Background
Steffen, Lloyd Howard was born on November 27, 1951 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Howard C. and Ruth L. (Rode) Steffen.
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Holy War, Just War explores the "dark side" in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism by examining how the concept of ultimate value contributes to religious violence. The book states that religion has within its own conceptual tools the resources to understand its own dark side and that religious people must subject their religion to a moral vision of goodness and constrain those parts that make for violence and hatred.
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Self-Deception and the Common Life investigates the topic of self-deception from three points of view: philosophical psychology, ethics, and theology. Empirical evidence and an «ordinary language» analysis support the case that the linguistic expression 'self-deception' is literally meaningful and that the language of the common life can be trusted. After critically analyzing the cognition, translation, and action accounts, along with the contributions of Freud and Sartre, Steffen proposes a new synthetic «emotional perception» account, one that avoids paradox. Giving attention to relevant moral issues, he argues that self-deception is not immoral, but represents a peculiar form of akrasia. Finally, because theologians employ 'self-deception' to describe the cognitive component of sin, Steffen considers the logic of theological self-deception. His study seeks an «intimate acquaintance» with self-deception and exemplifies a method of analysis relevant to constructive theological inquiry.
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Religion. A fine softcover copy. Light shelf wear. Tight binding. Clean, unmarked pages. Not ex-library. Indexed. 301pg. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Sociology; ISBN: 0829815635. ISBN/EAN: 9780829815634. Inventory No: 013371.
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minister religious studies educator
Steffen, Lloyd Howard was born on November 27, 1951 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Howard C. and Ruth L. (Rode) Steffen.
Bachelor, New College, 1973. Master of Arts, Andover Newton Theological School, 1978. Master of Divinity, Yale University, 1978.
Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1984.
Chaplain Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin, 1983-1990, associate professor, 1982-1990, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1990-1997, chaplain, since 1990, professor, since 1997, chair department religion studies, 2000—2006, director, center dialogue, ethics & spirituality, since 2009. Co-director Mellon Global Citizenship, 2003—2004. Member theological committee Wisconsin Conference United Church of Christ, Madison, 1985—1987.
Member division church and ministry Northwest association Wisconsin Conference, Eau Claire, 1987—1990. Member ecumenical commission Penn Northeast Conference, 1994—1996. Member Common Ground, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1994—1997, chair, Pennsylvania, 1995—1997.
Member church and ministry committee Pennsylvania Northeast Conference, 1997—2000. Member ethics committee St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, since 1998. Member, secretary, vice chair, board directors Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, 2002—2009.
Non-governmental organization representative United Nations, since 2002, secretary, 2005—2009. 10th Curtis Lecturer Sacred Heart University, 1999. Frederick C. Wood Lecturer Cornell University, 2002.
Member institutional review board Haverford College, 2005—2010. Tiefel lecturer College William & Mary, 2008. Director prison project Lehigh University, 2009.
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Town supervisor Town of La Pointe, Wisconsin, 1984-1987. Board directors Justice Witness Ministries, United Church of Christ, 2006-2009. Member Society Christian Ethics, American Academy Religion, Associates for Religion and Intellectual Life, Association for Coordination of University Religious Affairs.
Married Emmajane S. Finney, February 14, 1981. Children: Nathan, Samuel, William.