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TownHall.com: Conservative Columnists: Cal Thomas Now THAT was cruel and unusual punishment. 71?) and judged guilty of a capital crime,cannot cited the views of professional and religious organizations, and http://www.townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/ct20020625.shtml
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Extractions: Related Subjects: Agnosticism Anti-Cult Atheism Bah¡'i ... Yoga Book reviews for "Opposing Views" sorted by average review score: The Death Penalty Debate: Two Opposing Views of Capitol Punishment (Issues of Christian Conscience) Published in Paperback by Word Publishing (July, 1991) Authors: H. Wayne House and John Howard Yoder Amazon base price: Average review score: Enjoyed seeing this issue discussed from Biblical standpoint This book presented opposing viewponts on capital punishment from two prominent Biblical theologians. While I did not agree with either theologian on all points, this somewhat overly scholarly debate did help me reexamine my own beliefs and determine why I believe what I believe. Dr. House argued that capital punishment is not only condoned but also commanded by God in the Old Testament, and he used New Testament passages to affirm those commands were universal and unchanging. His arguments relied heavily on his interpretion of Genesis 9 (the Noachian Covenant) as a universal mandate establishing God's relationship to man, and man's relationship to each other. Unfortunately, I felt he took the "easy" way out by claiming that the entire Mosaic Law had been invalidated by Christ and therefore was not relevant to his case. I think a more fair analysis would have been to divide the Mosaic Laws into moral, religous, and legal subcomponents and deal with each separately. Dr. Yoder used a standard "Christ-transforming-culture" argument to assert that God's acceptance of capital punishment has changed from Biblical times to today. The themes of Christ's teachings have helped evolve modern culture past the need for retribution-based systems of punishment (i.e., some Scriptures have to be interpreted in terms of the cultural bias of its authors). Yoder explains away the Noachian Covenant as a reflection of an obsolete era and basis his arguments primarily on John 8, where Jesus pardons an alduteress about to be stoned to death.
Religion, Death Penalty To Be Topic At Jan. 25 Conference in the official enactment of capital punishment, including Oklahoma How does religionshape current views about the What role should religious beliefs play in http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/020110/deathpenalty.shtml
Extractions: News Office Prominent scholars of politics, religion and law will gather to consider the religious implications of the death penalty and the theological arguments for and against it. Major players in the official enactment of capital punishment, including Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Scalia, former U.S. Senator Paul Simon, and prosecutor in the Timothy McVeigh trial Beth Wilkinson, will join scholars as conference participants. The conference will bring together Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Muslims from the fields of politics, religion and law to take up a broad range of views on the death penalty. Special attention will be given to the following guiding questions: How does religion shape current views about the death penalty? What role should religious beliefs play in a pluralistic democratic society that presumes strict boundaries between matters of private faith and political life? How might citizens, jurors, neighbors and people of faith draw upon religious ideas in carrying out their civic responsibilities? The Washington Post , a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-chair of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life; Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., the Laurence J. McGinley professor of religion and society at Fordham University; Richard Garnett, assistant professor of law at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Gilbert Meilaender, professor of Christian ethics at Valparaiso University; and David Novak, chairman of Jewish studies at the University of Toronto.
Capital Punishment A Theological Essay on capital punishment capital punishment. Kenneth Cauthen. This essay is part of Chapter Bible with Integrity. Theology as religious Belief. What I Believe This memoir http://www.frontiernet.net/~kenc/cappun.htm
Extractions: Kenneth Cauthen This essay is part of Chapter Eight in my Toward a New Modernism Thesis One: In principle a case can be made on moral grounds both supporting and opposing capital punishment. Thesis two: Concretely and in practice, compelling arguments against capital punishment can be made on the basis of its actual administration in our society. Two different cases can be made. One is based on justice and the nature of a moral community. This leads to a defense of capital punishment. The second is based on love and the nature of an ideal spiritual community. This leads to a rejection of capital punishment. JUSTICE AND THE NATURE OF MORAL COMMUNITY LOVE AND AN IDEAL SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY Agape , Christian love, is unconditional. It does not depend on the worthiness or merit of those to whom it is directed. It is persistent in seeking the good of others regardless of whether they return the favor or even deserve to be treated well on the basis of their own incessant wrongdoing. An ideal community would be made up of free and equal citizens devoted to a balance between individual self-fulfillment and the advancement of the common good. Communal life would be based on mutual love in which equality of giving and receiving was the norm of social practice. Everyone would contribute to the best of ability and each would receive in accordance with legitimate claims to available resources. What would a community based on this kind of love do with those who committed brutal acts of terror, violence, and murder? Put negatively, it would not live by the philosophy of "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and a life for a life." It would act to safeguard the members of the community from further destruction. Those who had shown no respect for life would be restrained, permanently if necessary, so that they could not further endanger other members of the community. But the purpose of confinement would not be vengeance or punishment. Rather an ideal community would show mercy even to those who had shown no mercy. It would return good for evil. The aim of isolation is reconciliation and not revenge.
