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A communication ethic of dialogic reformation : Nicholas of Cusa on care for communities in crisis / Michael R. Kearney.
LIBRA BX4705.N58 K4 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kearney, Michael R., author.
- Series:
- Refo500 academic studies ; v. 106.
- Refo500 academic studies, 2198-3089 ; volume 106
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Communication.
- Church renewal--Catholic Church--History--To 1500.
- Church renewal.
- Nicholas, of Cusa, Cardinal, 1401-1464.
- Nicholas.
- Physical Description:
- 230 pages : 1 color illustration ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- G̲ttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, [2025]
- Summary:
- "Calls for reformation were widespread across the medieval Roman Catholic Church, but few were as nuanced or philosophically rich as the lifelong work of Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464). Cusa centralized the coincidentia oppositorum, the coincidence of opposites, in our knowledge of God and the mystical institution of the Church. In his book, Michael R. Kearney traces Cusa's historical impact on philosophy of communication and communication ethics with an eye toward the health of institutions in a postmodern moment of cynicism and decline. Cusa loved the church and fought passionately for its reform, energized by the "clouded vision" of a God who is beyond opposites. This champion of dialogic reformation offers churches and communities an unfinished task with a unity of contraries at its heart: upholding local narrative ground with tenacious loyalty while working in an increasingly large world." -- Publisher, page four of cover.
- Contents:
- Communication ethics : dialogue as care for institution
- A church in crisis : Nicholas of Cusa's historical moment
- The unity of contraries : touchstone of a dialogic communication ethic
- Metaphorical understanding : implications of Cusa's learned ignorance
- Dialogic reformation : creative leadership in an age of crisis.
- Notes:
- Thesis (doctoral)--Duquesne University, 2024. Revised. --See, "Acknowledgments", page [9]
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-226) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783525502167
- 3525502168
- OCLC:
- 1511152099
- Publisher Number:
- 90103255743
- 9783525502167
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