Politics In Friendship A Theological Account
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Politics In Friendship A Theological Account
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Author : Guido de Graaff
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-09-25
Politics In Friendship A Theological Account written by Guido de Graaff and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-25 with Religion categories.
Guido de Graaff explores the political dimension and significance of friendship, arguing that its specific contribution lies not only in its theological approach, but also in its particular focus distinguishing the 'political' from the 'social' and/or 'civic'. The book's explorations are framed around a particular story of friendship: the story of Bishop George Bell and German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Drawing on Hannah Arendt and Oliver O'Donovan, de Graaff argues that Bell and Bonhoeffer's story can be read as one of friends assuming the responsibility of political judgment in an emergency situation - their story casts doubts on secular politics as the primary context for interpreting the friends' judgments. Thus the book provides a more comprehensive account of the story, also interpreting it against the background of the life of the church (with special attention to John 15 and Romans 12). De Graaff concludes by showing how a theological account is vital for discerning the distinct politics of the church, including opportunities for Christian engagement in secular politics.
The Gift Of Common Judgement
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Author : Guido de Graaff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The Gift Of Common Judgement written by Guido de Graaff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Friendship categories.
The Grammar Of Friendship
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Author : Ethan M. Hoying
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
The Grammar Of Friendship written by Ethan M. Hoying and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Friendship categories.
Friendship
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Author : Gilbert Meilaender
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Friendship written by Gilbert Meilaender and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Family & Relationships categories.
Certain relationships are of profound importance for human life and of great significance for the moral life. In Friendship: A Study in Theological Ethics, Gilbert C. Meilaender explores some of the tension which Christian experience discovers in one such relationship, that of the bond of friendship. These tensions help to explain why friendship was a more important topic in the life and thought of the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome than it has usually been within Christendom. The bond of friendship--philia--involves special preference; Christian love--agape--is thought to be like the love of the heavenly Father who makes his sun rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the just and the unjust. Philia requires that love be returned; agape is to be shown even the enemy, who does not love in return. Friendships sometimes fade away; Christians are enjoined to be faithful in love. These tensions have permeated our lives and helped to shape our world, one in which politics is a more important sphere than the private friendship bond. We seek fulfillment in and identify ourselves with our vocations and not our friendships. And, in a world where politics and vocation are all-important, lasting friendships become more difficult to sustain. Friendship examines the tension between philia and agape and probes its significance for Christian thought and experience.
Understanding Friendship
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Author : Gary Chartier
language : en
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Release Date : 2022-02
Understanding Friendship written by Gary Chartier and has been published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02 with Philosophy categories.
Understanding Friendship illustrates friendship as an expression of Christian love that can enrich one's life and be socially, culturally, and politically significant. The book examines what friendship is, how its distinctive moral status can be supported by multiple approaches to Christian ethics, and its part in Christian spirituality.
The Politics Of Praise
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Author : William W. Young Iii
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-03-02
The Politics Of Praise written by William W. Young Iii and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-02 with Religion categories.
While the revelation of God's name is a central theological topic, its ethical and political significance are often overlooked. In a world filled with violence committed 'in the name of God', how might invoking God's name enable peace, community, and hope? The Politics of Praise argues that the redemptive potential of naming God lies in how this event transforms friendship. It breaks new ground by tracing the connections between naming God and friendship in the work of Thomas Aquinas and Jacques Derrida. Advancing an innovative reading of Aquinas on the divine names, the book explores how Dionysius' mysticism shapes Aquinas' appropriation of Aristotle's ethics, then retraces how Derrida's reading of religion renders possible an alternative conception of friendship. These explorations lead to a surprising convergence between Aquinas and Derrida on the conditions of friendship.
Radical Friendship
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Author : Ryan Andrew Newson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Radical Friendship written by Ryan Andrew Newson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Christianity and politics categories.
