Anxiety, Guilt and Freedom - Religious Studies Perspectives (Essays in Honor of Donald Gard)

Discusses three concepts crucial to an understanding of the nature of religion: anxiety, guilt, and freedom. The various essays examine these from the viewpoint of several different religious traditions, movements and thinkers. Contents: Editor's Preface. Donald Gard: A Personal Perspective. Part I. Guiltless Morality; The Family of Changing Woman: Nature and Women in Navaho Thought; The Sacraments as "Fear-provoking" and "Awe-inspiring" Rites in the Greek Fathers; The Doctrine of Karma; Two Concepts of Predestination in Current Islamic Thought. Part II. The Spirit of Medieval Penitents; The Evolution of Freedom as Catholicity in Catholic Ethics; Agape and the Liberation Movements. Part III. Calvin's Idea of Freedom in the Ethics of Schleiermacher and Barth; Creativity and Freedom in the Thought of Martin Buber; The Liberating Visions of C. G. Jung; 'The World's Most Perverse Habit'; Appendix: Study Questions.

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By Benjamin J. Hubbard and Bradley E. Starr

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• Autori: Benjamin J Hubbard, Benjamin J. Hubbard, Benjamin J. Starr Hubbard, Karen. Ed Hubbard, Hubbard Benjamin J., Bradley E Starr, Bradley E. Starr, Starr Bradley E.
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.07.1990
• EAN: 9780819176837
• ISBN: 978-0-8191-7683-7
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Peso: 454 g
• Categorie: Narrativa > Libri regalo, album, calendari perpetui, libri di cartoline; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; RELIGION / General, REFERENCE / General, Religion & beliefs, Religion and beliefs, Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects, Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects