Socrates was born in Athens in 469 B.C.E. Although he wrote nothing of any significance and had no students in anything like the ordinary sense of that term, he became one of the most influential philosophers in western civilization. During his own lifetime, his philosophical activities, which were carried on in public settings and private homes, together with his idiosyncratic demeanor, gained…
This book argues that modern ecclesiology exhibits two unfortunate tendencies: it describes the church in ideal terms, rather than directly addressing the problems of its everyday, sinful activity; and it undermines the distinctiveness of the church and its way of life. The book analyzes the impact of pluralism and inclusivism upon ecclesiology, and draws upon von Balthasar’s theodramatic the…
Wide-ranging and ambitious, Justice combines moral philosophy and Christian ethics to develop an important theory of rights and of justice as grounded in rights. Nicholas Wolterstorff discusses what it is to have a right, and he locates rights in the respect due the worth of the rights-holder. After contending that socially-conferred rights require the existence of natural rights, he argues tha…
Nicholas has not made his reader's task easy. For in spite of his
claim to have explained matters “as clearly as I could” and to have
avoided “all roughness of style,” many of his points escape even the
diligent reader, since the explanation for them is either too condensed,
or else too barbarously expressed, to be assuredly followed.
This book analyzes the impact of pluralism and inclusivism upon ecclesiology, and draws upon Balthasar's theodramatic theory, MacIntyre's theory of traditional inquiry, postmodern critiques of humanism, and postmodern ethnography to develop a more flexible and concrete ecclesiology that can better address the practical and pastoral needs of the church.
“Is Google making us stupid?” When Nicholas Carr posed that question, in a celebrated Atlantic Monthly cover story, he tapped into a well of anxiety about how the Internet is changing us. He also crystallized one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the Net’s bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply?
Now, Carr expands his argument into the m…
A helpful guide to the writings of perhaps the greatest Catholic theologian of the twentieth century. Healy shows how for Balthasar the ultimate form of 'the end' is given in Christ's eucharistic and pneumatic gift of himself - a gift that simultaneously lays bare the mystery of God's trinitarian life and enables Christ to return to the Father in communion with the whole of creation.
This book is a series of essays on the topic of faith and reason. But there are many such essays, and many such books. What, if anything, makes this one significantly different? From near the beginning of Christianity there have been reflections on this topic. It could hardly have been otherwise, given that the culture with which Christianity first interacted, once it had emerged from Judaism, …
Outline : Apa kesamaan antara penemuan roda, Pompeii, kehancuran Wall Street, Harry Potter, dan Internet? Mengapa kita sebenarnya tak perlu mengejar-ngejar bus dan kereta atau membaca koran? Mengapa hampir semua peramal tren ekonomi adalah pembual? Buku ini tentang Black Swan: peristiwa acak yang mendasari hidup kita, dari munculnya buku-buku bestseller hingga bencana dunia. Dampak peristiwa-pe…
Outline: In the last hundred and fifty years the kingdom of God has emerged as one of the most important topics in theology, New Testament studies, and the life of the church. But what exactly is the kingdom of God? What does it mean for the people of God, and what does it mean for how they live in the world? In the Kingdom of God, Nicholas Perrin explores this dominant metaphor, one that is pa…
Outline: World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab offers a practical companion and field guide to his previous book, The Fourth Industrial Revolution. Today, technology is changing everything - how we relate to one another, the way we work, how our economies and governments function, and even what it means to be human. Incredible advances - from cryptocurrencies to AI to…
Outline: World-Renowned Christia Philosopher. Beloved professor. Author of the classic Lament for a Song. Nicholas Wolterstorff is all of these and more. His memoir, In This World of Wonders, opens a remarkable new window into the life and thought of this remakable man. Written not as complete life story but as a series of vignettes, Wolterstorff's memoir moves from his humble beginnings in…
Outline: Each volume of this series of companions to major philosophers contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography, and will serve as a reference work for students and nonspecialists. One aim of the series is to dispel the intimidation such readers often feel when faced with the work of a difficult and challenging thin…
Outline: Following his critically acclaimed book Jesus the Temple, the author offers a fresh paradigm for understanding his historical Jesus in Jesus the Priest. The author challenges the "standard reading" of classic texts (including the parable of the sower, the Beatitudes, and the Lord's Prayer) to argue that the historical Jesus primarily identified himself not as sage or prophet but as Is…
Outline: In this book Wheaton New Testament professor Nicholas Perrin takes on Ehrman and others who claim that the words of Jesus have been corrupted beyond recovery. The author not only gives us a compelling layperson's guide to the story behind modern Jesus scholarship, but also tells his own story, a journey from secularism to Buddhism to orthodox Christianity. For the author, both storie…
Overview : This book of the author's collected papers, brings together the author essays in epistemology from 1983 to 2008. It includes not only the essays which first presented "Reformed epistemology" to the philosophical world, but also the author's latest work on the topic of entitled (or responsible) belief and its intersection with religious belief. The volume presents five new essays a…