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Author : Herbert N. Schneidau
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520031654
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (316 download)
Download or read book Sacred Discontent written by Herbert N. Schneidau and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Elliott Friedman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520096370
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (963 download)
Download or read book The Creation of Sacred Literature written by Richard Elliott Friedman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter Brueggemann
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804209182
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Hope Within History written by Walter Brueggemann and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within a culture that is presently shaped by values of hopelessness, Walter Brueggemann looks at the biblical text and finds the resources for a hope within history, a hope that challenges hopelessness and dispair. Hope within History describes how individuals and churches can grow even when at odds with their social context, addresses the theological question of how we experience hope in our historical-biblical context, and provides a model for faith development based on our understanding of hope within history as set forth in the biblical narrative.
Author : W. David O. Taylor
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830890300
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Contemporary Art and the Church written by W. David O. Taylor and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The church and the contemporary art world often find themselves in an uneasy relationship in which misunderstanding and mistrust abound. On one hand, the leaders of local congregations, seminaries, and other Christian ministries often don't know what to make of works by contemporary artists. Not only are these artists mostly unknown to church leaders, they and their work often lead them to regard the world of contemporary art with indifference, frustration, or even disdain. On the other hand, many artists lack any meaningful experience with the contemporary church and are mostly ignorant of its mission. Not infrequently, these artists regard religion as irrelevant to their work, are disinclined to trust the church and its leaders, and have experienced personal rejection from these communities. In response to this situation, the 2015 biennial conference of Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA) facilitated a conversation between these two worlds. This volume gathers together essays and reflections by artists, theologians, and church leaders as they sought to explore misperceptions, create a hospitable space to learn from each other, and imagine the possibility of a renewed and mutually fruitful relationship. Contemporary Art and the Church seeks common ground for the common good of both the church and the contemporary art world. The Studies in Theology and the Arts series encourages Christians to thoughtfully engage with the relationship between their faith and artistic expression, with contributions from both theologians and artists on a range of artistic media including visual art, music, poetry, literature, film, and more.
Author : Barry Sanders
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807062050
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Sudden Glory written by Barry Sanders and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1996-10-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wonderful exploration of the meaning of laughter, Barry Sanders queries its uses from the ancient Hebrews to Lenny Bruce, turning up evidence of its age-old power to subvert authority and give voice to the voiceless.
Author : Yvonne Sherwood
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780567040718
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (47 download)
Download or read book The Prostitute and the Prophet written by Yvonne Sherwood and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-12-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only consensus that has been reached on Hosea 1-3 is that it is a notoriously 'problematic' text. Sherwood unpicks this rather vague statement by examining the particular complexities of the text and frictions between the text and reader that conspire to produce such a disorientating effect. Four dimensions of the 'problem' are considered: the conflict between text and reader over the 'improper' relationship between Hosea and Gomer; the bizarre prophetic sign-language that conscripts people into a cosmic charade; the text's propensity to subvert its central theses; and the emergent tensions between the feminist reader and the text. Aiming to bring together literary criticism and biblical scholarship, this book provides lucid introductions to ideological criticism, semiotics, deconstruction and feminist criticism, and looks at the implications of these approaches not only for the book of Hosea but for biblical studies in general.
Author : Gene Edward Veith Jr.
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433516705
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)
Download or read book Loving God with All Your Mind written by Gene Edward Veith Jr. and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2003-10-07 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our world is alive with fascinating new ideas, discoveries, and technologies. But for Christians this can also present problems-especially when the values of postmodernism and secular university life conflict with basic Christian principles. What should Christians do when their beliefs come under attack in the classroom or the public square? Loving God with All Your Mind shows us that the answer is neither wholesale rejection of intellectual life and culture, nor blind acceptance of it. The answer lies in understanding that Jesus is Lord of all of life and that everything in life must be carefully viewed in the light of what Christ's lordship means. Gene Edward Veith unfolds a dazzling critique of the postmodern intellectual world and culture. He affirms the part that is good and true, but he also shows crucial weaknesses that have such a hold over contemporary thought. This book shows Christians how to survive and flourish in a postmodern world while affirming the truth of the Christian faith.
