True religious faith cannot be confirmed by any external proofs. Rather, it is founded on a basic act of trust and the common root of that trust, for Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions, is a belief in the divine creation of the universe. But with "Learning to Trust in Freedom," David B. Burrell asks the provocative question: How do we reach that belief, and what is it about the universe that "could" possibly testify to its divine origins? Even St. Augustine, he points out, could only find faith after a harrowing journey through the lures of desire and it is that very desire that...
True religious faith cannot be confirmed by any external proofs. Rather, it is founded on a basic act of trust and the common root of that trust, f...
It is hubris to claim answers to unanswerable questions. Such questions, however--as part of their burden and worth--must still be asked, investigated, and contemplated. How there can be a loving, all-powerful God and a world stymied by suffering and evil is one of the unanswerable questions we must all struggle to answer, even as our responses are closer to gasps, silences, and further questions. More importantly, how and whether one articulates a response will have deep, lasting repercussions for any belief in God and in our judgments upon one another.
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It is hubris to claim answers to unanswerable questions. Such questions, however--as part of their burden and worth--must still be ...
Synopsis: Trying to articulate the ways in which ones life meshes with ones own time can be perilous, yet friends have encouraged me to do just that. Nevertheless, for one oriented to serving others as teacher and mentor in a context of faith, writing about oneself seems unnatural. Yet the "self" we have been given to share embodies many others as well. So many of the encounters narrated here will open into friendships. Moreover, what spices those encounters are the places and passions they embody, so the story that emerges is hardly my own. Different places often unveiled different faith...
Synopsis: Trying to articulate the ways in which ones life meshes with ones own time can be perilous, yet friends have encouraged me to do just th...
The dual purpose of this book is to point out the ways whereby reflective religious thinkers work and to suggest how these skills can be acquired. It is a manual of apprenticeship in acquiring religious understanding.
The thought of Augustine, Anselm, Aquinas, Kierkegaard, and Jung on selected religious topics is developed expressly to show how each handled these issues and thus to provide living exemplars for religious understanding.
The issues have an inherent unity in their dealing with mans knowledge of God, especially in their concern with the ways we treat what must be beyond our...
The dual purpose of this book is to point out the ways whereby reflective religious thinkers work and to suggest how these skills can be acquired. It ...
The most useful and available key to someones position lies in the expressions he is prepared to make his own. Language clearly reflects the bearings we have taken as well as it reveals how aware we are that we have taken them. The language he uses not only shows us where someone stands but also lets us in on the extent to which he understands where he stands. And if the expressions we are prepared to utter are so revealing about our position in the world, perhaps the language we use can also reveal some basic facts about the world itself--or the world as we most basically see it. Language...
The most useful and available key to someones position lies in the expressions he is prepared to make his own. Language clearly reflects the bearings ...
The manifest strength of the medieval period has always been the ways in which particular thinkers negotiated the twin criteria of reason and faith. What seemed to the Enlightenment a weakness appears to our time as a virtuoso performance. Less well known in the West has been the inherently interfaith and intercultural character of the discussion. This collection of essays, which originated in 1987 at a symposium titled "God and Creation: An Ecumenical Symposium in Comparative Religious Thought," is devoted to the doctrine of creation in the three Western monotheistic faiths: Judaism,...
The manifest strength of the medieval period has always been the ways in which particular thinkers negotiated the twin criteria of reason and faith. W...
A collection of essays examining the doctrine of creation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, including the historical and constructive aspects of this doctrine within an ecumenical environment. Comparative dimensions, including the relation between creation and emanation, are also explored.
A collection of essays examining the doctrine of creation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, including the historical and constructive aspects of thi...
