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Based on an unfinished manuscript by the late philosopher Dallas
Willard, this book makes the case that the 20th century saw a
massive shift in Western beliefs and attitudes concerning the
possibility of moral knowledge, such that knowledge of the moral
life and of its conduct is no longer routinely available from the
social institutions long thought to be responsible for it. In this
sense, moral knowledge-as a publicly available resource for
living-has disappeared. Via a detailed survey of main developments
in ethical theory from the late 19th through the late 20th
centuries, Willard explains philosophy's role in this shift. In
pointing out the shortcomings of these developments, he shows that
the shift was not the result of rational argument or discovery, but
largely of arational social forces-in other words, there was no
good reason for moral knowledge to have disappeared. The
Disappearance of Moral Knowledge is a unique contribution to the
literature on the history of ethics and social morality. Its review
of historical work on moral knowledge covers a wide range of
thinkers including T.H Green, G.E Moore, Charles L. Stevenson, John
Rawls, and Alasdair MacIntyre. But, most importantly, it concludes
with a novel proposal for how we might reclaim moral knowledge that
is inspired by the phenomenological approach of Knud Logstrup and
Emmanuel Levinas. Edited and eventually completed by three of
Willard's former graduate students, this book marks the culmination
of Willard's project to find a secure basis in knowledge for the
moral life.
Based on an unfinished manuscript by the late philosopher Dallas
Willard, this book makes the case that the 20th century saw a
massive shift in Western beliefs and attitudes concerning the
possibility of moral knowledge, such that knowledge of the moral
life and of its conduct is no longer routinely available from the
social institutions long thought to be responsible for it. In this
sense, moral knowledge-as a publicly available resource for
living-has disappeared. Via a detailed survey of main developments
in ethical theory from the late 19th through the late 20th
centuries, Willard explains philosophy's role in this shift. In
pointing out the shortcomings of these developments, he shows that
the shift was not the result of rational argument or discovery, but
largely of arational social forces-in other words, there was no
good reason for moral knowledge to have disappeared. The
Disappearance of Moral Knowledge is a unique contribution to the
literature on the history of ethics and social morality. Its review
of historical work on moral knowledge covers a wide range of
thinkers including T.H Green, G.E Moore, Charles L. Stevenson, John
Rawls, and Alasdair MacIntyre. But, most importantly, it concludes
with a novel proposal for how we might reclaim moral knowledge that
is inspired by the phenomenological approach of Knud Logstrup and
Emmanuel Levinas. Edited and eventually completed by three of
Willard's former graduate students, this book marks the culmination
of Willard's project to find a secure basis in knowledge for the
moral life.
Can the phenomena of the human mind be separated from the practices
of spiritual formation-of growing to have the mind of Christ?
Research into the nature of moral and spiritual change has revived
in recent years in the worlds of psychology on one hand and
theology and philosophy on the other. But psychology and spiritual
formation draw upon distinct bodies of research and theory grounded
in different methodologies, resulting in conversation that has
suffered from a lack of interdisciplinary cross-pollination. Rooted
in a year-long discussion held by Biola University's Center for
Christian Thought (CCT), this volume bridges the gaps caused by
professional specialization among psychology, theology, and
philosophy. Each essay was forged out of an integrative discussion
among theologians, psychologists, philosophers, New Testament
scholars, educators, and pastors around the CCT seminar table.
Topics that emerged included relational and developmental
spirituality, moral virtue and judgment, and suffering and trauma.
Psychology and Spiritual Formation in Dialogue speaks across
disciplinary divides, fostering fruitful conversation for fresh
insights into the nature and dynamics of personal spiritual change.
