Faith in a Hard Ground

Elizabeth Anscombe’s forthright philosophy speaks directly to many religious and ethical issues of current concern.This collection of her essays forms a companion volume to the critically acclaimed Human Life, Action and Ethics, published in 2005. Philosophy,Religion,theology,Moral,morality,Ethics,church,belief,faith,prophecy,miracles,Hume,pagan,paganism,superstition,transubstantiation,contraception,charity,family planning,marriage,child,children,raising,child rearing,nuclear weapons,WMDs,africa,Usuary,wisdom,essays,collection,Elizabeth Anscombe What is it to believe someone? -- Faith -- Prophecy and miracles -- Hume on miracles -- Paganism, superstition and philosophy -- On the hatred of God -- On attachment to things and obedience to God -- Twenty opinions common among modern Anglo-American philosophers -- The immortality of the soul -- On transubstantiation -- Authority in morals -- On being in good faith -- Morality -- Sin -- Two moral theologians -- Contraception and chastity -- On Humanae vitae -- Address to the clergy : on contraception and natural family planning -- Contraception, chastity and the vocation of marriage -- The early embryo: theoretical doubts and practical certainties -- The moral environment of the child -- Christians and nuclear weapons designed for the destruction of cities -- Simony in Africa -- Philosophers and economists : two philosophers' objections to usury -- On wisdom.