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Faith in a hard ground : essays on religion, philosophy, and ethics

Title
Faith in a hard ground : essays on religion, philosophy, and ethics / by G.E.M. Anscombe ; edited by Mary Geach and Luke Gormally.
Author
Anscombe, G. E. M. (Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret)
Publication
Exeter, U.K. ; Charlottesville, Va. : Imprint Academic, c2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Geach, Mary.
  • Gormally, Luke.
Description
xxvi, 273 p.; 21 cm.
Series Statement
St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs
Uniform Title
Essays. Selections. 2008
Alternative Title
Essays. 2008
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
What is it to believe someone? -- Faith -- Prophecy and miracles -- Hume on miracles -- Paganism, superstition and philosophy -- On the hatred of God -- On attachment to things and obedience to God -- Twenty opinions common among modern Anglo-American philosophers -- The immortality of the soul -- On transubstantiation -- Authority in morals -- On being in good faith -- Morality -- Sin -- Two moral theologians -- Contraception and chastity -- On Humanae vitae -- Address to the clergy : on contraception and natural family planning -- Contraception, chastity and the vocation of marriage -- The early embryo: theoretical doubts and practical certainties -- The moral environment of the child -- Christians and nuclear weapons designed for the destruction of cities -- Simony in Africa -- Philosophers and economists : two philosophers' objections to usury -- On wisdom.
Call Number
JFE 08-7771
ISBN
  • 9781845401214 (pbk.)
  • 1845401212 (pbk.)
  • 9781845401436 (cloth)
  • 1845401433 (cloth)
LCCN
2008298903
OCLC
185698374
Author
Anscombe, G. E. M. (Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret)
Title
Faith in a hard ground : essays on religion, philosophy, and ethics / by G.E.M. Anscombe ; edited by Mary Geach and Luke Gormally.
Imprint
Exeter, U.K. ; Charlottesville, Va. : Imprint Academic, c2008.
Series
St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Geach, Mary.
Gormally, Luke.
Research Call Number
JFE 08-7771
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