Transcendence in Philosophy and Religion (Philosophy of Religion)

Can transcendence be both philosophical and religious? Do philosophers and theologians conceive of the same thing when they think and talk about transcendence? Philosophy and religion have understood transcendence and other matters of faith differently, but both the language and concepts of religion, including transcendence, reside at the core of postmodern philosophy. Transcendence in Philosophy and Religion considers whether it is possible to analyze religious transcendence in a philosophical manner, and if so, whether there is a way for phenomenology to think transcendence directly. Attention is devoted to the role of French philosophy, particularly the work of Levinas, Ricoeur, Derrida, and Marion, in defining recent debates in the philosophy of religion and posing new ways of thinking about religious experience in a postmodern world.

Politics & Social Sciences

Faulconer, James E.

Philosophy

Indiana University Press

Reconsidering Psychology: Perspectives from Continental Philosophy

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Duquesne Univ Pr

In this brief theological introduction to the book of Mosiah, philosopher and theologian James E. Faulconer untangles a complicated timeline. Mormon transports readers back and forth through time&#130;"&#130;&#128;&#130;"King Benjamin's sermons provide a backdrop for the earlier speeches of the prophet-martyr Abinadi and the later conversion of the renegade Alma. What might we learn about covenant and community from a history of Nephite division? Faulconer presents the book of Mosiah as a fragmentary history about a fragmented people, written by a record keeper obsessed with unity. According to Mormon, destruction can be avoided only if we understand the mysteries of Christ's atonement and perform the service God calls us to do together

Mosiah: A Brief Theological Introduction

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Neal a Maxwell Inst

Latter-day Saint philosopher James E. Faulconer’s “Made Harder” series raises many more questions than it answers. And that is precisely the point. Faulconer wrote The New Testament Made Harder on the premise that our scripture study is only as good as the questions we bring to the endeavor. While many books about the New Testament provide useful shortcuts, chapter synopses, timelines, and memorizable bullet points, this book consists almost entirely of challenging questions (with occasional commentary for clarity’s sake) because, in James Faulconer’s experience, questions themselves are the key to reflective and deep scripture study. This book is intended to make reading harder and therefore fresher by priming your mind with insightful study questions. The New Testament Made Harder is the perfect tool to improve personal and family scripture study, sacrament meeting talks, or Sunday school lessons.

The New Testament Made Harder

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Brigham Young University

Cultivate your love for the scriptures and deepen your knowledge with the help of a scripture study process compiled by James E. Faulconer. Rich scripture study is facilitated by tools and techniques that help us focus on what the scriptures can teach us. This study aid offers pointers and suggestions that will familiarize beginning students of the scriptures with the many resources available to them, as well as help more experienced students improve the overall effectiveness of their scripture study. In this fascinating book, James Faulconer discusses a helpful method and the purpose of outlining, an in-depth method of cross-referencing, how to ask cogent and thought-provoking questions about the scriptures, the benefits of using dictionaries and concordances, the relation between words and ideas apparent through rhetorical studies, and using the valuable reference tools in the LDS edition of the scriptures. He then provides sample notes developed using the study tools he describes to show how research and pondering can make scripture study even more meaningful.

Scripture Study: Tools and Suggestions

Foundation for Ancient Research &

The essays making up this collection reflect attentiveness to both ways of understanding the phrase “theology of scripture.” Each essay takes up the relatively un-self-conscious work of reading a scriptural text but then—at some point or another—asks the self-conscious question of exactly what she or he is doing in the work of reading scripture. We have thus attempted in this book (1) to create a dialogue concerning what scripture is for Latter-day Saints, and (2) to focus that dialogue on concrete examples of Latter-day Saints reading actual scripture texts.

Perspectives on Mormon Theology: Scriptural Theology

Greg Kofford Books, Incorporated

Noting how the problematical framework of Western thinking came to dominate reflection on divine matters, Faulconer discusses some of Joseph Smith's teachings that contradict that tradition, focusing particularly on the teaching that God is embodied. Then he offers an alternative way of doing theology, namely performative theology, followed by examples.

Thinking Otherwise

Neal A. Maxwell Institute

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