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Love and the Postmodern Predicament

Author : D. C. Schindler
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532648731
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Book Synopsis Love and the Postmodern Predicament by : D. C. Schindler

Download or read book Love and the Postmodern Predicament written by D. C. Schindler and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The computer has increasingly become the principal model for the mind, which means our most basic experience of “reality” is as mediated through a screen, or stored in a cloud. As a result, we are losing a sense of the concrete and imposing presence of the real, and the fundamental claim it makes on us, a claim that Iris Murdoch once described as the essence of love. In response to this postmodern predicament, the present book aims to draw on the classical philosophical tradition in order to articulate a robust philosophical anthropology, and a new appreciation of the importance of the “transcendental properties” of being: beauty, goodness, and truth. The book begins with a reflection on the importance of metaphysics in our contemporary setting, and then presents the human person’s relation to the world under the signs of the transcendentals: beauty is the gracious invitation into reality, goodness is the self-gift of freedom in response to this invitation, and truth is the consummation of our relation to the real in knowledge. The book culminates in an argument for why love is ultimately a matter of being, and why metaphysical reason in indispensable in faith.

Neck Deep and Other Predicaments

Author : Ander Monson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1555974597
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (559 download)

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Download or read book Neck Deep and Other Predicaments written by Ander Monson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-01-23 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this spearkling nonfiction debut, Monson uses unexpectedly nonliterary forms - the index, the Harvard outline, the mathematical proof - to delve into an equally surprising mix of obsessions: disc golf, the history of mining in northern Michigan, car washes, snow, topology, and more. He remembers the telegram, a disappearing form, and reflects on his outsider experience at an exclusive Detroit-area boarding school in the form of a criminal history. - from cover

God and the Problems of Love

Author : Kelly James Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1009269178
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book God and the Problems of Love written by Kelly James Clark and published by . This book was released on 2023-12-06 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious believers are often commanded to love like God. On classical accounts, God seems a poor model for human beings: an immutable and impassable being seems incapable of the kind of episodic emotion (sympathy, empathy) that seems required for the best sorts of human love. Models more conducive to human love, on the other hand, are often rejected because they seem to limit God's power and glory. This Element looks first at God and then divine love within the Abrahamic traditions-Islam, Christianity and Judaism. It will then turn to love and the problem of hell, which is argued as primarily a problem for Christians. The author discusses the kind of love each tradition asks of humans and wonders, given recent work in the relevant cognitive and social sciences, if such love is even humanly possible. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

The Uncontrolling Love of God

Author : Thomas Jay Oord
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830899014
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Uncontrolling Love of God written by Thomas Jay Oord and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rarely does a new theological position emerge to account well for life in the world, including not only goodness and beauty but also tragedy and randomness. Drawing from Scripture, science, philosophy and various theological traditions, Thomas Jay Oord offers a novel theology of providence—essential kenosis—that emphasizes God's inherently noncoercive love in relation to creation.

The Predicament of Postmodern Theology

Author : Gavin Hyman
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664223663
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (236 download)

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Book Synopsis The Predicament of Postmodern Theology by : Gavin Hyman

Download or read book The Predicament of Postmodern Theology written by Gavin Hyman and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gavin Hyman explores in depth two antithetical schools of postmodern theology--the "radical orthodoxy" of John Milbank and the "nihilist textualism" of Don Cupitt. Hyman critiques Milbank's influential project from a postmodern perspective, and then points out the major difficulties with Cupitt's approach. Finally, he explores the work of Mark C. Taylor and Michael de Certeau to articulate a "third way" that leads beyond the responses of both Cupitt and Milbank.

Confronting the Predicament of Belief

Author : James W. Walters
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725283603
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis Confronting the Predicament of Belief by : James W. Walters

Download or read book Confronting the Predicament of Belief written by James W. Walters and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-09-11 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instead of suppressing doubts about religious claims, what if we engage them head-on? Imagine theologians who welcome the uncomfortable questions rather than immunizing their proposals from criticisms. What happens when discussions of the deepest issues—God and science, faith and doubt, suffering and evil, death and resurrection—are guided by the real-life challenges of believing and living in today’s world? The probing queries and constructive replies published here for the first time invite you into the living experience of doubt and faith, the spiritual quest of our age. They invite readers to consider not only what they believe, but also how they hold their beliefs . . . and what they do with them in everyday life.

