Wandering in Darkness

Author: Eleonore Stump
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191056316
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 688

Book Description
Only the most naïve or tendentious among us would deny the extent and intensity of suffering in the world. Can one hold, consistently with the common view of suffering in the world, that there is an omniscient, omnipotent, perfectly good God? This book argues that one can. Wandering in Darkness first presents the moral psychology and value theory within which one typical traditional theodicy, namely, that of Thomas Aquinas, is embedded. It explicates Aquinas's account of the good for human beings, including the nature of love and union among persons. Eleonore Stump also makes use of developments in neurobiology and developmental psychology to illuminate the nature of such union. Stump then turns to an examination of narratives. In a methodological section focused on epistemological issues, the book uses recent research involving autism spectrum disorder to argue that some philosophical problems are best considered in the context of narratives. Using the methodology argued for, the book gives detailed, innovative exegeses of the stories of Job, Samson, Abraham and Isaac, and Mary of Bethany. In the context of these stories and against the backdrop of Aquinas's other views, Stump presents Aquinas's own theodicy, and shows that Aquinas's theodicy gives a powerful explanation for God's allowing suffering. She concludes by arguing that this explanation constitutes a consistent and cogent defense for the problem of suffering.

Aquinas

Author: Eleonore Stump
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134971087
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 632

Book Description
In this extensive and deeply researched study, Eleonore Stump examines Aquinas' major works, and clearly assesses the vast range of Aquinas' thought. This will be an unrivalled study and an indispensable resource for studying Aquinas.

Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God

Author: Marilyn McCord Adams
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501735926
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 237

Book Description
When confronted by horrendous evil, even the most pious believer may question not only life's worth but also God's power and goodness. A distinguished philosopher and a practicing minister, Marilyn McCord Adams has written a highly original work on a fundamental dilemma of Christian thought—how to reconcile faith in God with the evils that afflict human beings. Adams argues that much of the discussion in analytic philosophy of religion over the last forty years has offered too narrow an understanding of the problem. The ground rules accepted for the discussion have usually led philosophers to avert their gaze from the worst—horrendous—evils and their devastating impact on human lives. They have agreed to debate the issue on the basis of religion-neutral values, and have focused on morals, an approach that—Adams claims—is inadequate for formulating and solving the problem of horrendous evils. She emphasizes instead the fruitfulness of other evaluative categories such as purity and defilement, honor and shame, and aesthetics. If redirected, philosophical reflection on evil can, Adams's book demonstrates, provide a valuable approach not only to theories of God and evil but also to pastoral care.

Atonement

Author: Eleonore Stump
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198813864
Category : Atonement
Languages : en
Pages : 557

Book Description
"The doctrine of the Atonement is the distinctive doctrine of Christianity. Over the course of many centuries of reflection, highly diverse interpretations of the doctrine have been proposed. In the context of this history of interpretation, Eleonore Stump considers the doctrine afresh with philosophical care. Whatever exactly the Atonement is, it is supposed to include a solution to the problems of the human condition, especially its guilt and shame. Stump canvasses the major interpretations of the doctrine that attempt to explain this solution and argues that all of them have serious shortcomings. In their place, she argues for an interpretation that is both novel and yet traditional and that has significant advantages over other interpretations, including Anselm's well-known account of the doctrine. In the process, she also discusses love, union, guilt, shame, forgiveness, retribution, punishment, shared attention, mind-reading, empathy, and various other issues in moral psychology and ethics."--

Wandering Island

Author: Kenji Tsuruta
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1506700799
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
"MIkura Amelia is a free-spirited young woman who lives alone with her cat and operates an air-delivery service to Japan's small island communities thousands of miles out in the Pacific. When her grandfather dies, she finds he left her a package addressed to an island that doesn't exist"--

Sacred Wandering

Author: Dana Arcuri
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780991076857
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Are you in the midst of messy places? The Sacred Wandering is a wilderness journey. When you are in life transitions. For some, it's hard times with hurt, doubt, and disappointment. Our wilderness journey is the place God allures us. Where He pursues us. When He speaks to us in our pain. It's during our messy moments when He wraps us in His tender embrace. When He extends His grace.Dana Arcuri shares her own real, raw, and messy places. Chronic pain. Depression. Lost dreams. Grief. Broken relationships. Church hurt. Healing father wounds. Surviving sexual assaults. As she revisits past trauma, she follows God's nudge to bravely break the silence. And to grow her faith in the dark.In The Sacred Wandering, Dana reveals her tears, trials, and triumphs. With wisdom and transparency, she shares her personal stories and biblical insight to help you trust God in your own wilderness journey. The purpose is to spiritually strengthen you. To learn valuable lessons. To refine you. To know that you are enough just as you are. The Sacred Wandering provides hope and healing. Through valleys and victories, your messes can become God's masterpiece. It's your daily manna. Nourishment for your soul. To encourage you. To sustain you along your wilderness season. To help you to grow your faith in the dark.

