
Living Without a Why
Mysticism, Pluralism, and the Way of Grace
Paul O. Ingram(Author)
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published on 16. September 2014
Book
Hardback
136 pages
978-1-4982-0679-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this book Paul O. Ingram adds his voice to a long list of writers seeking to relate Christian tradition to the hard realities of this post-Christian age of religious and secular pluralism. As a Lutheran, Ingram thinks grace flows over this universe like a waterfall. So he brings Christian mystical theology into a discussion of the meaning of grace.
Alfred North Whitehead's philosophical vision provides a language that serves as a hermeneutical bridge by which historians of religions can interpret the teachings and practices of religious Ways other than their own without falsification, and by which theologians can appropriate history-of-religions research as a means of helping Christians advance in their own faith journeys.
The purpose of the journey of faith is what Whitehead called ""creative transformation."" The contemporary theological tradition that has most systematically and coherently followed Whitehead's lead in its reflection on non-Christian Ways is process theology, which is perhaps the only liberal or progressive theological movement now active in the twenty-first century.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
361 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4982-0679-2 (9781498206792)
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Persons
Paul O. Ingram, the editor, is Professor of Religion Emeritus at Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, Washington). He is the author of Wrestling with God, Wrestling with the Ox, The Modern Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, and The Dharma of Faith.