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1 online resource (xiv, 213 pages) |
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Oxford studies in analytic theology |
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Oxford studies in analytic theology.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Fallenness and Flourishing -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface: In Wandering Mazes Lost -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Some False Step -- 1. It Was the Best of Worlds, It Was the Worst of Times -- 2. The Kingdom of Animals -- 3. This Quintessence of Dust -- 4. Society and the Institutions of Cruelty -- 5. World Religions-Seven Stories for Everyone -- Story One -- Story Two -- Story Three -- Story Four -- Story Five -- Story Six -- One More-Story Seven -- 6. Art, Literature, Music, Philosophy, and the Wisdom Traditions -- 7. The Fall and Original Sin -- 8. The Doctrine of (Optimistic) Pessimism -- Reason One-Salvation from Bondage to Sin -- Reason Two-Original Sin as Pedagogue -- 9. Felix Culpa -- Reason Three-O Fortunate Fall! -- In Summary -- Chapter 2: Thus Mammon Spake -- 1. Cannot We His Light Imitate When We Please? -- 2. Analytic Methodology -- 3. Happiness, Well-Being, and Interpreting Mammon's Advice -- 4. The Question of Well-Being, Three Kinds of Skepticism, and Mammon's Restriction -- 5. Hedonism and Desire-Fulfillment Theories -- Hedonism -- Desire-Fulfillment Theories -- 6. Perfectionism and Objective-List Theories -- Perfectionism -- Objective-List Theories -- 7. The Question of Happiness, Two Kinds of Skepticism, and Mammon's Restriction -- 8. Hedonism, Life Satisfaction, and Psychic Affirmation -- Hedonism -- Life Satisfaction -- Psychic Affirmation -- 9. A Curiosity about Theories of Well-Being and Happiness -- Chapter 3: Libido Sentiendi, Libido Sciendi, Libido Dominandi -- 1. Secular Suspicions -- 2. Noetic Effects of Sin: Self-Love and Self-Deception -- 3. A Second Battle Lost -- 4. The Path from Happiness to Unhappiness -- 5. Steeped in Sin-Six Stories for Everyone -- Story One -- Story Two -- Story Three -- Story Four -- Story Five -- Story Six -- 6. Sloth, the Sin of Sadness -- 7. Taking Stock |
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Chapter 4: The Masks of Sloth -- 1. Cellar Dwellers -- 2. Boredom and Diversion -- 3. The Absurd-Tragedy, Meaning-Making, and Defiance -- The Absurd and the Tragic Sense of Life -- The Absurd and Making One's Own Meaning -- The Absurd and Defiance -- 4. That Sleep of Death -- 5. Lawful Evil and the Demonic -- 6. The Lopsided Aesthete -- 7. Most Respectfully Return Him the Ticket -- 8. Guilt, Shame, Mediocrity -- Chapter 5: Ye Cannot Serve God and Mammon -- 1. Recovered Paradise -- 2. The Virtue of Obedience, Christ's Temptations, and Perseverance -- 3. Obedience and Well-Being-A Story for Everyone -- A Story-The Melancholy Kingdom of Nodland -- 4. The Problem of Ignorance -- 5. The Problem of Exclusivity -- 6. The Obstacle of Sin and Caring for the Vulnerable -- The Obstacle of Sin -- Caring for the Vulnerable -- A Proposal for Attending to the Obstacle of Sin and to Caring for the Vulnerable -- 7. In Summary -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This text opens with defenses of the philosophy of pessimism, first on secular grounds and then again on distinctively Christian grounds with reference to the fallenness of human beings. It then details traditional Christian reasons for optimism with which this philosophy of pessimism can be qualified |
| Notes |
This edition also issued in print: 2021 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 19, 2021) |
| Subject |
Pessimism.
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Happiness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Happiness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Pessimism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191883354 |
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0191883352 |
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9780192588951 |
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0192588958 |
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