Sacred Choices

Sacred Choices
Author: Daniel C. Maguire
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2001
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781451405743

This call to rethink major religious traditions on key topics of family planning provides a fresh, underreported side of these traditions. Written in a lively, engaging, and skilled style by a leading ethicist, this guide brings expert insights of major scholars in a manageable format.

Sacred Choices

Sacred Choices
Author: Christel Nani
Publisher: Harmony
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2010-02-10
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0307497658

When you are making a decision, do you feel torn between what you are supposed to do and what you would like to do? Do you feel unable to live a fully spontaneous and authentic life? Are you troubled that some of the things you do conflict with your intuition or inner knowing? Have you wondered why your positive affirmations aren’t coming true? In general, do you feel stuck or frustrated with the way things are? If so, you may be experiencing a conflict between your evolving spirit and your tribal beliefs. Tribal beliefs are a set of unwritten rules that are passed down to us from our families and other cultural, religious, or social organizations about the way life works, what defines a good person, and how we should live our lives. Unfortunately, some tribal beliefs can limit our intuitive choices causing dissatisfaction, anxiety, fatigue, depression, and eventually physical illness. In this warm, engaging, and inspirational work of personal renewal, Christel Nani guides you to listen to your inner “knowing,” the always wise and honest voice of your spirit that will illuminate the specific tribal beliefs that are standing in the way of your success, happiness, and healing. Based on a program that has helped thousands of people transform their lives, Nani shows you how to creatively rewrite your tribal beliefs in areas such as work, marriage, health, and success in a way that harmonizes with your own spirit, talents, secret wishes, and individuality. Best of all, you will be astonished at how easy it is to accomplish such a personal transformation and how quickly you will be healed and liberated from a sense of burden and guilt that you probably believed would be with you for a lifetime. The decision to break free of your limiting beliefs and live the life you were meant to live is truly a sacred choice. With this joyous and enlightening book as your guide, you have the power to make that happen—starting today.

Sacred Choices

Sacred Choices
Author: Christel Nani
Publisher: Harmony
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780307341655

A transformative handbook explains how to overcome the social rules that influence one's life choices and cause anxiety, depression, and other ailments to build new beliefs and practices in every aspect of one's personal and professional life.

Sacred Encounter

Sacred Encounter
Author: Lisa L. Grushcow
Publisher: CCAR Press
Total Pages: 564
Release: 2014-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0881232246

This wide-ranging anthology takes a close look at the breadth of human sexuality from a Jewish perspective. The essays begin with a look at biblical and rabbinic views on sexuality, and then proceed to explorations of sexuality at different moments in the life cycle, sexuality and the marital model, diverse expressions of sexuality, examples of sexuality education, the nexus of sexuality and theology, and the challenges of contemporary sexual ethics. The Sacred Encounter is a thought-provoking and important Jewish resource. Perfect for personal study, or for high school or adult classes. Published by CCAR Press, a division of the Central Conference of American Rabbis

Sacred Energies

Sacred Energies
Author: Daniel C. Maguire
Publisher: Sacred Energies
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

This short volume seeks to capture the energy and dynamism of world religious traditions -- a central force in human history and society -- for illuminating and addressing major global issues: population growth, environmental destruction, freedom, the rights of women and minorities, the place of economics and work, and issues of sexuality and the body. Based on consultations of leading scholars and religious leaders from a variety of traditions.

Sacred Work

Sacred Work
Author: Tom Davis
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2005
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780813534930

In Sacred Work, Tom Davis brings to light the ways in which the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, a leading reproductive rights organization, and the clergy are not as incongruent as they often are construed to be. Beginning with Margaret Sanger's efforts to include mainline clergy in the fight to provide information about contraceptives to the general public, Davis details the religious and historical dimensions of this long alliance up through current debates.

Sacred Rights

Sacred Rights
Author: Daniel C. Maguire
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2003-04-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0195347811

This book presents the work of the "Sacred Choices Initiative" of the Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health, and Ethics. The purpose of this Packard and Ford Foundation supported initiative is to attempt to change international discourse on family planning and to rescue this debate from superficial sloganeering by drawing on the moral stores of the world's major and indigenous religions. In many of the world's religions there is a restrictive and pro-natalist view on family planning, and this is one legitimate reading of those religious traditions. As the essays in this volume demonstrate, however, this is not the only legitimate or orthodox view. These authors show that the paramaters of orthodoxy are wider and gentler than that, and that the great religious traditions are wiser and more variegated and nuanced than a simple repetition of the most conservative views would suggest. This theme is carried out in essays on each of the world's major religious traditions, written by scholar practitioners of those faiths.

Pro-Choice and Christian

Pro-Choice and Christian
Author: Kira Schlesinger
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2017-10-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1611648327

Despite the claim by many Christian leaders that the pro-life/antiabortion position is the only faithful response to the debate about reproductive rights, many people of faith find themselves in a murky middle of this supposedly black-and-white issue. Christians who are pro-abortion rights are rarely pro-abortion. However, they view the decision to carry a pregnancy to term as one to be made by the woman, her medical team, her family, or personal counsel rather than by politicians. Pro-Choice and Christian explores the biblical, theological, political, and medical aspects of the debate in order to provide a thoughtful Christian argument for a pro-choice position with regard to abortion issues. Kira Schlesinger considers relevant Scriptures, the politics of abortion in the United States, and the human realities making abortion a vital issue of justice and compassion. By examining choice from a Christian perspective, Schlesinger provides a common vocabulary for discussing faith and reproductive rights.

Religion as a Social Determinant of Public Health

Religion as a Social Determinant of Public Health
Author: Ellen L. Idler
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2014
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199362211

Religion as a Social Determinant of Public Health explores the complex, multifaceted role of faith traditions in public health throughout history, today, and in the future. The volume brings together leading scholars in the social sciences, public health, and religion to address the important yet often neglected role of religious institutions in health and development efforts around the globe.

Sacred Choices

Sacred Choices
Author: Tika Brawner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2020-05-12
Genre:
ISBN:

Sacred Choices touches on the process of developing a relationship between your inner spirit and the Holy Spirit. The author shares her personal experiences of her spiritual awakening and how it has impacted her life for the better. Tika Brawner is an unique and eclectic spiritual advocate, author, and speaker. Her mission is to raise global awareness of Christ in an unconventional way.