DAN'S
CORNER

Dr.
Daniel
C. Maguire
teaches Moral Theology
and Ethics at Marquette University in Milwaukee.
Religion
Dispatches interviews Dan Maguire on his new books
Dan
Maguire Challenges David Brooks
For
starters, he says that the godly can draw from "moral creeds
that have evolved over the centuries," but that poor adrift
secularists "have to build their own moral philosophies"
startng from scratch. Nonsense!
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Maguire on his new

Dan
Maguire Publishes
New Book
Argues
that Christianity does not require its supernatural aspects.
Christianity without an omnipotent god, without a divine savior,
without an afterlife? In this bold and hopeful book, theologian
Daniel C. Maguire writes that traditional, supernatural aspects
of Christianity can be comforting, but are increasingly questionable.
A century of scholarly research has not been supportive of the
dogmatic triad of personal god, incarnate savior, and life after
death. Demonstrating that these beliefs have questionable roots
in historical traditions, Maguire argues for a return to that
brilliant and revolutionary moral epic of the Hebrew and Christian
Bible. Rescued from god, Christianity can offer a realistic global
ethic to heal a planet sinking under the effects of our ungrateful
mismanagement.
Once
again Dan Maguires new book is at the cutting edge. Passionate,
yet crystal clear, Christianity without God distills the essential
Christian message from the mythological and theological accretions
that have distorted it. Its a message we need today, more
than ever. David R. Loy, author of Awareness Bound
and Unbound: Buddhist Essays
For
many of us, Maguires book will be a kind of homecoming.
Someone, at last, has had the courage to write what so many of
us have been thinking. John C. Raines, author of
The Justice Men Owe Women: Positive Resources from World Religions
With
immense learning and considerable charm, Daniel Maguire evokes
a Christianity freed from dogma, literalism, self-righteousness,
and terror. Believers and skeptics alike can delight in whats
left: poetry, morality, a sense of awe and wonder. In a word,
humanity. Katha Pollitt, author of The Mind-Body
Problem: Poems
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first chapter
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Gaza's
Desperate 'Prison Riot"
The
New Holocaust -- Israel's Final Solution
Gaza
being crushed by Israel
Why
I Am A Jew by Dan Maguire
Jews
for Peace in Israel/Palestine
Visit this website and sign their petition for peace
in the once Holy Land.
Loneliness
of the Truthteller
Secrets
of the Vatican
Dan
Maguire's Memoir
This
thoroughly funny memoir proves that lifes tragedies and challenges
should never defeat our sense of humor. Whether it is in a happy
breakfast with Geraldine Ferraro, an unfriendly lunch with Clarence
Thomas, or a grim tete-a-tete with Pope Benedict XVI, Maguire finds
the fun in life and shares it with us in these hilarious pages.
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Mary
Hunt's book review
The
Loneliness of the Truth Teller
Monsignor
Found Guilty by State -- But Not By Church
New
Vatican Document Good News for Poor, Bad News for Tea Party
Missing
Hope in Palestinian Statehood
A
Catholic Turnaround on Abortion or More Sympathy for the Bishops?
Whom
The Gods Would Destroy They First Make Myopic
Radio
Interview on "Whose Church?"
Sex
and the Sacred:
text
/ video
Moderate
Roman Catholic Position on Contraception & Abortion
A
Catholic Defense of Same Sex Marriage
Dan
Maguire offers deeply informed and incisive theological arguments
in favor of gender equality, affirmative action and antiracism,
opposition to war, and the fight against poverty and economic inequality.
Radio
Interview on "Whose Church?"
Letter
from a Catholic Theologian to All 270 U.S. Catholic Bishops
Bishops
Denounce Maguire's Writings
"A
pity beyond all telling." -- Dan Maguire's response to U.S.
bishops
Moderate
Roman Catholic Position on Contraception & Abortion
A
Catholic Defense of Same Sex Marriage
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Daniel
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phone 414-961-0139
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