Christian wisdom : desiring God and learning in love
David F. Ford (Author)
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 demands and complexities of our world, David Ford explores a Christian way of uniting love of wisdom with wisdom in line. Core elements are the 'discernment of cries', the love of God for God's sake, the interpretation of scripture, and the shaping of desire in faith. Case studies deal with inter-faith wisdom among Jews, Christians and Muslims; universities as centres of wisdom as well as knowledge and know-how; and the challenge of learning disabilities. Throughout, there is an attempt to do justice to the premodern, modern and postmodern while grappling with scripture, tradition and the cries of the world today. Ford opens up the rich resources of Christianity in engaging with the issues and urgencies of contemporary life
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xiv, 412 pages ; 23 cm.
9780521698382, 9780521875455, 9780511289163, 0521698383, 0521875455, 0511289162
148691100
Theology as wisdom
Wisdom cries
A wisdom interpretation of scripture
Job!
Job and post-Holocaust wisdom
Jesus, the Spirit and desire: wisdom christology
Learning to live in the Spirit: tradition and worship
Loving the God of wisdom
An inter-faith wisdom: scriptural reasoning between Jews, Christians and Muslims
An interdisciplinary wisdom: knowledge, formation and collegiality in the negotiable university
An interpersonal wisdom: L'Arche, learning disability and the Gospel of John
Love's wisdom
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