Author : Paul Shepard
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 159726847X
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)
Download or read book Coming Home to the Pleistocene written by Paul Shepard and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When we grasp fully that the best expressions of our humanity were not invented by civilization but by cultures that preceded it, that the natural world is not only a set of constraints but of contexts within which we can more fully realize our dreams, we will be on the way to a long overdue reconciliation between opposites which are of our own making." --from Coming Home to the Pleistocene Paul Shepard was one of the most profound and original thinkers of our time. Seminal works like The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game, Thinking Animals, and Nature and Madness introduced readers to new and provocative ideas about humanity and its relationship to the natural world. Throughout his long and distinguished career, Paul Shepard returned repeatedly to his guiding theme, the central tenet of his thought: that our essential human nature is a product of our genetic heritage, formed through thousands of years of evolution during the Pleistocene epoch, and that the current subversion of that Pleistocene heritage lies at the heart of today's ecological and social ills. Coming Home to the Pleistocene provides the fullest explanation of that theme. Completed just before his death in the summer of 1996, it represents the culmination of Paul Shepard's life work and constitutes the clearest, most accessible expression of his ideas. Coming Home to the Pleistocene pulls together the threads of his vision, considers new research and thinking that expands his own ideas, and integrates material within a new matrix of scientific thought that both enriches his original insights and allows them to be considered in a broader context of current intellectual controversies. In addition, the book explicitly addresses the fundamental question raised by Paul Shepard's work: What can we do to recreate a life more in tune with our genetic roots? In this book, Paul Shepard presents concrete suggestions for fostering the kinds of ecological settings and cultural practices that are optimal for human health and well-being. Coming Home to the Pleistocene is a valuable book for those familiar with the life and work of Paul Shepard, as well as for new readers seeking an accessible introduction to and overview of his thought.
Author : Ronald R. Bernier
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000868451
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Religion and Contemporary Art written by Ronald R. Bernier and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-10 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion and Contemporary Art sets the theoretical frameworks and interpretive strategies for exploring the re-emergence of religion in the making, exhibiting, and discussion of contemporary art. Featuring essays from both established and emerging scholars, critics, and artists, the book reflects on what might be termed an "accord" between contemporary art and religion. It explores the common strategies contemporary artists employ in the interface between religion and contemporary art practice. It also includes case studies to provide more in-depth treatments of specific artists grappling with themes such as ritual, abstraction, mythology, the body, popular culture, science, liturgy, and social justice, among other themes. It is a must-read resource for working artists, critics, and scholars in this field, and an invitation to new voices "curious" about its promises and possibilities.
Author : Andre LaCocque
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1556357893
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (563 download)
Download or read book Onslaught against Innocence written by Andre LaCocque and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before has the problem of evil been a more urgent subject for our reflection. The Yahwist confronts the issue through a sequence of stories on the progressive deterioration of the divine-human relationship in Genesis 2-11. In Genesis 4 he narrates the initial slaughter of one human being by another, and strikingly, it is described as . Onslaught Against Innocence: Cain, Abel, and the Yahwist provides a close reading of J's story by using literary criticism and psychological criticism. It shows that the biblical author has more than an "archaeological" design. His characters--including God, Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel, plus minor characters--are paradigmatic. They allow J to proceed with a fine analytical feel for the nature of evil as performed by "homo" as "homini lupus." No imaginative "mimesis" of evil has ever been recounted with such an economy of means and such depth of psychological insight.
Author : Sharon Slockbower
Publisher : BalboaPress
ISBN 13 : 9781452531908
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Soul Play written by Sharon Slockbower and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2011-02-04 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It can be very difficult to explore our spiritual nature and potential while we are getting home late from work, rushing to make dinner, and taking care of a family. But it is through this exploration that we find the way to notice the joy and peace of mind that is waiting for us. Words have power and energy! Soul Play explores the meaning and energy of 51 beautiful and uplifting words, and uses true life essays to demonstrate examples of how to utilize them to remember who we truly are--part of God--and how that truth can enrich our lives. This book is about how an average person--living life, making mistakes, and struggling on the human journey--can find a spiritual pathway to connect with the Source.
