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What does it mean when we speak of human dignity? What challenges
does human dignity confront in our culture today? What is the
relationship between contemporary understandings of human dignity
and the ancient Christian doctrine of imago Dei, the view that
human beings are created in ""the image and likeness of God""? This
book pursues these and related questions in the form of an
ecumenical ""trialogue"" by leading scholars from the three major
Christian traditions: John Behr from the Eastern Orthodox
tradition, Russell Hittinger from the Catholic, and C. Ben Mitchell
from the Protestant tradition. The book is the first of its kind to
foster an ecumenical conversation around teachings of imago Dei and
present-day understandings of human dignity. The three
chapter-essays, the editor's introduction, and the afterword by
Lutheran theologian Gilbert Meilaender draw from a wide array of
sources, including Scripture, patristic works, ancients creeds,
medieval and Thomistic writings, papal encyclicals, Protestant
confessional statements, the works of modern theologians, and more.
Imago Dei will serve as an indispensable resource for those wishing
to deepen their grasp of the theological bases for Christian views
of human dignity, as well as for those who believe that Christ's
words ""that they be one"" (John 17:21) remain a theological
imperative today. The combination of ethical inquiry and ecumenical
collaboration makes this timely book a unique and compelling
contribution to present-day Christian thought.
This book offers an interpretation of the rise of secular
historical thought in nineteenth-century Europe. Instead of
characterizing 'historicism' and 'secularization' as fundamental
breaks with Europe's religious heritage, they are presented as
complex cultural permutations with much continuity; for inherited
theological patterns of interpreting experience determined to a
large degree the conditions, possibilities and limitations of the
forms of historical imagination realizable by nineteenth-century
secular intellectuals. This point is made by examining the thought
of the German theologian W. M. L. de Wette and that of the
Swiss-German historian Jacob Burckhardt. Burckhardt's meeting with
de Wette and his subsequent decision to study history over theology
are interpreted as revealing moments in nineteenth-century
intellectual history. By examining their encounter, its larger
historical context, and the thought of both men, the book
demonstrates the centrality of theological concerns and forms of
knowledge in the emergence of modern, secular historical
consciousness.
This book offers an interpretation of the rise of secular historical thought in nineteenth-century Europe. Instead of characterizing ‘historicism’ and ‘secularization’ as fundamental breaks with Europe’s religious heritage, they are presented as complex cultural permutations with much continuity; for inherited theological patterns of interpreting experience determined to a large degree the conditions, possibilities, and limitations of the forms of historical imagination realizable by nineteenth-century secular intellectuals. This point is made by examining the thought of the German theologian W. M. L. de Wette and that of the Swiss-German historian Jacob Burckhardt. Burckhardt’s meeting with de Wette and his subsequent decision to study history over theology are interpreted as revealing moments in nineteenth-century intellectual history. By examining their encounter, its larger historical context, and the thought of both men, the book demonstrates the centrality of theological concerns and forms of knowledge in the emergence of modern, secular historical consciousness.
The first intellectual history of interreligious dialogue, a
relatively new and significant dimension of human religiosity "[A]
fast-paced history of interreligious dialogue . . . For those new
to the field or interested in looking at where we've been and how
we came to be here, this book is a very good place to start."-Emily
Soloff, Christian Century In recent decades, organizations
committed to interreligious or interfaith dialogue have
proliferated, both in the Western and non-Western worlds. Why? How
so? And what exactly is interreligious dialogue? These are the
touchstone questions of this book, the first major history of
interreligious dialogue in the modern age. Thomas Albert Howard
narrates and analyzes several key turning points in the history of
interfaith dialogue before examining, in the conclusion, the
contemporary landscape. While many have theorized about and
practiced interreligious dialogue, few have attended carefully to
its past, connecting its emergence and spread with broader
developments in modern history. Interreligious dialogue-grasped in
light of careful, critical attention to its past-holds promise for
helping people of diverse faith backgrounds to foster cooperation
and knowledge of one another while contributing insight into
contemporary, global religious pluralism.
With a New Introduction by Wendell Berry The Soil and Health was
published in 1945, just before agricultural corporations surged to
global proportions. Sir Albert Howard's work is a major inspiration
to the growing organic and sustainable farming movement and a
thought-provoking reminder of a road not taken in developing
mainstream agriculture during the past half-century. The central
tenet of Howard's philosophy is that healthy soil, vegetation,
animals, and humans are connected and that undernourishment of soil
is the source of modern agricultural and health problems. In
Howard's estimation, heavy reliance on chemical fertilizers will
ultimately lead to widespread disease and destruction of vibrant
communities. As the environmental and social consequences of
industrial farming are being hotly debated, The Soil and Health
remains vital to understanding what is at stake in the battle
between chemical and organic farming. Sir Albert Howard
(1873-1947), founder of the organic farming movement, is the author
of several books, including An Agricultural Testament.
"The book should be required reading for every clinician, medical
student, social worker, and therapist who cares for injured
patients, and especially for those who care for burned patients. It
also should be made widely available in bookstores for anyone who
has empathy for the ill and infirm or curiosity about
burns."--"Journal of the American Medical Association" Although
medical advances have remarkably increased the survival rate of the
severely burned, such patients still encounter physical and
psychological pain and disability, disfigurement, and social
rejection. "Rising from the Flames" examines the experience of the
severely burned as survivors confront it, not just as a medical
event but as a human ordeal involving social, cultural,
psychological, and medical trauma. It discusses the causes of
burns, the physiology of injury and healing, the forms of isolation
burn patients endure, and the cultural meaning attached to burns
and burned persons.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
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