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Constructing a Relational Cosmology

Author : Paul O. Ingram
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498276547
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Book Synopsis Constructing a Relational Cosmology by : Paul O. Ingram

Download or read book Constructing a Relational Cosmology written by Paul O. Ingram and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of five essays is both a dialogical engagement with and critical assessment of Nancy R. Howell's book Constructing a Relational Cosmology. The collection includes three essays written from a Whiteheadian process perspective (by Marit A. Trelstad, Kathlyn A. Breazeale, and Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki), one from the perspective of narrative theology (Lisa Stenmark), and one from the Soto Zen Buddhist perspective (Stephanie Kaza). Howell, responding as a Whiteheadian feminist philosopher of religion, takes the critiques and suggestions of her dialogical partners with the utmost seriousness as her foundation for suggesting new directions for ecofeminist thought--an example of what Whiteheadians call "the process of creative transformation."

Cosmological Theories of Value

Author : Mark Lupisella
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030253392
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Cosmological Theories of Value written by Mark Lupisella and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building from foundations of modern science and cosmic evolution, as well as psychological and philosophical perspectives of value and meaning, this book explores some of humanity’s biggest questions: · Is the Universe “about something”? · What might be roles for life and intelligence in cosmic evolution? · How might we think about value, meaning, purpose, and ethics in a cosmic evolutionary context? The author explores how the sciences of relativity and quantum theory, combined with cosmic evolution and philosophical traditions such as process philosophy, contribute to the development of a broad “relationalist framework”. That framework helps inform perspectives such as “scientific minimalism” and “cosmological theories of value”. Cosmological Reverence, Cosmocultural Evolution, and the Connection-Action Principle are explored as examples of cosmological theories of value, all of which help inform how we might think about ethics, value, and meaning in a cosmic context – including application to the search for extraterrestrial life and the future of intelligence in the universe. This book will benefit a diverse range of practitioners in philosophy, science, and policy, including interdisciplinary fields such as Science and Society and cultural evolution studies. From the Foreword: “This volume ranges from the sciences of cosmic evolution, relativity, and quantum mechanics, to value theory and process philosophy, all with the goal of exploring how they relate to humanity in the sense of worldviews and meaning. With his three cosmological theories of value, Lupisella goes beyond the bounds of most books on naturalism, and into fundamental questions about the nature of the universe and our relation to it. To read Lupisella is to have a mind-boggling experience, to want to race to references, to want to know more.” Steven J. Dick Former Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/ Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology Former NASA Chief Historian

International Relations and Relational Universe

Author : Milja Kurki
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198850883
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book International Relations and Relational Universe written by Milja Kurki and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is time for International Relations (IR) to join the relational revolution afoot in the natural and social sciences. To do so, more careful reflection is needed on cosmological assumptions in the sciences and also in the study and practice of international relations. In particular it is argued here that we need to pay careful attention to whether and how we think 'relationally'. Building a conversation between relational cosmology, developed in natural sciences, and critical social theory, this book seeks to develop a new perspective on how to think relationally in and around the study of IR. International Relations and Relational Cosmology asks: What kind of cosmological background assumptions do we make as we tackle international relations today and where do our assumptions (about states, individuals, or the international) come from? And can we reorient our cosmological imaginations towards more relational understanding of the universe and what would this mean for the study and practice of international politics? The book argues that we live in a world without 'things', a world of processes and relations. It also suggests that we live in relations which exceed the boundaries of the human and the social, in planetary relations with plants and animals. Rethinking conceptual premises of IR, Kurki points towards a 'planetary politics' perspective within which we can reimagine IR as a field of study and also political practices, including the future of democracy.

The Process of Buddhist-Christian Dialogue

Author : Paul O. Ingram
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498270212
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Book Synopsis The Process of Buddhist-Christian Dialogue by : Paul O. Ingram

Download or read book The Process of Buddhist-Christian Dialogue written by Paul O. Ingram and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While process philosophers and theologians have written numerous essays on Buddhist-Christian dialogue, few have sought to expand the current Buddhist-Christian dialogue into a "trilogue" by bringing the natural sciences into the discussion as a third partner. This was the topic of Paul O. Ingram's previous book, Buddhist-Christian Dialogue in an Age of Science. The thesis of the present work is that Buddhist-Christian dialogue in all three of its forms--conceptual, social engagement, and interior--are interdependent processes of creative transformation. Ingram appropriates the categories of Whitehead's process metaphysics as a means of clarifying how dialogue is now mutually and creatively transforming both Buddhism and Christianity.

