Hermeneutics of Contemplative Silence - Paul Ricoeur, Edith Stein, and the Heart of Meaning

Informationen zum Autor By Michele Kueter Petersen Klappentext This book probes the texts of Paul Ricoeur and Edith Stein to disclose the role of silence in the creation of meaning. To understand and live out of contemplative awareness as a way to think through transformative human experience is an ethical and spiritual task, one that warrants explanation and interpretation. Zusammenfassung This book probes the texts of Paul Ricoeur and Edith Stein to disclose the role of silence in the creation of meaning. To understand and live out of contemplative awareness as a way to think through transformative human experience is an ethical and spiritual task, one that warrants explanation and interpretation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Prelude: A Poetic Presence Chapter 1: Fallible Human Chapter 2: Fallibility Gives Rise to Hermeneutics Chapter 3: Capable Human and the Role of Silence in the Creation of Meaning Chapter 4: The Practice of Contemplative Silence as a Historical Phenomenon Chapter 5: Edith Stein and the Carmelite Tradition: Blazing a Prophetic Path in the Light of Love Chapter 6: The Practice of Contemplative Silence as a Transformative Spiritual and Ethical Activity Chapter 7: The Meaning of Capable Human Chapter 8: A Song of Hermeneutical Existence Postlude: Towards a Third Naiveté Bibliography Index About the Author

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• Authors: Michele Kueter Petersen
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9781793640024
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-002-4
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Studies in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Philosophy, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, PHILOSOPHY / Hermeneutics, Translation & interpretation, Topics in philosophy, Christian life and practice, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Translation and interpretation