Salvation From Despair

Author : E.E. Harris
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401024952

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Salvation from Despair by E.E. Harris Pdf

My purpose in this book is to re-interpret the philosophy of Spinoza to a new generation. I make no attempt to compete with the historical scholar ship of A. H. Wolfson in tracing back Spinoza's ideas to his Ancient, Hebrew and Mediaeval forerunners, or the meticulous philosophical scrutiny of Harold Joachim, which I could wish to emulate but cannot hope to rival. I have simply relied upon the text of Spinoza's own writings in an effort to grasp and to make intelligible to others the precise meaning of his doctrine, and to decide whether, in spite of numerous apparent and serious internal conflicts, it can be understood as a consistent whole. In so doing I have found it necessary to correct what seem to me t0' be mis conceptions frequently entertained by commentators. Whether or not I am right in my re-interpretation, it will, I hope, contribute something fresh, if not to the knowledge of Spinoza, at least to the discussion of what he really meant to say. The limits within which I am constrained to write prevent me from drawing fully upon the great mass of scholarly writings on Spinoza, his life and times, his works and his philosophical ideas. I can only try to make amends for omissions by listing the most important works in the Spinoza bibliography, for reference by those who would seek to know more about his philosophy. This list I have added as an appendix.

Author : Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780791496183

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Despair and Deliverance by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi Pdf

The author examines the varieties of religious and secular salvation that have recently appeared in Israel as evidence for Israelis' willingness to embrace private salvation in the face of immense cultural upheavals. Drawing on interviews, field observations, clinical data, and media reports collected over ten years, he surveys four roads to private salvation: the return to Judaism, new religions (sects or cults), psychotherapy movements such as est, and occultism. These dramatic forms of conversion are unique to Israeli society within the last decade, and Beit-Hallahmi provides a social history and social psychology of this transformation.

Author : John Piper
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433544293

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When I Don't Desire God by John Piper Pdf

Author : Zvi Sobel,Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438420592

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Tradition, Innovation, Conflict by Zvi Sobel,Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi Pdf

This book examines religion in Israeli society: what it is and how it functions. Here is a clear picture of how Judaism provides a matrix of continuity for Israeli society notwithstanding a wide diversity of beliefs and practices.

Author : Diana Butler Bass
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780062098283

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Christianity After Religion by Diana Butler Bass Pdf

Diana Butler Bass, one of contemporary Christianity’s leading trend-spotters, exposes how the failings of the church today are giving rise to a new “spiritual but not religious” movement. Using evidence from the latest national polls and from her own cutting-edge research, Bass, the visionary author of A People’s History of Christianity, continues the conversation began in books like Brian D. McLaren’s A New Kind of Christianity and Harvey Cox’s The Future of Faith, examining the connections—and the divisions—between theology, practice, and community that Christians experience today. Bass’s clearly worded, powerful, and probing Christianity After Religion is required reading for anyone invested in the future of Christianity.

Author : Dr Jonathan Willis
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472437365

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Sin and Salvation in Reformation England by Dr Jonathan Willis Pdf

This collection focusses upon the history and theology of sin and salvation in reformation and post-reformation England. Exploring their complex social and cultural constructions, it underlines how sin and salvation were not only great religious constants, but also constantly evolving in order to survive in the rapidly transforming religious landscape of the reformation. Drawing upon a range of disciplinary perspectives - historical, theological, literary, and material/art-historical - to both reveal and explain the complexity of the concepts of sin and salvation, the volume further illuminates a subject central to the nature and success of the Reformation itself.

Author : Michael Theunissen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691216195

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Kierkegaard's Concept of Despair by Michael Theunissen Pdf