Theological Reflections at the Boundaries

Author : Paul O. Ingram
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630874078
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Theological Reflections at the Boundaries by : Paul O. Ingram

Download or read book Theological Reflections at the Boundaries written by Paul O. Ingram and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-11-04 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interdependence of boundary questions and the experience of cognitive dissonance reveal that knowledge in all fields of inquiry is always incomplete and tentative. The issues are particularly acute for Christian theological reflection. Ingram illustrates the importance of boundary questions and cognitive dissonance as a means of creatively transforming contemporary Christian theological reflection through dialogue with the natural sciences and the world's religions, particularly Buddhism, filtered through the lenses of Whiteheadian process philosophy.

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue

Author : Catherine Cornille
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118529944
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)

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Book Synopsis The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue by : Catherine Cornille

Download or read book The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue written by Catherine Cornille and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-13 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume brings together a distinguished editorial team, including some of the field’s pioneers, to explore the aims, practice, and historical context of interfaith collaboration. Explores in full the background, history, objectives, and discourse between the leaders and practitioners of the world’s major religions Examines relations between religions from around the world, moving well beyond the common focus on Christianity, to also cover over 12 major religions Features a wealth of case studies on contemporary interreligious dialogue Charts a long-term shift away from a competitive rivalry between belief systems, and a change in focus towards the more respectful, cooperative approach reflected in institutions such as the World Council of Churches Includes up-to-date commentary on the growing dialogue of recent years, written by some of the leading figures working in the field of interfaith discourse

The Holy Spirit and the Renewal of All Things

Author : T. David Beck
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498276180
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Book Synopsis The Holy Spirit and the Renewal of All Things by : T. David Beck

Download or read book The Holy Spirit and the Renewal of All Things written by T. David Beck and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2007-04-15 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volumes explores the shape pneumatology takes when we develop the theology of the Holy Spirit within an eschatological framework that has a universal scope and an unlimited history. When we do so, we find that pneumatology deriving from questions about what the Spirit does for us needs to give way to pneumatology that derives from questions about how the Spirit can draw us into the saving history of the triune God.

"Education Has Nothing to Do with Theology"

Author : Edward J. Newell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498276512
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Book Synopsis "Education Has Nothing to Do with Theology" by : Edward J. Newell

Download or read book "Education Has Nothing to Do with Theology" written by Edward J. Newell and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does education have any relation to theology? How do the educator's worldview commitments speak to his or her practice of education? James Michael Lee brought a definite answer to these questions--a firm no to the relations question, and an advocacy for empirical findings over and against any speculative or theoretical positions in reply to the commitments question. Lee claimed to have a universal, neutral metatheory for all religious education, a theory that would apply to all religious educators in any and every religion. But in proposing his theory he overlooked the way that empirical facts express worldviews. This book is a detective story, tracing commitments that lay underneath empirical "neutrality." In the process the reader will see avenues that unmistakably link education to theology. Education turns out to be a thoroughly worldview-conditioned process. This new work is essential reading for professors and students in both religious and general education.

Polemic in the Book of Hebrews

Author : Lloyd Kim
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1597528390
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Polemic in the Book of Hebrews written by Lloyd Kim and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Hebrews is arguing that God himself has brought about the fulfillment of these institutions through his Son's priesthood, his once-for-all sacrifice, and the new covenant he inaugurated in the last days. These new institutions are never denied the Jews. In fact, the context of the epistle presumes that these are primarily for the Jews, considering that the author was speaking to a Jewish-Christian community. The author is not arguing for the abandonment by God of the Jewish people, but rather for the abandonment of the shadowy means by which God's people drew near to him. It is here we can speak of a qualified supersessionism. According to the author of Hebrews, the Levitical priesthood, the Mosaic covenant, and the Levitical sacrifices have been superseded by Jesus' priesthood, the new covenant, and Jesus' once-for-all sacrifice. However, we conclude that the polemical passages in Hebrews do not promote hatred of the Jews, nor do they advocate the destruction of the Jewish people. Rather, the author of Hebrews stresses the fulfillment of specific Jewish institutions for the benefit of the Jews. It is this idea of fulfillment that rules out the charge that the epistle promotes the supercession of the Jewish people. Because of God's great love for his people, he has provided a superior way by which his people can draw near to him. --from the Conclusion