Love's Knowledge

Author : Martha C. Nussbaum
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195074857
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Love's Knowledge written by Martha C. Nussbaum and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 1990 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together Nussbaum's published papers on the relationship between literature and philosophy, especially moral philosophy. The papers, many of them previously inaccessible to non-specialist readers, deal with such fundamental issues as the relationship between style and content in the exploration of ethical issues; the nature of ethical attention and ethical knowledge and their relationship to written forms and styles; and the role of the emotions in deliberation and self-knowledge. Nussbaum investigates and defends a conception of ethical understanding which involves emotional as well as intellectual activity, and which gives a certain type of priority to the perception of particular people and situations rather than to abstract rules. She argues that this ethical conception cannot be completely and appropriately stated without turning to forms of writing usually considered literary rather than philosophical. It is consequently necessary to broaden our conception of moral philosophy in order to include these forms. Featuring two new essays and revised versions of several previously published essays, this collection attempts to articulate the relationship, within such a broader ethical inquiry, between literary and more abstractly theoretical elements.

Men's Silences

Author : Jonathan Rutherford
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000847144
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Men's Silences written by Jonathan Rutherford and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1992, Men’s Silences represents a personal and a political attempt to break out of the narrow parameters of men’s sexual politics. It focusses on men’s feelings to language. The early chapters provide a social context for exploring the practice and theorizing of men’s sexual politics. The book continues by developing an alternative theoretical framework for addressing male subjectivity, using Wittgenstein’s theory of language and the psychoanalytic theories of Winnicott, Bion and Klein. The author argues for the centrality of the pre-oedipal mother-son relationship in the making of male subjectivity, language and identity. This book will be of interest to students of sociology, gender studies, political science and cultural studies.

Christianity, Politics, and the Predicament of Evil

Author : Bradley B. Burroughs
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1978700520
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (787 download)

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Book Synopsis Christianity, Politics, and the Predicament of Evil by : Bradley B. Burroughs

Download or read book Christianity, Politics, and the Predicament of Evil written by Bradley B. Burroughs and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity, Politics, and the Predicament of Evil overcomes a defining divide in contemporary Protestant political ethics created by two contrasting conceptions of politics. The first, exemplified in the work of Reinhold Niebuhr, construes politics as a matter of statecraft that utilizes the power of government to secure the greatest possible order and justice for society as a whole. The second, most prominently articulated by Stanley Hauerwas, maintains that politics concerns itself with the cultivation of virtue; consequently, it finds not the “well-ordered state” but the church to be the exemplar of politics. Not only illuminating the divide between politics-as-statecraft and politics-as-soulcraft but also redeveloping the conceptual space between them, this book reconceives politics within a theological framework in which the eschatological City of God, rather than the well-ordered state or the faithful church, functions as the paradigm of political life. At the same time, it simultaneously recognizes that the existence of evil, which corrupts individual wills and social structures, inhibits human beings from building the City of God in this world. Analyzing, criticizing, and drawing resources from Niebuhr and Hauerwas, as well as looking beyond to Augustine, Martin Luther King, Jr., and others, this book specifies the respective roles of soulcraft and statecraft in a political ethic capable of guiding Christians as they witness to God’s eschatological intention to establish the City of God in a world currently mired in the predicament of evil.

Revelations:The Predicament

Author : Serenity Mask
Publisher : Serenity Mask
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revelations:The Predicament written by Serenity Mask and published by Serenity Mask. This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Poems by Serenity Mask. Some old, mostly new... most talking about Armageddon and such.

Chasing a Different Carrot: A Manifesto for the Predicament of Privilege

Author : Michael Jon Sliwa
Publisher : America Star Books
ISBN 13 : 1683944860
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (839 download)

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Download or read book Chasing a Different Carrot: A Manifesto for the Predicament of Privilege written by Michael Jon Sliwa and published by America Star Books. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chasing a Different Carrot follows a fortunate son as he reclaims his humanity and moves towards the exit of the most destructive living arrangement the planet has ever witnessed. Michael Sliwa left his teaching career behind to speak truth to power and to try and live without making a living. Follow one man through our collective cultural narrative and see how your own life connects to the challenges we all face as the planet enters a period of inevitable change. Can someone use their privilege to move towards the exit of a culture that requires it to function? Chasing a Different Carrot: A Manifesto for the Predicament of Privilege answers this question plus plenty of others on a path towards systemic liberation.

