Genealogy of Violence - Reflections on Creation, Freedom, and Evil

Zusatztext Bellinger's sensitive and insightful book points toward an overarching theory of the fundamental causes and dynamics of violence. Klappentext Various historians! philosophers! and social scientists have attempted to provide convincing explanations of the roots of violence! with mixed and confusing results. This book brings Kierkegaard's voice into this conversation in a powerful way! arguing that the Christian intellectual tradition offers the key philosophical tools needed for comprehending human pathology. Zusammenfassung This work draws on the thought of Soren Kierkegaard and Rene Girard in search of a Christian understanding of the roots of violence. The author uses Kierkegaard's idea of sin to argue that the basic motive that impels human beings towards acts of violence is a refusal to grow spiritually.

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• Authors: Charles K. Bellinger, Charles K. (Sessional Lecturer in Theol Bellinger, Bellinger Charles K.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.05.2001
• EAN: 9780195134988
• ISBN: 978-0-19-513498-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Violence in society, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Violence and abuse in society