Confidence in Life

Confidence in Life offers a theologically-robust evaluation of the good of procreation, which emerges out of both careful interactions with contemporary analytic philosophy and a reconstructed reading of Karl Barth''s doctrine of (pro)creation. While analytic moral philosophy has rarely been brought into close proximity to Barth''s work, the conjunction underscores the deep difficulty of accounting for procreation''s value within non-theological frameworks, and helps clarify what is distinctive and valuable about Barth''s own moral reasoning on this subject. Though primarily staged as an intervention in Protestant moral theology, Confidence in Life''s rehabilitation of the Virgin Mary''s role in Barth''s thought has promise for an ecumenical retrieval of the good of procreating within the economy of redemption-and its retrieval of honour as an indispensable aspect of Barth''s theology will be of interest to Barth scholars and moral theologians alike.>

Préface
Offers a theological account of procreation by reconstructing Karl Barth's doctrine of (pro)creation and placing it in close dialogue with challenges to procreating from contemporary analytic moral philosophy.

Résumé
Confidence in Life offers a theologically-robust evaluation of the good of procreation, which emerges out of both careful interactions with contemporary analytic philosophy and a reconstructed reading of Karl Barth's doctrine of (pro)creation. While analytic moral philosophy has rarely been brought into close proximity to Barth's work, the conjunction underscores the deep difficulty of accounting for procreation's value within non-theological frameworks, and helps clarify what is distinctive and valuable about Barth's own moral reasoning on this subject. Though primarily staged as an intervention in Protestant moral theology, Confidence in Life's rehabilitation of the Virgin Mary's role in Barth's thought has promise for an ecumenical retrieval of the good of procreating within the economy of redemptionand its retrieval of honour as an indispensable aspect of Barth's theology will be of interest to Barth scholars and moral theologians alike.

Contenu
Introduction Chapter One: (Procreative) Neutrality is Not Enough Chapter Two: Parenthood and Procreative Bonds Chapter Three: The Gift of Life: Luck, the Involuntary, and Procreative Agency Chapter Four: Neither Optimism nor Pessimism: Karl Barth Among the Moral Philosophers Chapter Five: Birth Between the Times: Procreation in the Doctrine of Creation Chapter Six: Respect for Life as a Reason to Create Chapter Seven: Mary and the Eschatological Confirmation of Procreative Bonds Chapter Eight: Honour, Agency, and Reasons to Procreate Conclusion: The Meaning of Procreative Fideism Bibliography Index