The Economics Of Capital Punishment The economics of capital punishishment, the death penalty the dollar costs of capital punishment versus life in prison position based on their religious beliefs.) Discussion with Catholic http://www.mindspring.com/~phporter/econ.html
Extractions: Sentencing a prisoner to life in prison is a better allocation of resources than sentencing him to be executed. First I'll present figures representing the dollar costs of capital punishment versus life in prison/no parole. Then I'll discuss the deterrent effect as the only legitimate rational justification for capital punishment. Then I'll discuss the externalities of capital punishment. A Duke University study found... "The death penalty costs North Carolina $2.16 million per execution over the costs of a non-death penalty murder case with a sentence of imprisonment for life." ( The costs of processing murder cases in North Carolina / Philip J. Cook, Donna B. Slawson ; with the assistance of Lori A. Gries. [Durham, NC] : Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, 1993.) "The death penalty costs California $90 million annually beyond the ordinary costs of the justice system - $78 million of that total is incurred at the trial level." (Sacramento Bee, March 18, 1988).
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The Religion Report: 13 August 2003 - Terror And Punishment about the religious or ethical merits of capital punishment. people from mainstreamgroups, many religious groups, appealed to Whats your own view about that http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/stories/s923243.htm
Extractions: Last week's death penalty for convicted Bali bomber Amrozi drew a mixed response from Australians. The papers and TV news carried images of Bali victims' friends and family members breaking out the champagne; some expressed the wish that they might be invited to join the firing squad; while other voices spoke out against capital punishment even for the worst crimes. But how has the death sentence been greeted in Indonesia, and what are religious leaders saying there? We present Muslim and Christian perspectives on forgiveness, crime and punishment. David Busch: Last weeks death sentence handed down to convicted Bali bomber Amrozi has reignited debate in Australia, Britain and other countries about capital punishment. Survivors and the families of victims are divided, though most seem satisfied that the death penalty is justified. Churches and human rights groups in Australia are maintaining their in-principle opposition to capital punishment, and they want Australian politicians to lobby the Indonesian government to commute Amrozis sentence to life in jail. But only a few Australian politicians are voicing any protest about Amrozis fate. That fate wont be known for some weeks yet, as his appeal runs its course. Yet in Indonesia, theres virtually no debate about the religious, moral or ethical principles at stake in the practice of capital punishment. Theres been widespread endorsement of the verdict and the sentence against Amrozi, reflecting a more pragmatic approach which affirms the need for the death penalty in a country in the throes of religious and political violence.
Extractions: May 11, 2001 Episode no. 437 Current Stories Cover Story: Nine Mile Canyon Dilemma Profile: Father Joe: Slum Priest Headlines: This Week in Religion News BOB ABERNETHY (anchor): The fate of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh has triggered a national debate over the death penalty in the religious communities. This week, more than 65 American religious leaders asked President Bush not to execute McVeigh and to impose a moratorium on all Federal executions. Leaders of the Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church USA, the United Church of Christ, Catholics Against Capital Punishment, the Quakers, and the Union of American Hebrew Congregations signed a letter stating the pain of McVeigh's victims, of their community, and of the nation "cannot be healed through the retribution of capital punishment or by vengeance." Last week, speaking for the U.S. Catholic Bishops, Cardinals Roger Mahony of Los Angeles and William Keeler of Baltimore reiterated the Catholic Church's longtime opposition to capital punishment, saying executing McVeigh will not bring healing or closure. Rather, the Cardinals said, "it will be just one more killing."