Reading Daniel as a Text in Theological Hermeneutics

Author : Aaron Hebbard
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606089919
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Reading Daniel as a Text in Theological Hermeneutics written by Aaron Hebbard and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Daniel as a Text in Theological Hermeneutics sets out to read the book of Daniel as a narrative textbook in the field of theological hermeneutics. Employing such disciplines as historical criticism, literary criticism, narrative theology, and hermeneutics, this work seeks to maintain an interdisciplinary outlook on the book of Daniel. Two inherently linked perspectives are utilized in this reading of Daniel. First is the perception that the character of Daniel is the paradigm of the good theological hermeneut; theology and hermeneutics are inseparable and converge in the character of Daniel. Readers must recognize in Daniel certain qualities, attitudes, abilities, and convictions well worth emulating. Essentially, readers must aspire to become a Daniel. Second is the standpoint that the book of Daniel on the whole should be read as a hermeneutics textbook. Readers are led through a series of theories and exercises meant to be instilled into their theological, intellectual, and practical lives. Attention to readers is a constant endeavor throughout this thesis. The concern is fundamentally upon contemporary readers and their communities, yet with sensible consideration given to the historical readerly community with which contemporary readers find continuity. Greater concentration is placed on what the book of Daniel means for contemporary readers than on what the book of Daniel meant in its historical setting. In the end, readers are left with difficult challenges, a sobering awareness of the volatility of the business of hermeneutics, and serious implications for readers to implement both theologically and hermeneutically.

Theology of Anticipation

Author : Anette Ejsing
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1597525189
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Theology of Anticipation written by Anette Ejsing and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is hope an attitude of wishful thinking or is it a volitional appropriation of what is to come? What does it mean to believe in a divine promise, anticipating but not experiencing its fulfillment? Theology of Anticipation responds to these questions with a constructive study of C. S. Peirce's philosophy. It explores Peirce's strong but ambiguous links to the tradition of 19th century classical German philosophy and the unique way he resurrected this tradition's theoretical content in the American context. Then introducing Wolfhart Pannenberg's philosophical theology of anticipation in a discussion of Peirce's epistemological application of the theory of abduction, Anette Ejsing reads these two in light of each other, with the goal of proposing a Peircean theology of anticipation. With this proposal, she offers a new model for how both rational inquirers and believing theologians can take for real in the present what belongs permanently to the future. This model describes the human pursuit of cognitive as well as personal fulfillment (of understanding and meaning) as anchored in a promise of fulfillment, which makes it an expression of anticipatory hope. Considering Peirce's religious writings of systematic importance for his philosophy, Theology of Anticipation offers critical comments to two existing interpretations of Peirce's philosophy of religion: Michael L. Raposa's theosemiotic and Robert S. Corrington's Peircean theology of divine potentialities.

The Mestizo/a Community of the Spirit

Author : Oscar Garcia-Johnson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1556357192
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (563 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mestizo/a Community of the Spirit by : Oscar Garcia-Johnson

Download or read book The Mestizo/a Community of the Spirit written by Oscar Garcia-Johnson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work models a creative exercise in ecclesiology based on a Latino/a practical theology of the Spirit, which designs theological discourse based on its encounter with the Spirit in human culture. Hence, it is a theology appreciative of and attentive to the multiple matrices and intersections of the Spirit with cultures. Garc'a-Johnson offeres an appreciative and critical analysis of the uses of culture among Latino/a theologians, followed by the proposal for a postmodern Spirit-friendly cultural paradigm based on the narratives of the cross and the Pentecost. He develops a practical theology for a Latino/a postmodern ecclesiology based on three native Latino/a theological concepts: mestizaje, accompaniment, and ma–ana eschatology. The resulting ecclesial construct-The Mestizo/a Community of Ma–ana-reflects a transforming ma–ana vision and models the visible cruciform community in which the transforming praxis and historical transcendence of the Christ-Spirit works from within. The work sets forth practical guidelines for implementation of the ecclesial construct in the urban context of devastated communities and offers suggestions for further development in Latino/a theology.

