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Author : Yehoshua November
Publisher : Main Street Rag
ISBN 13 : 9781599482644
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (826 download)
Download or read book God's Optimism written by Yehoshua November and published by Main Street Rag. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Winner of the 2010 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award."
Author : C. L. Chase
Publisher : Christian Focus
ISBN 13 : 9781527100428
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Grace-Focused Optimism written by C. L. Chase and published by Christian Focus. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The joy of a grace-governed life Build on the promises of God for believers Discover the irresistible optimism of grace
Author : Beatrice Bruteau
Publisher : Sentient+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1591812801
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (918 download)
Download or read book Radical Optimism written by Beatrice Bruteau and published by Sentient+ORM. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pioneering spiritual scholar discusses how to find genuine optimism in times of crisis by contemplating the ultimate reality of God. Dr. Beatrice Bruteau was an inspiration to some of the most influential spiritual thinkers of our time. With a background in Vedanta, Catholic contemplation, and the natural sciences, she developed a broadly inclusive, interspiritual vision of human reality. In Radical Optimism she shines new light on the deepest truth we can know about ourselves: each of us is one with God, here and now. In a series of essays exploring the concepts of Leisure, Stillness, and Meditation—as well as examining the distinctions between the Finite and the Infinite and Sin and Salvation—Bruteau offers a path to recognizing our own unity with God. She provides a blueprint for understanding it, knowing the happiness it brings, and cultivating a contemplative consciousness amid the hectic uncertainty of daily life.
Author : Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 0307450015
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Why Is God Laughing? written by Deepak Chopra, M.D. and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2008-06-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this refreshing new take on spirituality, bestselling author Deepak Chopra uses a fictional tale of a comedian and his unlikely mentor to show us a path back to hope, joy, and even enlightenment—with a lot of laughter along the way. Meet Mickey Fellows. A successful L.A. comedian, he’s just a regular guy, with his fair share of fears, egocentricities, and addictions. After his father’s death, Mickey meets a mysterious stranger named Francisco, who changes his life forever. The two begin an ongoing discussion about the true nature of being. Reluctantly at first, Mickey accepts the stranger’s help and starts to explore his own life in an effort to answer the riddles Francisco poses. Mickey starts to look at those aspects of himself that he has hidden behind a wall of wisecracks all his life. Eventually Mickey realizes that authentic humor opens him up to the power of spirit—allowing him to finally make real connections with people. After taking the reader on a journey with Mickey, Chopra then spells out the lessons that Mickey’s story imparts to us: ten reasons to be optimistic, even in our challenging world. Chopra believes that the healthiest response to life is laughter from the heart, and even in the face of global turmoil, we can cultivate an internal sense of optimism. Rich with humor and practical advice, Why Is God Laughing? shows us without a doubt that there is always a reason to be grateful, that every possibility holds the promise of abundance, and that obstacles are simply opportunities in disguise. In the end, we really don’t need a reason to be happy. The power of happiness lies within each of us, just waiting to be unleashed. And Mickey Fellows’s journey shows us the way.
Author : Jon Hoover
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047420195
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Ibn Taymiyya's Theodicy of Perpetual Optimism written by Jon Hoover and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-07-30 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Muslim jurist Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328) is famous for polemic against Islamic philosophy, theology and rationalizing mysticism, but his positive theological contribution has not been well understood. This comprehensive study of Ibn Taymiyya’s theodicy helps to rectify this lack. Exposition and analysis of Ibn Taymiyya’s writings on God’s justice and wise purpose, divine determination and human agency, the problem of evil, and juristic method in theological doctrine show that he articulates a theodicy of optimism in which God in His essence perpetually wills the best possible world from eternity. This sets Ibn Taymiyya’s theodicy apart from Ashʿarī divine voluntarism, the free-will theodicy of the Muʿtazilīs, and the essentially timeless God of other optimists like Ibn Sīnā and Ibn ʿArabī.
Author : Jeff Martin
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359416195
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (594 download)
Download or read book Optimism Out of Control written by Jeff Martin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-02-09 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After decades of defeat in a wrestling match with grace Jeff is now thankful to offer a helping hand to those seeking escape from confusion and even self-righteous deception. Read on to discover the awesome Biblical news that God loves you... because he loves all mankind! Jeff thanks God for the patience and prayers of many Christians and especially a few Christians who showed him grace while he thrashed through life searching for the answers that were right in front of him, to God be the glory.
Author : Hernán D. Caro
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004440763
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book The Best of All Possible Worlds? Leibniz's Philosophical Optimism and Its Critics 1710-1755 written by Hernán D. Caro and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive survey of the criticisms of Leibniz's philosophical optimism in the first half of the eighteenth century, when what has been called the ‘debacle of the perfect world’ first began.