Wandering God

Author: Morris Berman
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791493245
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 367

Book Description
The third book in Morris Berman's much acclaimed trilogy on the evolution of human consciousness, Wandering God continues his earlier work which garnered such praise as "solid lessons in the history of ideas" (KIRKUS Reviews), "filled with piquant details" (Common Boundary), and "an informative synthesis and a remarkably friendly, good-natured jeremiad" (The Village Voice). Here, in a remarkable discussion of our hunter-gatherer ancestry and the "paradoxical" mode of perception that it involved, Berman shows how a sense of alertness, or secular/sacred immediacy, subsequently got buried by the rise of sedentary civilization, religion, and vertical power relationships. In an integrated tour de force, Wandering God explores the meaning of Paleolithic art, the origins of social inequality, the nature of cross-cultural child rearing, the relationship between women and agriculture, and the world view of present-day nomadic peoples, as well as the emergence of "paradoxical" consciousness in the philosophical writings of the twentieth century.

Wandering Joy

Author: Meister Eckhart
Publisher: SteinerBooks
ISBN: 9780970109712
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
In this remarkable work, Reiner Schürmann shows Meister Eckhart, the thirteenth-century Christian mystic, as the great teacher of the birth of God in the soul, which shatters the dualism between God and the world, the self and God. This is an exposition of Eckhar's mysticism--perhaps the best in English--and, because Eckhart is a profound philosopher for whom knowing precedes being, it is also an exemplary work of contemporary philosophy. Schürmann shows us that Eckhart is our contemporary. He describes the threefold movement of detachment, release, and "dehiscence" (splitting open), which leads to the experience of "living without a why," in which all things are in God and sheer joy. Going beyond that, he describes the transformational force of approaching the Godhead, the God beyond God: "A man who has experienced the same no longer has a place to establish himself. He has settled on the road, and for those who have learned how to listen, his existence becomes a call. This errant one dwells in joy. Through his wanderings the origin beckons."

Wandering Beyond the Darkness

Author: Ian Barrett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781926780122
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Books of this importance and intelligence come along rarely. Wandering Beyond the Darkness is an absolute must-read for anyone who struggles with faith, love, and the continuum of life after death. Whether we are nineteen or ninety, we all search for understanding. For thousands of years, our religious and spiritual comprehension has been defined by a codified doctrine that was initially established by illiterate nomads living in tents. These now-faded cultures were attempting to provide some historical consensus concerning their creation. Instead of taking these ancient, verbal stories as symbolic, we have invested them with literal meaning and now accept them as the words of God. In Wandering Beyond the Darkness, Ian Barrett uses reason and humor to put religion and spirituality into perspective. After researching thousands of documents, the author has taken a personal journey of awareness and discovery-a voyage that can help others on a similar pilgrimage.

A Way from Darkness

Author: Taylor Hunt
Publisher: Ekam Publishing
ISBN: 9780692638392
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318

Book Description
A Way from Darkness is the unflinching and confessional story of Taylor Hunt's journey from addiction to health - physical, emotional, and spiritual. His parents' divorce set the stage for a downward spiral of self-destruction. The pressure he felt to keep his family together coupled with a deep desire to "fit in" fueled his experimentation with drugs and alcohol. His descent from upper-middle class teen with a promising future to the depths of heroin addiction left him bankrupt in every imaginable sense of the word. Soon, he was fully immersed in the dark underbelly of society and on the brink of death. Finding his way out of the abyss after ten years was neither quick nor easy. A twelve-step program of recovery and the practice of yoga provided the guiding lights toward a new path. Taylor does much more than share his story in A Way from Darkness; he invites the reader to find healing through community, Ashtanga yoga, and ultimately, acceptance.