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Capital Punishment - The Death Penalty Isaac Ehrlich, capital punishment and Deterrence Some Further Homicide and DeterrenceAnother View of the penalty.htm; RL Young, religious Orientation, Race http://www.religioustolerance.org/executb.htm
Extractions: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT THE DEATH PENALTY Basic reasons: pro and anti Click below to visit our sponsors. The Bible The Bible requires the death penalty for a wide variety of crimes, including sex before marriage, adultery, homosexual behavior, doing work on Saturday and murder. It even calls for some criminals (e.g. prostitutes who are the daughters of priests) to be tortured to death by being burned alive. Most Christians, with the exception of those in the Reconstructionist movement , feel that many of these grounds for the death penalty no longer apply to Christian societies. U.S. However, Bible passages are still used to promote the retention of capital punishment for murderers; some advocate that homosexuals also be executed. Justice/Vengeance Many people feel that killing convicted murderers will satisfy their need for justice and/or vengeance. They feel that certain crimes are so heinous that executing the criminal is the only reasonable response. Deterrence Many people feel that the death penalty will deter criminals from killing. This does not seem to be confirmed by an analysis of the available data. However, it feels intuitively correct for many people.
Capital Punishment Then pick a view and debate the issue. tx.us/statistics/statshome.htm capital PunishmentThe Death site has information from different religious perspectives http://www.42explore.com/capunish.htm
Extractions: Special Note: This site is intended to be educational. However, some of the images and information included in this project may be disturbing, especially for younger learners. While we encourage all to learn, we hope that parents and teachers will be there to help explain events and guide young learners through the complexities behind what they may read and see. Adults should preview sites before providing access to younger children. Easier - Capital punishment is the penalty or sentence of death for committing a crime. Harder - Since the beginning of the nineteenth century, most executions in the United States have resulted from murder convictions. However, the sentence of death has been imposed for such serious crimes as armed robbery, kidnapping, rape, and treason. People disagree about whether capital punishment is moral or if it is effective in discouraging crime. Many oppose the death penalty because they consider it cruel. Critics also believe that there is a risk of executing mistakenly convicted people. Supporters of the death penalty believe that in some instances, people who take another human life deserve to forfeit their own lives. Many supporters also argue that the threat of death discourages crime.
Capital Punishment Not The Gospel Way, Mason Says When Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire underConstantine, Christian views toward capital punishment changed. http://www.abpnews.com/abpnews/story.cfm?newsId=4258&srch=1
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FT April 2001: Catholicism & Capital Punishment the right, in principle, to inflict capital punishment in cases be imposed if thepurposes of punishment can be Church, such as clergy and religious, in view http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0104/articles/dulles.html
Extractions: Avery Cardinal Dulles Among the major nations of the Western world, the United States is singular in still having the death penalty. After a fiveyear moratorium, from 1972 to 1977, capital punishment was reinstated in the United States courts. Objections to the practice have come from many quarters, including the American Catholic bishops, who have rather consistently opposed the death penalty. The National Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1980 published a predominantly negative statement on capital punishment, approved by a majority vote of those present though not by the required twothirds majority of the entire conference. Pope John Paul II has at various times expressed his opposition to the practice, as have other Catholic leaders in Europe. Some Catholics, going beyond the bishops and the Pope, maintain that the death penalty, like abortion and euthanasia, is a violation of the right to life and an unauthorized usurpation by human beings of Gods sole lordship over life and death. Did not the Declaration of Independence, they ask, describe the right to life as unalienable? While sociological and legal questions inevitably impinge upon any such reflection, I am here addressing the subject as a theologian. At this level the question has to be answered primarily in terms of revelation, as it comes to us through Scripture and tradition, interpreted with the guidance of the ecclesiastical magisterium.
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Extractions: In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in religions, including a number of books which point out the errors in the literal interpretation of the Bible, as professed by the so-called Fundamentalist Christian denominations. Less attention has been devoted to examining the more liberal churches. These include the Catholic Church, liberal in the sense of not considering the Bible to be literally true. It is also the major Christian denomination and wields considerable influence in America and the world today. It would behoove us to take a rational look at the bases and influences of the more liberal churches, to see what value they have in informing our policies, both personal and public, in the light of Catholic/Protestant cooperation in the political arena, such as the Christian Coalition, and Operation Rescue, and papal pronouncements on birth control, war, capital punishment, and the third world. An example to consider is the fairly recent tenure of Governor Mario Cuomo of New York. He was pro-choice regarding abortion, a fact which led the local cardinal to suggest he might be subject to excommunication. He claimed to be personally opposed to abortion, in deference to his Catholic roots and constituents, but his opposition to abortion always seemed to me hypocritical, never reaching the level of his opposition to capital punishment, which he vetoed each year of his terms. We are not here to examine the relative merits of allowing women the choice of abortion or allowing the voters the choice of capital punishment, but I ask why the governor was afraid of excommunication so much as to denounce the threat of its use. What hold does the church (the Catholic Church, and religion in general) have over people? Was the governor concerned over his "immortal soul" or over his Catholic constituent/voters?