The literature on Kierkegaard is often content to paraphrase. By contrast, Michael Theunissen articulates one of Kierkegaard's central ideas, his theory of despair, in a detailed and comprehensible manner and confronts it with alternatives. Understanding what Kierkegaard wrote on despair is vital not only because it illuminates his thought as a whole, but because his account of despair in The Sickness unto Death is the cornerstone of existentialism. Theunissen's book, published in German in 1993, is widely regarded as the best treatment of the subject in any language. Kierkegaard's Concept of Despair is also one of the few works on Kierkegaard that bridge the gap between the Continental and analytic traditions in philosophy. Theunissen argues that for Kierkegaard, the fundamental characteristic of despair is the desire of the self "not to be what it is." He sorts through the apparently chaotic text of The Sickness unto Death to explain what Kierkegaard meant by the "self," how and why individuals want to flee their selves, and how he believed they could reconnect with their selves. According to Theunissen, Kierkegaard thought that individuals in despair seek to deny their authentic selves to flee particular aspects of their character, their past, or the world, or in order to deny their "mission." In addition to articulating and evaluating Kierkegaard's concept of despair, Theunissen relates Kierkegaard's ideas to those of Heidegger, Sartre, and other twentieth-century philosophers.

Author : Soren Kierkegaard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781625585912

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Sickness Unto Death by Soren Kierkegaard Pdf

Man is spirit. But what is spirit? Spirit is the self. But what is the self? The self is a relation which relates itself to its own self, or it is that in the relation [which accounts for it] that the relation relates itself to its own self; the self is not the relation but [consists in the fact] that the relation relates itself to its own self. Man is a synthesis of the infinite and the finite, of the temporal and the eternal, of freedom and necessity; in short, it is a synthesis.

Author : Mark Bernier
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198747888

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The Task of Hope in Kierkegaard by Mark Bernier Pdf

This is a study of the concept of hope in the work of Kierkegaard, a subject whose significance has not been given enough scholarly attention, and which should not be treated simply by reference to other philosophical ideas, or merely as the antithesis of despair. An essential role of faith is to secure the ground for hope, and in this way faith secures the ground for the self. In short, authentic hope is not merely a fringe element, but is essential to Kierkegaard's project of the self.

Author : bell hooks
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780063215962

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Salvation by bell hooks Pdf

“A manual for fixing our culture…In writing that is elegant and penetratingly simple, [hooks] gives voice to some things we may know in our hearts but need an interpreter like her to process.”—Black Issues Book Review New York Times bestselling author, acclaimed visionary and cultural critic bell hooks continues her exploration of the meaning of love in contemporary American society, offering groundbreaking, critical insight about Black people and love. Written from both historical and cultural perspectives, Salvation takes an incisive look at the transformative power of love in the lives of African Americans. Whether talking about the legacy of slavery, relationships and marriage in Black life, the prose and poetry of Martin Luther King, Jr., James Baldwin, and Maya Angelou, the liberation movements of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, or hip hop and gangsta rap culture, hooks lets us know what love’s got to do with it. Combining the passionate politics of W.E.B. DuBois with fresh, contemporary insights, hooks brilliantly offers new visions that will heal our nation’s wounds from a culture of lovelessness. Her writings on love and its impact on race, class, family, history, and popular culture will help us heal and create beloved American communities.

Author : Sarah Walton,Kristen Wetherell
Publisher : The Good Book Company
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781784980740

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Hope When It Hurts by Sarah Walton,Kristen Wetherell Pdf

Thirty biblical meditations for women that offer hope in times of suffering. Thirty biblical meditations for women that offer hope in times of suffering. Hurt is real. But so is hope. Kristen and Sarah have walked through, and are walking in, difficult times. So these thirty biblical reflections are full of realism about the hurts of life-yet overwhelmingly full of hope about the God who gives life. This book will gently encourage and greatly help any woman who is struggling with suffering-whether physical, emotional or psychological, and whether for a season or for longer. It is a book to buy for yourself, or to buy for a member of your church or friend. For anyone who is hurting, this book will give hope, not just for life beyond the suffering, but for life in the suffering. Each chapter contains a biblical reflection, with questions and prayers, and a space for journaling.

Author : Charles Grandison Finney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026351858

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Lectures to Professing Christians by Charles Grandison Finney Pdf

Author : Jeremy Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BCUL:1094184760

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The Whole Works... by Jeremy Taylor Pdf

Author : Richard Baxter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Electronic
ISBN : YALE:39002085614593

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The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: with a Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings by William Orme: The saint's everlasting rest by Richard Baxter Pdf

Author : Jeremy Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030010680108

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The whole works of Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor Pdf