The Predicament of Belief

Author : Philip Clayton
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191619604
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Predicament of Belief written by Philip Clayton and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-10-28 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does it make sense - can it make sense - for someone who appreciates the explanatory power of modern science to continue believing in a traditional religious account of the ultimate nature and purpose of our universe? This book is intended for those who care about that question and are dissatisfied with the rigid dichotomies that dominate the contemporary debate. The extremists won't be interested - those who assume that science answers all the questions that matter, and those so certain of their religious faith that dialogue with science, philosophy, or other faith traditions seems unnecessary. But far more people today recognize that matters of faith are complex, that doubt is endemic to belief, and that dialogue is indispensable in our day. In eight probing chapters, the authors of The Predicament of Belief consider the most urgent reasons for doubting that religious claims - in particular, those embedded in the Christian tradition - are likely to be true. They develop a version of Christian faith that preserves the tradition's core insights but also gauges the varying degrees of certainty with which those insights can still be affirmed. Along the way, they address such questions as the ultimate origin of the universe, the existence of innocent suffering, the challenge of religious plurality, and how to understand the extraordinary claim that an ancient teacher rose from the dead. They end with a discussion of what their conclusions imply about the present state and future structure of churches and other communities in which Christian affirmations are made.

The Predicament of Blackness

Author : Jemima Pierre
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226923029
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book The Predicament of Blackness written by Jemima Pierre and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the meaning of blackness in Africa? This title tackles the question of race in West Africa through its post-colonial manifestations. Pierre examines key facets of contemporary Ghanaian society, from the pervasive significance of 'whiteness' to the practice of chemical skin-bleaching to the government's active promotion of Pan-African 'heritage tourism'.

The Predicament of the Prosperous

Author : Bruce C. Birch
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664242114
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (421 download)

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Book Synopsis The Predicament of the Prosperous by : Bruce C. Birch

Download or read book The Predicament of the Prosperous written by Bruce C. Birch and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can a church in the richest and most powerful nation on earth respond to the needs of the poor, the hungry, and the oppressed? The authors of this book describe this issue with clarity and power, and explore the biblical perspectives that offer guidance toward a viable and more equitable future for both church and society.The authors call for a radical change in life-style based on a revolution in perspective and basic values.

Love and Freedom

Author : Jorge N. Ferrer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 153815658X
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Love and Freedom written by Jorge N. Ferrer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Love and Freedom, Jorge Ferrer proposes a paradigm shift in how romantic relationships are conceptualized, a step forward in the evolution of modern relationships. In the same way that the transgender movement surmounted the gender binary, Ferrer defines how a parallel step can—and should—be taken with the relational style binary. This book offers the first systematic discussion of relationship modes beyond monogamy and polyamory, as well as introduces the notion of “relational freedom” as the capability to choose one’s relational style free from biological, psychological, and sociocultural conditionings. To achieve these goals, Ferrer first discusses a number of critical categories—specifically, monopride/polyphobia, and polypride/monophobia—that mediate the contemporary “mono–poly wars,” that is, the predicament of mutual competition among monogamists and polyamorists. The ideological nature of these “mono–poly wars” is demonstrated through a review of available empirical literature on the psychological health and relationship quality of monogamous and polyamorous individuals and couples. Then, after showing how monogamy and polyamory ultimately reinforce each other, Ferrer articulates three relational pathways to living in-between, through, and beyond the mono/poly binary: fluidity, hybridity, and transcendence. Moving beyond that binary opens a fuzzy, liminal, and multivocal relational space that Ferrer calls novogamy. In this groundbreaking book, readers will learn practical tools to not only transform jealousy, but also enhance their relational freedom while being aware of key issues of diversity and social justice. They will also learn novel criteria to evaluate the success of their intimate relationships, and be introduced to a transformed vision of romantic love beyond both monocentrism and emerging polynormativities.

Arthur Murphy

Author : John Pike Emery
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 151281573X
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Arthur Murphy written by John Pike Emery and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of one of the most popular dramatist of his day, friend of Fielding, Dr. Johnson, David Garrick, and the Thrales.

The Politics of the Real

Author : D. C. Schindler
Publisher : New Polity Press
ISBN 13 : 1736506617
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of the Real written by D. C. Schindler and published by New Polity Press. This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schindler shows that liberalism is wrong, not because it has simply “relegated God to the private,” but because it has inverted the world: giving us power without authority, in what becomes a closed, necessarily totalitarian, horizon. Here, nothing else can be done with the transcendent God but to find a quiet little place to keep him, harmless and out of the way. When we let God out, a cosmic hierarchy of act—of participation in Being Himself—explodes into view. And this changes everything. A true integralism, a true postliberalism, moves politics back into a cosmos that is itself analogically ordered to participation in the life of God. With The Politics of the Real, Schindler has elevated the postliberal conversation. — Andrew Willard Jones Director of Catholic Studies at Franciscan University of Steubenville and author of Before Church and State