Schweiker Dust that Breathes

Christian Faith and the New Humanisms
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4443-9279-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

In this insightful and look at the practical challenges andpossibilities for Christian life in the global age, Schweikerinvestigates Christianity's current relevance and discusseshow the life of faith can be oriented.
* Explores the big religious themes of modern life, includingreligious identity in global times, the role of conscience,integrity, and versions of religious humanism
* Written by an author who is internationally recognized as oneof the world's leading theologians
* Draws on the work of some prominent contemporary philosophersand theologians to clarify the nature of faith
* Unique in its appreciation of the ambiguity of religion -in its representations of the highest human achievements as well asthe very worst of human actions - using a balanced andengaged approach to discusses contentious theological andintellectual issues

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schweiker, William

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Introduction.
Part I: Topics.
1. The Specter of Religious Identity.
2. Humanizing Religion.
3. Conscience and Spiritual Conviction.
4. Metaphors of the Soul.
5. Voices of Neohumanism.
6. The Christ of Christian Humanism.
Part II: Thinkers.
7. Human Only Human?
8. Goodness and Fictive Persons.
9. Reverence for Life -- The Spirit of Life.
10. Sovereign Expressions of Life.
11. Ecstatic Humanism.
12. On Christian and Theological Humanism.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

William Schweiker is the Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Chicago and he is the Director of the Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion. His many books include Responsibility and Christian Ethics (1995), Power, Value and Conviction: Theological Ethics in the Postmodern Age (1998), Theological Ethics and Global Dynamics: In the Time of Many Worlds (Wiley-Blackwell, 2004), and Religion and the Human Future (with David Klemm, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008). Schweiker has published numerous articles and award-winning essays, and has edited and contributed to six volumes, including Humanity Before God: Contemporary Faces of Jewish, Christian and Islamic Ethics (2006), and The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2004, 2008).