Transcendent Love: Dostoevsky and the Search for a Global Ethic
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
In Transcendent Love: Dostoevsky and the Search for a Global Ethic, Leonard G. Friesen ranges widely across Dostoevsky's stories, novels, journalism, notebooks, and correspondence to demonstrate how Dostoevsky engaged with ethical issues in his times and how those same issues continue to be relevant to today's ethical debates. Friesen contends that the Russian ethical voice, in particular Dostoevsky's voice, deserves careful consideration in an increasingly global discussion of moral philosophy and the ethical life. Friesen challenges the view that contemporary liberalism provides a religiously neutral foundation for a global ethic. He argues instead that Dostoevsky has much to offer when it comes to the search for a global ethic, an ethic that for Dostoevsky was necessarily grounded in a Christian concept of an active, extravagant, and transcendent love. Friesen also investigates Dostoevsky's response to those who claimed that contemporary European trends, most evident in the rising secularization of nineteenth-century society, provided a more viable foundation for a global ethic than one grounded in the One, whom Doestoevsky called simply "the Russian Christ." Throughout, Friesen captures a sense of the depth and sheer loveliness of Dostoevsky's canon.
Related to Transcendent Love
Related ebooks
Dostoyevsky’s Critique of the West: The Quest for the Earthly Paradise Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCanadian Catholic Spirituality: Saints and Sinners over Four Centuries Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEmpire of Corruption: The Russian National Pastime Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLéon Harmel: Entrepreneur as Catholic Social Reformer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Canons of Hippolytus: An English version, with introduction and annotation and an accompanying Arabic text Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBarlaam and Ioasaph Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings"Every Valley Shall Be Exalted": The Discourse of Opposites in Twelfth-Century Thought Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thomas Merton and the Individual Witness: Kingdom Making in a Post-Christian, Post-Truth World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPracticing Faith: Theology and Social Vocation in Conversation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLe Sillon: A Lay Catholic Movement That Transformed France Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEvgenii Trubetskoi: Icon and Philosophy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOur Task Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Signs of Life: Worship for a Just and Loving People Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAfter Pandemic, After Modernity: The Relational Revolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClassifying Christians: Ethnography, Heresiology, and the Limits of Knowledge in Late Antiquity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Survival of Dulles: Reflections on a Second Century of Influence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMan Before God Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Sociology of Mystic Practices: Use and Adaptation in the Emergent Church Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSt. Benedict’s Bones: A Medieval Monastic Mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMark: Meditations on the Gospel of Mark Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Kingdom and the Glory: For a Theological Genealogy of Economy and Government Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTheological Mysteries In Scientific Perspective Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Birth of the Church: Meditations on John 18-21 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks, Volume 9: Journals NB26–NB30 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Saints As They Really Are: Voices of Holiness in Our Time Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWords of Spirituality: Exploring the inner life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeing Deified: Poetry and Fantasy on the Path to God Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGod and the Teaching of Theology: Divine Pedagogy in 1 Corinthians 1-4 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEpilogue Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Christianity For You
Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wild at Heart Expanded Edition: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mere Christianity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Law of Connection: Lesson 10 from The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Screwtape Letters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Four Loves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Less Fret, More Faith: An 11-Week Action Plan to Overcome Anxiety Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Changes That Heal: Four Practical Steps to a Happier, Healthier You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Grief Observed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It's Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind... Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Boundaries Workbook: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Enoch Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5NIV, Holy Bible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Transcendent Love
0 ratings0 reviews