Confidence in Life

A Barthian Account of Procreation

Matthew Lee Anderson (Baylor University, USA)

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T.& T.Clark Ltd
25 January 2024

Philosophy of religion; Theology

Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics

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.

By: Matthew Lee Anderson (Baylor University USA)
Imprint: T.& T.Clark Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780567710635
ISBN 10: 0567710637
Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 25 January 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Matthew Lee Anderson is Assistant Professor in the Honors College at Baylor University, USA.

Reviews for Confidence in Life: A Barthian Account of Procreation

In the face of the threats of climate change, population growth, and mass migration, the issue of whether to have children, and why, is rising in salience not only in academic philosophy, but also in wider popular discourse. In his book Matthew Anderson brings a searching intelligence, analytical tenacity, lucid thinking, and a lively pen to the task of working out a thoroughly theological response to the question, and one that counters ‘procreative pessimism’ with Christian hope. This is a work of unusually high intellectual caliber. * Nigel Biggar, University of Oxford, UK *