| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 282 pages) |
| Contents |
The Great Discovery -- Grant's Roots and Formative Years -- War and 'Conversion' -- Post-war Writings -- Grant's Study of Theology and Philosophy -- The Theology of the Cross: Its Origins, Meaning, and Significance -- The Origins and Meaning of the 'Theology of the Cross' -- The Significance of the Theology of the Cross for Grant -- Philosophy in the Mass Age -- The Mass Society: What It is and How It Came to Be -- The Consequences of the Mass Society on Human Life: Simone Weil and Existentialism -- Simone Weil's Analysis of Force and Affliction -- Jean-Paul Sartre and Existentialism: The Tragic Vision of Life -- Western Liberalism and the Mass Society: The Theology of Glory in North America -- Education, Religion, and Mental Health in the Mass Society -- Modern Liberalism-Hegel, Liberal Humanism, Marxism -- The Struggle toward a Theology of the Cross for the Mass Age: Weil versus Hegel -- The Purpose of Philosophy in the Mass Society -- Weil's Vision of the Good -- Grant's Earliest Encounters with Weil and the Insights Arising Therefrom -- Loving the World Concretely -- The Growing Influence of Weil and the Allure of Hegel -- Intimations of Deprivation -- A Deepening of Perspective -- The Darkness of the Technological Society: Its Nature and Essence -- Jacques Ellul: The Technological Society 'As It Is' -- Leo Strauss: The Irreconcilability of Ancient and Modern Visions of Society -- Philip Sherrard: The Corruption within Western Civilization As a Whole |
| Summary |
Beneath the philosophical, social, political, ethical, national, and moral issues that Grant tackled throughout his career was a fundamental concern with theodicy - the problem of faith in God in a world of conflict, suffering, and tragedy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Grant, George Parkin, 1918-1988 -- Contributions in theology
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| SUBJECT |
Grant, George Parkin, 1918-1988 fast |
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Philosophical theology.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Religious.
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Philosophical theology
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Theology
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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e-books.
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Livres numériques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442675278 |
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1442675276 |
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