{"product_id":"where-justice-and-mercy-meet-catholic-opposition-to-the-death-penalty-9780814635087","title":"Where Justice and Mercy Meet: Catholic Opposition to the Death Penalty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere Justice and Mercy Meet: Catholic Opposition to the Death Penalty\u003c\/i\u003e comprehensively explores the Catholic stance against capital punishment in new and important ways. The broad perspective of this book has been shaped in conversation with the Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty, as well as through the witness of family members of murder victims and the spiritual advisors of condemned inmates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book offers the reader new insight into the debates about capital punishment; provides revealing, and sometimes surprising, information about methods of execution; and explores national and international trends and movements related to the death penalty. It also addresses how the death penalty has been intertwined with racism, the high percentage of the mentally disabled on death row, and how the death penalty disproportionately affects the poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe foundation for the church's position on the death penalty is illuminated by discussion of the life and death of Jesus, Scripture, the Mass, the \u003ci\u003eCatechism of the Catholic Church\u003c\/i\u003e, and the teachings of Pope John Paul II. Written for concerned Catholics and other interested readers, the book contains contemporary stories and examples, as well as discussion questions to engage groups in exploring complex issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vicki Schieber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814635087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/30\/2014 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchieber, Vicki:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVicki Schieber is a speaker, writer and ambassador for Catholic Mobilizing Network and the co-founder of Murder Victim's Families for Human Rights. As the mother of a murder victim, she is active in murder victim families support groups and a noted advocate for death penalty repeal. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eWhere Justice and Mercy Meet: Catholic Opposition to the Death Penalty\u003c\/i\u003e (Liturgical Press, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40683001839731,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":22.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_eff39552-7d1f-4043-954d-9810ea2b46e2.jpg?v=1674834355","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/where-justice-and-mercy-meet-catholic-opposition-to-the-death-penalty-9780814635087","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}