Author : Jon Hoover
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004158472
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Ibn Taymiyya's Theodicy of Perpetual Optimism written by Jon Hoover and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive study of Muslim jurist Ibn Taymiyya's (d. 1328) theodicy of perpetual optimism exposits and analyses his writings on God's justice and wise purpose, divine determination and human agency, the problem of evil, and juristic method in theological doctrine.
Author : Calvin Weiss Laufer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Key-notes of Optimism written by Calvin Weiss Laufer and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Rankin
Publisher : eBookIt.com
ISBN 13 : 1456638629
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (566 download)
Download or read book Spiritual Optimism written by James Rankin and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2022-01-17 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book will open your mind to the power of incorporating Optimism into your spiritual life. Mr. Rankin uses his twenty-five years on writing and lecturing on the subject of Optimism. He uses the timeless wisdom from Christian Larson's creed entitled, Promise Yourself, written back in 1910 to launch this life changing project. You will learn innovative ways to pray, witness and deepen your relationship with your fellow man and with God. There is a Optimistic Psalm that will touch your heart and equip you to take on life's challenges.
Author : D. A. Carson
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
ISBN 13 : 0310830680
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The Gagging of God written by D. A. Carson and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gold Medallion Award-winning book that presents a persuasive case for Christ as the only way to God in light of contemporary religious pluralism. A great majority of social commentators attempting to define modern Western culture land on a common characteristic: pluralism. This isn't unique to secular culture. Many modern approaches to Christian hermeneutics, or biblical interpretation, have given credence to contemporary pluralism. What began as a refreshing restraint and humility in modern theology has fallen more and more into irresoluteness. It's no secret that the contemporary challenges to Christianity are complex and serious. Yet, far from simple fear-mongering, or cultural warmongering, The Gagging of God takes a hard look at the background and intricacy—of pluralism, postmodernity, and hermeneutics—and equips thoughtful Christians to have intelligent, culturally sensitive, and passionate fidelity to the gospel of Jesus Christ. In his contemplative, even-handed approach, Carson provides a structure of Christian thought capable of facing the philosophies of today and piercing their surface. It invites Christians to grapple responsibly with urgent questions of biblically-grounded theology, spirituality, and the defining lines of Christianity, along with its range of challenges from without and within. The Gagging of God offers an in-depth look at the big picture, shows how the many ramifications of pluralism are all parts of a whole, and provides a systematic Christian response.
Author : Helen Keller
Publisher : The Floating Press
ISBN 13 : 1775562271
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (755 download)
Download or read book Optimism written by Helen Keller and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stuck in a rut? Need an attitude adjustment? This inspirational classic from American author Helen Keller is bound to fit the bill. Rendered deaf and blind by scarlet fever in her infancy in a time when the disabled were often shunned and ignored, Keller managed to learn to read, write, and speak, not in only in her native English, but in several other languages, as well. Keller regards optimism as "the faith that leads to achievement," and this treatise lays out her views on making the best of even the direst of circumstances.
Author : Barbara A. Heavilin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781443852418
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (524 download)
Download or read book From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism written by Barbara A. Heavilin and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism: The Search for Meaning and the Presence of God in Modern Literature employs a new theoretical approach to critical analysis: Victor Franklâ (TM)s logotherapy (from the Greek â oelogosâ for word or reason and often related to divine wisdom), a unique form of existentialism. On the basis of his observations of the power of human endurance and transcendence â " the discovery of meaning even in the midst of harrowing circumstances â " Frankl diagnoses the malaise of the current age as an â oeexistential vacuum, â a sense of meaninglessness. He suggests that a panacea for this malaise may be found in creativity, love, and moral choice â " even when faced with suffering or death. He affirms that human beings may transcend this vacuum, discover meaning â " or even ultimate meaning to be found in Ultimate Being, or God â " and live with a sense of â oetragic optimism.â This book observes both the current ageâ (TM)s â oeexistential vacuumâ â " a malaise of emptiness and meaninglessness â " and its longing for meaning and God as reflected in three genres: poetry, novel, and fantasy. Part I, â oeReflections of God in the Poetic Vision, â addresses â oetragic optimismâ â " hope when there seems to be no reason for hope â " in poems by William Butler Yeats, T. S. Eliot, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Gerard Manley Hopkins. Part II, â oeAmerican Angst: Emptiness and Possibility in John Steinbeckâ (TM)s Major Novels, â presents a study of Steinbeckâ (TM)s The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, and The Winter of Our Discontent â " novels that together form a uniquely American epic trilogy. Together these novels tell the story of a nationâ (TM)s avarice, corruption, and betrayal offset by magnanimity, heroism, and hospitality. Set against the backdrop of Franklâ (TM)s ways of finding meaning and fulfillment â " all obliquely implying the felt presence of God â " the characters are representative Every Americans, in whose lives are reflected a nationâ (TM)s worst vices and best hopes. Part III, â oeA Tragic Optimism: The Triumph of Good in the Fantasy Worlds of Tolkien, Lewis, and Rowling, â defines fantasy and science fiction as mirrors with which to view reality. J. R. R. Tolkienâ (TM)s The Lord of the Rings, C. S. Lewisâ (TM)s That Hideous Strength, and J. K. Rowlingâ (TM)s Harry Potter series are considered in the light of Franklâ (TM)s logotherapy â " providing paths to meaning and the ultimate meaning to be found in God. In a postmodern, fragmented age, these works affirm a continuing vision of God (often through His felt absence) and, also, a most human yearning for meaning even when there seems to be none â " providing, as Frankl maintains, â oea tragic optimism.â
