Desire Faith And The Darkness Of God
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Desire Faith and the Darkness of God
Author | : Eric Bugyis,David Newheiser |
Publsiher | : University of Notre Dame Pess |
Total Pages | : 443 |
Release | : 2015-11-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780268075989 |
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In the face of religious and cultural diversity, some doubt whether Christian faith remains possible today. Critics claim that religion is irrational and violent, and the loudest defenders of Christianity are equally strident. In response, Desire, Faith, and the Darkness of God: Essays in Honor of Denys Turner explores the uncertainty essential to Christian commitment; it suggests that faith is moved by a desire for that which cannot be known. This approach is inspired by the tradition of Christian apophatic theology, which argues that language cannot capture divine transcendence. From this perspective, contemporary debates over God’s existence represent a dead end: if God is not simply another object in the world, then faith begins not in abstract certainty but in a love that exceeds the limits of knowledge. The essays engage classic Christian thought alongside literary and philosophical sources ranging from Pseudo-Dionysius and Dante to Karl Marx and Jacques Derrida. Building on the work of Denys Turner, they indicate that the boundary between atheism and Christian thought is productively blurry. Instead of settling the stale dispute over whether religion is rationally justified, their work suggests instead that Christian life is an ethical and political practice impassioned by a God who transcends understanding.
Desire Darkness and Hope
Author | : Laurie Cassidy,M. Shawn Copeland |
Publsiher | : Liturgical Press |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2021-05-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780814688014 |
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For some decades, the work of Carmelite theologian Constance FitzGerald, OCD, has been a well-known secret, not only among students and practitioners of Carmelite spirituality, but also among spiritual directors, spiritual writers, retreatants, vowed religious women and men, and Christian theologians. This collection sets out to introduce the work of Sister Constance to a wider and more diverse audience––women and men who seek to strengthen themselves on the spiritual journey, who yearn to deepen personal or scholarly theological and religious reflection, and who want to make sense of the times in which we live. To this end, this volume curates seven of Sister Constance’s articles with probing and responsive essays written by ten theologians. Contributors include: Susie Paulik Babka Colette Ackerman, OCD Roberto S. Goizueta Margaret R. Pfeil Alex Milkulich Andrew Prevot Laurie Cassidy Maria Teresa Morgan Bryan N. Massingale M. Catherine Hilkert, OP
God in the Dark
Author | : Susan R. Pitchford |
Publsiher | : Liturgical Press |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2011-04-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780814639429 |
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Contemporary Christianity is afflicted with two problems: First, our spiritual life is often bland and lukewarm. Distracted and fragmented by our lives, and malnourished on conventional piety, we feel out of touch with the God described in the Bible as a consuming fire." Second, we don't know how to make sense of suffering, especially the pain of spiritual darkness and aridity. The answer to both of these problems is passion. In God in the Dark, Susan Pitchford explores the two faces of passion:desire, the mutual attraction between the soul and God; and suffering, especially our confusion and grief when we find ourselves in dark places. We often misinterpret times of darkness, assuming we've fabled and God has abandoned us. Pitchford suggests that darkness is not a place of abandonment but a place of intimacy and a special call to a deeper relationship with the God who desires us. Once we understand this, we will not have to fear the dark, and when the night closes in around us, we can experience it as an embrace.
The Darkness of God
Author | : Denys Turner |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0521645611 |
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A closely argued book about what the negative tradition in Western theology involves.
When I Don t Desire God
Author | : John Piper |
Publsiher | : Crossway |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781433544293 |
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The Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness
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Author | : Charles Haddon Spurgeon |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:40616591 |
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Wandering in Darkness
Author | : Eleonore Stump |
Publsiher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 688 |
Release | : 2012-09-13 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780191056314 |
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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.
Political Formation
Author | : Jenny Leith |
Publsiher | : SCM Press |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2023-01-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780334063056 |
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What might it mean us to be formed as disciples not only by the church but also by the world? In Political Formation: Being Formed by the Spirit in Church and World, Jenny Leith argues that ethical and political formation of Christians takes place through the work of the Spirit both in the church and in civic life, and the church, too, has something to learn from wider political practices and movements. This account of formation places centre stage a reckoning with the forms of exclusion and marginalisation that mar the church, and yields an understanding of the church as not only ethically formative but also in constant need of being formed itself. Offering a fresh vision for ecclesiology, which grapples with the ethical failings of the church and takes seriously the need for the church to keep on recognising and repenting of its sins, the book offers a major new contribution to discussions around Christian formation and the relationship between discipleship and ethics.