Author : Paul Morrison
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195359755
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Poetics of Fascism written by Paul Morrison and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-02-29 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morrison examines the legacy of the modernist poetics of Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot, as it relates to current theoretical orthodoxies, and traces its influence on the current crisis in post-structural literary theory. Morrison reads the politics of post-structural theory in relation to the socio-cultural arguments espoused in the poetry and prose by Pound and Eliot, and reveals a continuity between that theory and high modernism's tendency towards fascism. Without reducing the political implications of poetry to mere caricature and without slighting the force and fact of literary mediation, Morrison has produced a book that will reshape the discussion of the social dimension of modernism. He concludes with a provocative analysis of deconstruction and the work of Paul de Man, and makes a case for a new post-structural theory that can accommodate history.
Author : Bryan Rennie
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791447307
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)
Download or read book Changing Religious Worlds written by Bryan Rennie and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assesses Mircea Eliade's contribution to the contemporary understanding of religion and the academic study of religion.
Author : Bill Hybels
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310294053
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Holy Discontent written by Bill Hybels and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2008-09-09 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the one aspect of this broken world that, when you see it, touch it, get near it, you just can’t stand? Very likely, that firestorm of frustration reflects your holy discontent, a reality so troubling that you are thrust off the couch and into the game. It’s during these defining times when your eyes open to the needs surrounding you and your heart hungers to respond that you hear God say, “I feel the same way about this problem. Now, let’s go solve it together!”Bill Hybels invites you to consider the dramatic impact your life will have when you allow your holy discontent to fuel instead of frustrate you. Using examples from the Bible, his own life, and the experiences of others, Hybels shows how you can find and feed your personal area of holy discontent, fight for it when things get risky, and follow it when it takes a mid-course turn. As you live from the energy of your holy discontent, you’ll fulfill your role in setting what is wrong in this world right!
Author : Giles B. Gunn
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195024532
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)
Download or read book The Interpretation of Otherness written by Giles B. Gunn and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1979 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a unique and probing analysis, this study examines the function of literary criticism in religious studies and explores the relation of literature to religion in the works of major American writers.
Author : Alejandro Nava
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520966759
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book In Search of Soul written by Alejandro Nava and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Search of Soul explores the meaning of “soul” in sacred and profane incarnations, from its biblical origins to its central place in the rich traditions of black and Latin history. Surveying the work of writers, artists, poets, musicians, philosophers and theologians, Alejandro Nava shows how their understandings of the “soul” revolve around narratives of justice, liberation, and spiritual redemption. He contends that biblical traditions and hip-hop emerged out of experiences of dispossession and oppression. Whether born in the ghettos of America or of the Roman Empire, hip-hop and Christianity have endured by giving voice to the persecuted. This book offers a view of soul in living color, as a breathing, suffering, dreaming thing.
Author : George Douglas Atkins
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081318309X
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Reading Deconstruction/Deconstructive Reading written by George Douglas Atkins and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deconstruction—a mode of close reading associated with the contemporary philosopher Jacques Derrida and other members of the "Yale School"—is the current critical rage, and is likely to remain so for some time. Reading Deconstruction / Deconstructive Reading offers a unique, informed, and badly needed introduction to this important movement, written by one of its most sensitive and lucid practitioners. More than an introduction, this book makes a significant addition to the current debate in critical theory. G. Douglas Atkins first analyzes and explains deconstruction theory and practice. Focusing on such major critics and theorists as Derrida, J. Hillis Miller, and Geoffrey Hartman, he brings to the fore issues previously scanted in accounts of deconstruction, especially its religious implications. Then, through close readings of such texts as Religio Laici, A Tale of a Tub, and An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, he proceeds to demonstrate and exemplify a mode of deconstruction indebted to both Derrida and Paul de Man. This skillfully organized book, designed to reflect the "both/ and" nature of deconstruction, thus makes its own contribution to deconstructive practice. The important readings provided of Dryden, Swift, and Pope are among the first to treat major Augustan texts from a deconstructive point of view and make the book a valuable addition to the study of that period. Well versed in deconstruction, the variety of texts he treats, and major issues of current concern in literary study, Atkins offers in this book a balanced and judicious defense of deconstruction that avoids being polemical, dogmatic, or narrowly ideological. Whereas much previous work on and in deconstruction has been notable for its thick prose, jargon, and general obfuscation, this book will be appreciated for its clarity and grace, as well as for its command of an impressively wide range of texts and issues. Without taming it as an instrument of analysis and potential change, Atkins makes deconstruction comprehensible to the general reader. His efforts will interest all those concerned with literary theory and criticism, Augustan literature, and the relation of literature and religion.