Author : Terry Eagleton
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813937353
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)
Download or read book Hope without Optimism written by Terry Eagleton and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2015-09-09 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his latest book, Terry Eagleton, one of the most celebrated intellects of our time, considers the least regarded of the virtues. His compelling meditation on hope begins with a firm rejection of the role of optimism in life’s course. Like its close relative, pessimism, it is more a system of rationalization than a reliable lens on reality, reflecting the cast of one’s temperament in place of true discernment. Eagleton turns then to hope, probing the meaning of this familiar but elusive word: Is it an emotion? How does it differ from desire? Does it fetishize the future? Finally, Eagleton broaches a new concept of tragic hope, in which this old virtue represents a strength that remains even after devastating loss has been confronted. In a wide-ranging discussion that encompasses Shakespeare’s Lear, Kierkegaard on despair, Aquinas, Wittgenstein, St. Augustine, Kant, Walter Benjamin’s theory of history, and a long consideration of the prominent philosopher of hope, Ernst Bloch, Eagleton displays his masterful and highly creative fluency in literature, philosophy, theology, and political theory. Hope without Optimism is full of the customary wit and lucidity of this writer whose reputation rests not only on his pathbreaking ideas but on his ability to engage the reader in the urgent issues of life. Page-Barbour Lectures
Author : Yehoshua November
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780990691792
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (917 download)
Download or read book Two Worlds Exist written by Yehoshua November and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the 2016 National Jewish Book Award in Poetry Yehoshua November's second poetry collection, ''Two Worlds Exist,'' movingly examines the harmonies and dissonances involved in practicing an ancient religious tradition in contemporary America. November's beautiful and profound meditations on work and family life, and the intersections of the sacred and the secular, invite the reader--regardless of background--to imaginatively inhabit a life of religious devotion in the midst of our society's commotion.
Author : Henri J. M. Nouwen
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061739642
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)
Download or read book Bread for the Journey written by Henri J. M. Nouwen and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When beloved author Henri Nouwen set out to record this daybook of totally new reflections, he suddenly found himself on "a true spiritual adventure." For in these 366 original, interlocking morsels of daily wisdom, Nouwen provides both sustenance and a trail for us to follow, as he unveils, to his own surprise, his personal map of faith. From the delicate interplay of human experience to the surrender to Christ and the embrace of Christian community, that journey of Christian spirituality is explored and celebrated here in each eloquent, thought–provoking passage, "The table is one of the most intimate places in our lives. It is there that we give ourselves to one another. When we say, 'Take some more, let me serve you another plate, let me pour you another glass, don't be shy, enjoy it,' we say a lot more than our words express. We invite our friends to become part of our lives. We want them to be nurtured by the same food and drink that nurture us. We desire communion.... Every breakfast, lunch, or dinner can become a time of growing communion with one another." Intimately personal and inspiring, Bread for the Journey is a daily feast of fresh insight into the challenges and deep joys of a life lived in close communion with God. Nouwen is a wise, loving companion who invites us along as he finds joy in the community of loss, true freedom in forgiveness of others, and hope in surprising places. Each daily meditation is a stepping–stone along a path of private discovery, offering Nouwen's seasoned yet fresh ideas on kindness, love, suffering, and prayer, the Church as God's people, and the importance of Jesus in one's life–reflecting, as a whole, Nouwen's own 'personal creed.' Bread for the Journey brims with daily nourishment and guidance for devoted followers and new friends alike –– food for thought on a yearlong journey of discovery and faith.
Author : Martin E.P. Seligman
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307803341
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Learned Optimism written by Martin E.P. Seligman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-08-10 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The father of positive psychology draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to show you how to overcome depression, boost your immune system, and make yourself happier. "Vaulted me out of my funk.... So, fellow moderate pessimists, go buy this book." —The New York Times Book Review Offering many simple techniques anyone can practice, Dr. Seligman explains how to break an “I–give–up” habit, develop a more constructive explanatory style for interpreting your behavior, and experience the benefits of a more positive interior dialogue. With generous additional advice on how to encourage optimistic behavior at school, at work and in children, Learned Optimism is both profound and practical—and valuable for every phase of life.
