Thinking the faith with passion : selected essays / Paul L. Holmer ; edited by David J. Gouwens and Lee C. Barrett, III ; foreword by Don E. Saliers ; afterword by David Cain.

• Part I. Essays on Kierkegaard -- ch. 1. Kierkegaard and philosophy -- Ch. 2. Kierkegaard and logic -- Ch. 3. Kierkegaard and theology -- Ch. 4. About being a person: Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling -- Part II. Essays on Wittgenstein -- Ch. 5. Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard: the subjective thinker -- Ch. 6. Wittgenstein and the self -- Ch. 7. Wittgenstein and theology -- Part III. Theology, understanding, and faith -- Ch. 8. The academic game and its logic -- Ch. 9. About linguisticality and being able to talk -- Ch. 10. About "understanding" -- Ch. 11. About understanding and religious belief -- Ch. 12. The nature of religious propositions -- Part IV. Emotions, passions, and virtues -- Ch. 13. Theology and emotions -- Ch. 14. About emotions and passions -- Ch. 15. The human heart- the logic of a metaphor -- Ch. 16. About happiness and the concept, "happiness" -- Ch. 17. Something about what makes it funny -- Ch. 18. The case for the virtues -- Ch. 19. About thankfulness -- Afterword: Paul L. Holmer: self-effacing, swaggering, nonpareil / David Cain.

• In his teaching and his writing, Paul L. Holmer (1916-2004), Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota (1946-1960) and Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale Divinity School (1960-1987), made many important contributions to recent American theology. One of the most insightful American students of Kierkegaard of his generation, Holmer perceived early on Wittgenstein's importance for theology, and employed both thinkers to inspire his own fresh consideration of perennial issues in philosophical theology: understanding, belief, faith, the emotions, and the importance of the virtues. While best known for his essays in The Grammar of Fai/th (1978), Holmer penned numerous other interesting and original essays, some published but many unpublished, which circulated widely in typescript during his tenure at Yale. Following his death, the Holmer family in 2005 donated his papers to the Yale Divinity School Library; in reviewing Holmer's papers, the editors have chosen a selection of his most seminal essays, beyond those in The Grammar of Faith, demonstrating the breadth and range of his contributions. 

Ämnesord

Religionsfilosofi  (sao)

Teologi  (sao)

Philosophical theology.  (LCSH)

Philosophical theology.  (fast)

Religious thought  (LCSH)

Theology  (LCSH)

Personnamn

Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951

Klassifikation

BR85 (LCC)

230.01 (DDC)

Ca (kssb/8 (machine generated))