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Repairing Eden : humility, mysticism, and the existential problem of religious diversity / Mark S. McLeod-Harrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McLeod-Harrison, Mark S., 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity and other religions.
- Humility--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Humility.
- Mysticism.
- Religious pluralism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (169 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How do Christians keep from losing their faith when they discover that other faiths are as justified as their own? Mark McLeod-Harrison draws on his training in analytic philosophy and his knowledge of Christian mysticism to provide a compelling analysis of, and unique solution to, the problem religious diversity poses for Christians. In Repairing Eden, McLeod-Harrison describes this dilemma as an existential problem internal to the Christian faith. He suggests that Christian humility and Christian mysticism can provide a joint path toward a kind of metaphysical certainty - the mystic path, the path of bearing one's own cross - that can become a means of more deeply knowing God. Repairing Eden weaves theology, philosophy, and pastoral concerns into a spiritual-philosophical solution to a deeply important challenge to Christian faith.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Reality and Religion: Identifying the Existential Problem of Religious Diversity
- An Epistemic Basis of Religious Diversity
- Idolatry and the Testing of One’s Faith
- An Analysis of Humility
- The Humility of Jesus and the Christian Tradition
- Humility, Mysticism, and the Existential Problem of Religious Diversity
- The Challenge of Religious Diversity, Again?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-143) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-86367-3
- 9786612863677
- 0-7735-7303-8
- OCLC:
- 191819002
- Publisher Number:
- 9780773529366
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