Contributors include Justin L. Barrett, School of Psychology,
Fuller Theological Seminary Earl D. Bland, Rosemead School of
Psychology, Biola University Ellen T. Charry, Princeton Seminary
John H. Coe, Biola University Robert A. Emmons, University of
California, Davis Stephen Evans, Baylor University Bruce Hindmarsh,
Regent College, Vancouver Marie T. Hoffman, New York University
James M. Houston, Regent College, Vancouver Steven J. Sandage,
David R. Paine, and Jonathan Morgan, Boston University Siang Yang
Tan, School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary Everett L.
Worthington, Jr., Brandon J. Griffin, and Caroline R. Lavelock,
Virginia Commonwealth University Edited by Thomas M. Crisp,
professor of philosophy, Biola University Steve L. Porter,
professor of theology, spiritual formation, and philosophy, Talbot
School of Theology and Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola
University Gregg Ten Elshof, professor of philosophy, Biola
University Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS)
Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and
behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work,
and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian
clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.
Think you've ever deceived yourself? Then this book is for you.
Think you've never deceived yourself? Then this book is really for
you. Scripture is peppered with talk of self-deception and its
poisonous effects on the pursuit of holy living. Christians in the
past thought long and hard about the ways we deceive ourselves.
They called on self-deception to explain a wide range of problems
in Christian experience. Strangely, though, self-deception has all
but disappeared from our consciousness today. We rarely admit to
the possibility of deceiving ourselves in any area of our lives. In
I Told Me So Gregg Ten Elshof reintroduces readers to
self-deception and offers an explanation for its recent neglect in
Christian thought. He describes conditions that tempt us to deceive
ourselves and points out where they exist in contemporary Christian
life. He explains the most successful strategies we use in
self-deception and offers practical advice on how to confront and
eliminate them. But readers will be surprised to discover that
self-deception isn't always such a bad thing. Ten Elshof shows how
sometimes it can even be a useful, God-given gift.
This book by Gregg Ten Elshof explores ways of using resources from
the Confucian wisdom tradition to inform Christian living. Neither
highlighting nor diminishing the differences between Confucianism
and Christianity, Ten Elshof reflects on perennial human questions
with the teachings of both Jesus and Confucius in mind. In
examining such subjects as family, learning, and ethics, Ten Elshof
sets the typical Western worldview against the Confucian worldview
and considers how each of them lines up with the teachings of
Jesus. Ten Elshof points to much that is deep and helpful in the
Confucian tradition, and he shows how reflection on the teachings
of Confucius can inspire a deeper and richer understanding of what
it really means to live the Jesus way.
The Christian tradition provides a wealth of insight into perennial
human questions about the shape of the good life, human happiness,
virtue, justice, wealth and poverty, spiritual growth, and much
else besides -- and Christian scholars can do great good by
bringing that rich tradition into conversation with the broader
culture. But what is the nature and purpose of distinctively
Christian scholarship, and what does that imply for the life and
calling of the Christian scholar? What is it about Christian
scholarship that makes it Christian? Ten eminent scholars grapple
with such questions in this volume. They offer deep and
thought-provoking discussions of the habits and commitments of the
Christian scholar, the methodology and pedagogy of Christian
scholarship, the role of the Holy Spirit in education, Christian
approaches to art and literature, and more. CONTRIBUTORS Jonathan
A. Anderson Dariusz M. Brycko Natasha Duquette M. Elizabeth Lewis
Hall George Hunsinger Paul K. Moser Alvin Plantinga Craig J. Slane
Nicholas Wolterstorff Amos Yong
It is a widely held belief that human beings are both body and
soul, that our immaterial soul is distinct from our material body.
But that traditional idea has been seriously questioned by much
recent research in the brain sciences. In Neuroscience and the Soul
fourteen distinguished scholars grapple with current debates about
the existence and nature of the soul. Featuring a dialogical
format, the book presents state-of-the-art work by leading
philosophers and theologians - some arguing for the existence of
the soul, others arguing against - and then puts those scholars
into conversation with critics of their views. Bringing philosophy,
theology, and neuroscience together in this way brings to light new
nuances and significantly advances the ongoing debate over body and
soul.
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