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Informationen zum Autor Christopher A. Janicak, Ph.D., CSP, CEA, CFPS, ARM, is a retired professor of safety sciences from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He has over 35 years of professional experience in the field. He has a BS degree in Health and Safety Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, an MS degree in Industrial Technology – Industrial Safety Concentration from Illinois State University, and a Ph.D. in Research methods from Loyola University of Chicago. He has taught courses in statistics and research methods at the MS and Ph.D. levels along with occupational safety courses in the areas of industrial fire protection, ergonomics, and systems safety to name a few. He has numerous research studies published in various peer reviewed publications. 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 ...
