Christian wisdom
desiring God and learning in love
- ISBN: 9780521698382
- Editorial: Cambridge University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2007
- Lugar de la edición: Cambridge. Reino Unido
- Colección: Cambridge Studies in Christian Doctrine
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 23 cm
- Nº Pág.: 412
- Idiomas: Inglés
What is Christian wisdom for living in the twenty-first century? Where is it to be found? How can it be learnt? In the midst of diverse religions and worldviews and the urgencies and complexities of contemporary life, David Ford explores a Christian way of uniting love of wisdom with wisdom in love. Core elements of his discussion include the #discernment of cries#, the love and worship of God for God#s sake, a wisdom interpretation of scripture, and the education of desire in wise faith. The book includes case studies that deal with inter-faith wisdom among Jews, Christians and Muslims, universities as places of wisdom as well as of knowledge and know-how, and the challenge of learning disabilities. Throughout, there is an attempt to do justice simultaneously to the premodern, modern and postmodern in grappling with scripture, tradition and the cries of the world today.