In this dissertation, I argue that a felt sense of moral incompetence marks the political context that those of us in the United States--not least political theologians--must work to address. I show that the particular form of incompetence we now experience is a manifestation of the predominance of political liberalism, and argue in favor of radical democratic alternatives to this dominance by way of political participation "from below." Indeed, I argue that resources from the "baptist" tradition are uniquely fitted to be of service to Christians seeking to work in this context. To this end, I suggest that one practice in particular, communal discernment, has the potential to help foster faithful radical democratic participation by Christians. I describe what I mean by communal discernment in historical and theological context, with an eye to how this description is of interest to political theologians, and in the process address the frequently-waged objection that communal discernment is the harbinger of power's abuse. After acknowledging the importance of this objection, I offer a counter-narration of power as kenotic, which paves the way for a nuanced reclamation of communal discernment. The upshot is that communal discernment works as a "counter-practice" (to use James McClendon's term) that enables the discerning participation of Christians in a multifaceted society--a society much more complex than is often recognized (in theory). By functioning in this way, communal discernment fosters one side of a "radical friendship"--between Christians in the ekklesia--such that we are able and willing to participate in radical democratic action without losing "who we are." On the other hand, communal discernment simultaneously enables one to see that the line between church and world, while real, is not impermeable, but cuts through the Christian community and each Christian heart. To this end, I explore analogues to this practice "out" in the world, a move that follows from my claim that the dividing line between church and world is porous and internal. In this light, friendship as classically understood is "converted" by Christian resources, and communal discernment is seen as providing a means of receiving and incorporating the surprising, "fugitive" movements of the Spirit.
Theological Perspectives On Reimagining Friendship And Disability
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Author : Martina Vuk
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-07-14
Theological Perspectives On Reimagining Friendship And Disability written by Martina Vuk and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-14 with Religion categories.
This book rethinks the anthropology of friendship from the perspective of theology and disability, and suggests the respect for human dignity and the person ́s vulnerability as the criterion in reconsidering such an anthropology. The reality of disability is not only the reality of being in the world, but also concerns the concept of the meaning of otherness and being created as an image of God. The constructive critique that the emergence of disability as a human condition posits to theo-anthropological and ethical concepts is the quest of the renewal of theo-anthropological and ethical knowledge on the meaning of disability, otherness and friendship. The theological and anthropological entities, such as disability and friendship, are interconnected in a sense that the meaning of the one needs to be explained in the light of the other, and vice versa. The renewal of certain anthropological categories in such regard is a search for a deeper understanding of humanity, not apart from, but in light of, the presence of disability. The book examines the anthropological and theological systems regarding the theme of friendship and disability.
Open Friendship In A Closed Society
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Author : Peter Slade
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2009-10-09
Open Friendship In A Closed Society written by Peter Slade and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-09 with Religion categories.
Peter Slade examines Mission Mississippi's model of racial reconciliation (which stresses one-on-one, individual friendships among religious people of different races) and considers whether it can effectively address the issue of social justice. Slade argues that Mission Mississippi's goal of "changing Mississippi one relationship at a time" is both a pragmatic strategy and a theological statement of hope for social and economic change in Mississippi.
The Neighbor
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Author : Slavoj Žižek
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010-06-08
The Neighbor written by Slavoj Žižek and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-08 with Religion categories.
In Civilization and Its Discontents, Freud made abundantly clear what he thought about the biblical injunction, first articulated in Leviticus 19:18 and then elaborated in Christian teachings, to love one's neighbor as oneself. "Let us adopt a naive attitude towards it," he proposed, "as though we were hearing it for the first time; we shall be unable then to suppress a feeling of surprise and bewilderment." After the horrors of World War II, the Holocaust, Stalinism, and Yugoslavia, Leviticus 19:18 seems even less conceivable—but all the more urgent now—than Freud imagined. In The Neighbor, three of the most significant intellectuals working in psychoanalysis and critical theory collaborate to show how this problem of neighbor-love opens questions that are fundamental to ethical inquiry and that suggest a new theological configuration of political theory. Their three extended essays explore today's central historical problem: the persistence of the theological in the political. In "Towards a Political Theology of the Neighbor," Kenneth Reinhard supplements Carl Schmitt's political theology of the enemy and friend with a political theology of the neighbor based in psychoanalysis. In "Miracles Happen," Eric L. Santner extends the book's exploration of neighbor-love through a bracing reassessment of Benjamin and Rosenzweig. And in an impassioned plea for ethical violence, Slavoj Žižek's "Neighbors and Other Monsters" reconsiders the idea of excess to rehabilitate a positive sense of the inhuman and challenge the influence of Levinas on contemporary ethical thought. A rich and suggestive account of the interplay between love and hate, self and other, personal and political, The Neighbor will prove to be a touchstone across the humanities and a crucial text for understanding the persistence of political theology in secular modernity.