Psalm 29 through Time and Tradition

Author : Lowell K. Handy
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630878413
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Psalm 29 through Time and Tradition written by Lowell K. Handy and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-02-18 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psalm 29, a sacred text in Jewish and Christian Bibles, has been understood in a variety of ways through time and in different traditions. This volume presents a sample of the use and meaning derived from a single biblical text. From the earliest translations to contemporary African Independent Churches, this psalm has been an integral part of synagogue and church; but what it has meant and how it is used is a fascinating journey through human culture. Not only the understanding of the written word, but also the liturgical use and the musical adaptations of a biblical text are considered here. This is a book for anyone--scholar, student, or laity--with an interest in the Bible in its many contexts.

From the Margins

Author : Christian T. Collins Winn
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630878324
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book From the Margins written by Christian T. Collins Winn and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2007-07-15 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognized as a leading interpreter of major movements in American Christianity such as Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism, and the Holiness movement, Donald W. Dayton has produced a body of work spanning four decades and diverse areas of inquiry. In From the Margins, friends and colleagues respond to major essays by Dayton (several published here for the first time) so as to celebrate and reflect on this diverse and rich body of work. The essays highlight the breadth of Dayton's contribution while also revealing a methodological core. The latter could be described as Dayton's deconstructive reading of standard scholarly narratives in order to short-circuit their domesticating effects on the more radical aspects of American Christianity. Dayton's work has challenged long-held assumptions about the "conservative" nature of American Christianity by showing that both in their history and in their deeper theological substructures, traditions such as Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism are far more radical and productive of social change than was previously imagined.

The Neo-Orthodox Theology of W. W. Bryden

Author : John A. Vissers
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1597525138
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book The Neo-Orthodox Theology of W. W. Bryden written by John A. Vissers and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2006-03-20 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biographical study on the Theology of W. W. Bryden.

The Subjective Eye

Author : Richard Valantasis
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1597525197
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book The Subjective Eye written by Richard Valantasis and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2006-05-15 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great joys of the academic life is to pay homage in a Festschrift to a scholar who has influenced both colleagues and students over years of interaction and friendship both professional and personal. This volume honors a scholar and theologian of historical theology, a theorist and a practitioner of religion and the arts, and a keen analyst of cultural trends both ancient and modern. . . . [Margaret R.] Miles's prodigious production as a scholar has legendary qualities. Her dozen-plus books alone explore history, patristics, ancient philosophy, art and art history, spiritual formation and religious practice, critical theory, film, ethics and values, personal growth, gender and women's studies, as well as her true academic loves, Augustine and Plotinus. . . . The breadth and depth of her own work and her influence upon others demands an expansive volume, which the editors of this Festschrift unfortunately had to restrict to four categories--Historical Theology, Religion and Culture, Religion and Gender, and Religion and the Visual Arts--in order to capture the heart of our appreciation for her. --from the Introduction

Subversive Spirituality

Author : L. Paul Jensen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606081543
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Subversive Spirituality written by L. Paul Jensen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subversive Spirituality links the practice and study of Christian spirituality with Christian mission. It develops a twofold thesis: grace, spiritual disciplines, and mission practices are inseparably linked in the mission of Jesus, of the early church, and of several historical renewal movements, as well as in a contemporary field research sample; and amidst the collapse of space and time evidenced by our culture's increasingly hurried pace of life, more time and space are needed for regular solitary and communal spiritual practices in church, mission, and leadership structures if Christian mission is to transform people and culture in our time. This requires a subversion of the collapsed spatial and temporal codes that have infected our Christian institutions. Jensen employs methods and approaches from a variety of academic disciplines to explore both spirituality in terms of space and time and mission in terms of deed and word. Specifically, Jensen examines the spirituality and mission of Jesus, the early church, the apostolic fathers, Origen, the Devotio Moderna, the early Jesuits, David Brainerd, and several women in 19th century Protestant missions. He considers the spirituality and mission that have arisen within the postmodern generations born after 1960. Based on the theological, historical, cultural, and field analyses of this study, a model for spirituality and mission is proposed. The model addresses the contemporary collapse of space and time and appears to have widespread applicability to diverse cultures and eras. Jensen's model is applied to the pluralistic and postmodern milieu of North America with recommendations for spirituality and mission in church, mission, and educational structures. A derivative model for teaching and practicing spirituality and mission in the academy, which also has application for non-formal leadership development structures, is also proposed.