary Catholics to engage with Scripture, Tradition, natural law, and the actual social scientific evidence in order to undertake a thoughtful analysis of the current debate about the death penalty.
Author
Edward Feser
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Published
March 2017
Weight
591g
Dimensions
150 x 227 x 31 mm
ISBN
9781621641261
ISBN-10
1621641260
Eden Code
4648336
More Information
Author/Creator: Edward Feser
ISBN: 9781621641261
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Release Date: March 2017
Weight: 591g
Dimensions: 150 x 227 x 31 mm
Eden Code: 4648336