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Paul and Philodemus
As Paul guides and educates his converts he functions as a psychagogue (“leader of souls”), adapting his leadership style as required in each individual case. Pauline psychagogy resembles Epicurean psychagogy in the way persons enjoying a superior moral status and spiritual aptitude help to nurture and correct others, guiding their souls in moral and religious (re)formation. This study relates Epicurean psychagogy of late Republican times to early Christian psychagogy on the basis of an investigation which places the practice in the wider socio-cultural perspective, contextualising it in Greco-Roman literature treating friendship and flattery and the importance of adaptability in moral guidance. Pauline studies are advanced by the introduction of new material into the discussion of the Corinthian correspondence which throws light on Paul's debate with his recalcitrant critics.
The Human Right to Water: Justice . . . or Sham?
Water is a matter of life and death. Advanced technology and engineering enable humans to gain better access to it. Nonetheless, the conditions and effort required to reach this goal remain colossal in many countries. Building a lasting infrastructure for adequate treatment before and after use is costly. Therefore, the author believes that a radical change of thinking among people around the world, from the domestic to the large-scale users, becomes a priority. Even if the United Nations entitles all people to justice for water, more responsible and ethical use of it by all interested parties is more important than the spreading of promises, which, in practice, may turn out to be a sham. Only a better understanding that access to water rests on the efforts of everyone, without exception, will reduce overuse, waste, and pollution of the indispensable resource. This volume, while written from a theological, philosophical, and legal perspective (focusing on John Calvin, John Rawls, and Paul Ricoeur), demonstrates that water cannot be merely understood as a human right, but also has to be dealt with from an economic point of view as well as under the authority of the Golden Rule.
Theology and Praxis
In this book Clodovis Boff rigorously and passionately erects the methodological scaffolding that is necessary to construct a true theology of the political, a true theology of liberation. Much of the book is devoted to clarifying and articulating the boundaries of the relationships among theology, the political, the social sciences, hermeneutics, and praxis. As an element of that constructive work, Boff carefully points out the past and present theoretical shortcomings of political theology and the theology of liberation. Thus the book fills a methodological void that has hampered the full development of a theology of the political, and it blazes a path beyond what the author calls the "first phase" of liberation theology.
For All Peoples and All Nations
In this new century, born in hope but soon thereafter cloaked in terror, many see religion and politics as a volatile, if not deadly, mixture. For All Peoples and All Nations uncovers a remarkable time when that was not so; when together, those two entities gave rise to a new ideal: universal human rights. John Nurser has given life to a history almost sadly forgotten, and introduces the reader to the brilliant and heroic people of many faiths who, out of the aftermath of World War II and in the face of cynicism, dismissive animosity, and even ridicule, forged one of the world's most important secular documents, the United Nations's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These courageous, pe...
Une théologie du Nouveau Testament
Nouvelle version qui conserve l'architecture de la première édition mais en réécrit une grande partie, cette Théologie du Nouveau Testament est une tentative de rendre compte du message essentiel du Nouveau Testament, de sa diversité, de sa cohérence et de sa pertinence comme orientation proposée à la pensée contemporaine. L'ordre de présentation systématique correspond à la manière dont la pensée des écrits rassemblés et conservés dans le canon se construit elle-même. Elle part de la singularité de l'événement fondateur annoncé comme bonne nouvelle, poursuit avec les réflexions sur la transformation qu'elle produit dans le rapport à la vie quotidienne, continue par ...
Lost - Liberated - Loved
Christian ethics, also called moral theology in the tradition, is one of the most controversial topics within theology, as well as outside it. Yet the goal of these ethics is `a life in fullness and freedom'. Without ethical guidelines and personal responsibility, a life cannot succeed. Norms and laws aim to create space for life and protect it. To fill this freedom, people are responsible for that. And being responsible means: owing an answer to someone. Ethics therefore always takes place in relation: to one's own conscience, to the good that can be accomplished, and in relation to other living beings and nature. Christian ethics, moreover, places this responsibility in relation to God. Pe...
Kierkegaard Revisited
Since the Kierkegaard Studies Monograph Series (KSMS) was first published in 1997, it has served as the authoritative book series in the field. Starting from 2011 the Kierkegaard Studies Monograph Series will intensify the peer-review process with a new editorial and advisory board. KSMS is published on behalf of the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre at the University of Copenhagen. KSMS publishes outstanding monographs in all fields of Kierkegaard research. This includes Ph.D. dissertations, Habilitation theses, conference proceedings and single author works by senior scholars. The goal of KSMS is to advance Kierkegaard studies by encouraging top-level scholarship in the field. The editori...
Mythe & science
La relation entre mythe et science semble aujourd'hui plus ouverte qu'autrefois. L'émergence de nouveaux mythes, issus de la rationalité moderne (mythe de la maîtrise totale de la vie, progrès infini, etc.), nous pousse à la prudence alors que l'attention portée à la prétention de vérité de la pensée mythique ressurgit. Au lieu de vouloir exorciser le mythe par la raison, il s'agit plutôt de saisir la vérité de la pensée mythique, sans perdre l'apport critique de la pensée scientifique. Plusieurs contributions réunies dans cet ouvrage proposent de faire de l'imaginaire le point de rencontre privilégié entre " science " et " mythe ". En mars 2002, l'Institut romand d'herméneutique et de systématique (IRHS) de la Faculté de théologie de l'Université de Neuchâtel a organisé un colloque international ayant pour titre " Mythe et Science ". Le présent volume rassemble la majorité des contributions des intervenants.
French Twentieth Bibliography
This series of bibliographical references is one of the most important tools for research in modern and contemporary French literature. No other bibliography represents the scholarly activities and publications of these fields as completely.
