Assaulted Personhood - Original and Everyday Sins Attacking the Other

This bookexplores the difficult topic of those who assault our being human from abortion to end-of-life victims. Human vulnerabilities are exploited, cast as "otherness" to enable "self" will-to-power over the "other."

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. On Being Human & Attaining Personhood
2. Personhood with Vulnerabilities in Soma (Body)
3. Personhood with Vulnerabilities of Psyche (Mind)
4. Special Challenges to Personhood in the 21^st C America
5. America's Two Great "Original Sins"
6. Understanding Those Who Attack the Being of the "Other"
7. Prescriptions (Rx): Hard Truths, Contrition & Metanoia
Epilogue
About the Author

About the author

Craig C. Malbon is ordained and authorized minister in the United Church of Christ. He holds the academic title of leading professor and ethicist.

Product details

• Authors: Craig C. Malbon
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9780761872436
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-7243-6
• No. of pages: 414
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics, Christianity, Religion & politics, Ethnic groups & multicultural studies, Social discrimination & inequality, Religious ethics, Social discrimination & equal treatment, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination