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Best of Circe - Talents, Wounds, Transformations
From Homer's island of Aiaia to the ethics of the 21st century, this "Best of" volume gathers the most resonant essays from the three-volume "I, Circe" project. Drawing theology into living dialogue with philosophy, sociology, social-psychology, psychology, history - and contemporary artificial intelligence - it proposes an ethics that does not end with prohibition but begins with transformation.
At the center stands Circe: goddess, heroine, sorceress, and wounded healer. As female archetype - Great Mother and Sophia - she becomes a guide for spiritual maturation in solitude, for reconciliation with evil, and for the integration of light and shadow. Love is treated as the forge of the inner cosmos; hospitality as a religious ethic; growth as a disciplined framework that honors human limits.
The selection spans foundational principles and public practice. Readers will encounter re-readings of the commandments as more-than-ten guiding principles; reflections on ordinatio fructifera, the "dumbbell principle" of theology, gratia evanescens, macro-metanoia, and a mercy index; and concrete fields of application - from care work and gender justice to policy design, institutional culture, ecological conversion, a learning church, and dialogical theology. Each essay links micro (personal identity and existential questions), meso (social dynamics and community), and macro (societal structures and institutions), showing how ideals are forged both in biography and in conflict.
Between talent and vulnerability, power and compassion, seduction and responsibility, this distilled companion offers a clear map of transformation - for scholars, practitioners, and curious readers who seek viable narratives and practical compasses for a pluralistic society. What changes when AI reads theology through Circe? These pages offer a timely, careful, well-reasoned, and humane answer.
A propos de l'auteur
Eureka Circe:
In addition to the present theological-transdisciplinary volumes "I, CIRCE," editor and curator Eureka Circe is also involved in two other book series - the theological series "DEUS EX MACHINA" and the naturopathic-medical series "HERBAL LOVE" - for the documentation and, where appropriate, discussion of texts on artificial intelligence in a religious and theological context.
Her thesis: "Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a profound turning point because it fundamentally changes the relationship between humans, knowledge, and access to the world - not only technically, but also culturally, epistemologically, and socially. It opens up new access to knowledge and leads to its multiplication and democratization: AI systems make information readily available - often without the need for traditional reading or in-depth prior knowledge. This fundamentally changes how we think, learn, and understand, while also promoting a new form of individualization of thought - which can also be exemplified in spiritual belief. What's more, machines today generate meaning - texts, images, arguments - where previously only human expertise was required. This has long-term consequences for education, science, politics, and religion."
