The enigma of the character of Judas has invited a host of speculations dating back to the first century and spanning across time. While Jesus awes us with his otherworldliness and Mary Magdalene lures us with her sensuality, Judas fascinates us with his humanity--his dirty, noble, inscrutable humanity--that defines and demands and understanding. 
Judas: Images of the Lost Disciple eloquently traces the development of Judas stories in a way that presents them as a living, growing tradition. Beginning prior to their inclusion in the gospels and continuing through the subsequent two thousand years of Christianity, Kim Paffenroth gives us a rich, intriguing encounter with the lost disciple.

Judas: Images of the Lost Disciple

Religion & Spirituality

Paffenroth, Kim

Christian Books & Bibles

Westminster John Knox Pr

Beyond Self-Interest

Foundations of Economic Personalism is a series of three book-length monographs, each closely examining a significant dimension of the Center for Economic Personalism's unique synthesis of Christian personalism and free-economic market theory. In the aftermath of the momentous geo-political and economic changes of the late 1980s, a small group of Christian social ethicists began to converse with free-market economists over the morality of market activity. This interdisciplinary exchange eventually led to the founding of a new academic subdiscipline under the rubric of economic personalism. These scholars attempt to integrate economic theory, history, and methodology with Christian personalism's stress upon human dignity, humane social structures, and social justice. This volume presents the methodological and theoretical foundations for economic personalism through a detailed investigation of human action from two different, yet complementary perspectives: from the personalist perspective of Karol Wojtyla in the Acting Person (1969), and the free-market perspective of Ludwig von Mises in Human Action (1949). By comparing and contrasting the viewpoints of Wojtyla and Mises, the authors develop a comprehensive praxeology (i.e., a theory of human action) capable of analyzing human action from moral and economic perspectives. Beyond Self-Interest illustrates how a unified praxeology could encourage more sustained analysis of the moral dimensions of economic activity while simultaneously softening the utilitarian prejudice of contemporary economic analysis.

Business & Money

Crespo, Ricardo F.

Grabill, Stephen J.

Gronbacher, Gregory M.A.

Beabout, Gregory R.

Swan, Kyle

Crespo, Robert F.

Economics

Lexington Books

Foundations of Economic Personalism is a series of three book-length monographs, each closely examining a significant dimension of the Center for Economic Personalism's unique synthesis of Christian personalism and free-economic market theory. In the aftermath of the momentous geo-political and economic changes of the late 1980s, a small group of Christian social ethicists began to converse with free-market economists over the morality of market activity. This interdisciplinary exchange eventually led to the founding of a new academic subdiscipline under the rubric of economic personalism. These scholars attempt to integrate economic theory, history, and methodology with Christian personalism's stress upon human dignity, humane social structures, and social justice. This volume presents the methodological and theoretical foundations for economic personalism through a detailed investigation of human action from two different, yet complementary perspectives: from the personalist perspective of Karol Wojtyla in the Acting Person (1969), and the free-market perspective of Ludwig von Mises in Human Action (1949). By comparing and contrasting the viewpoints of Wojtyla and Mises, the authors develop a comprehensive praxeology (i.e., a theory of human action) capable of analyzing human action from moral and economic perspectives. Beyond Self-Interest illustrates how a unified praxeology could encourage more sustained analysis of the moral dimensions of economic activity while simultaneously softening the utilitarian prejudice of contemporary economic analysis.

Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE) - Bishop, theologian, philosopher, and rhetorician - has left a rich legacy for reflection upon relationships between Christianity and culture, between Christian catechesis and liberal education, and between faith and reason. Contemporary educational institutions have begun to explore their roots, digging into their intellectual traditions for the resources for renewal of liberal education. Augustine and Liberal Education sheds light on liberal education past and present, from an Augustinian point of view. Ranging from historical investigations of particular themes and issues in the thought of Saint Augustine, to reflections on the role of tradition and community and the challenges and opportunities facing universities in the next century, the contributors return to the sources of traditional reflection whilst exploring contemporary issues of education and 'the good life'. Essays on Augustinian inquiry in medieval and modern eras address critical questions on the role of rhetoric, reading, and authority in education, on the social context of learning, and on the relationship between liberal education and properly Christian catechesis. Contemporary questions on liberal education from philosophical, political, theological, and ethical perspectives are then explored in the essays which move from the past to the present. This book offers a valuable contribution to the growing scholarship on Catholic universities and on Augustine of Hippo, engaging in 'Augustinian inquiry' and pointing to possibilities for renewal in liberal education in the twenty-first century.

Augustine and Liberal Education

Hughes, Kevin L.

Routledge

"You are taken to task more for your lack of wisdom than you are praised for your harmful mildness" - King Lear.Paffenroth's book examines several major aspects and developments of the Biblical concept of Wisdom. He focuses on Wisdom as it evolves through the works of Shakespeare, Goethe, Melville, and Dostoevsky. The getting of Wisdom - the ultimate expression of joining of head and heart in search of God - is a key theme not only in biblical Wisdom literature but one of the major themes in Western literature. Lear, Ahab, Ismeal, Ivan Karamzov - all are in search of that meaningful combination of head and heart that brings a real knowledge of the world and of God to them. Wisdom is therefore the basis of a relationship with God, and the foundation of human happiness, freedom and fulfillment.Paffenroth examines wisdom under four broad categories: the destructiveness of folly; the feminine side of Wisdom; the folly of Christ as Wisdom; and the problem of suffering, especially as it highlights the inadequacy of reason.Kim Paffenroth is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Iona College. He is the author of Judas: Images of the Lost Disciple and the co-editor with Robert Kennedy of A Reader's Companion to Augustine's Confessions.

In Praise of Wisdom: Literary and Theological Reflections on Faith and Reason

Continuum Intl Pub Group

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The Heart Set Free: Sin And Redemption In The Gospels, Augustine, Dante, And Flannery O'connor

Religious Studies

Bloomsbury Academic

Paffenroth compares biblical and Shakespearean characters from each part of life's journey. The comparison will show spiritual challenges and pitfalls of each age, highlighting the deep differences between the Bible and Shakespeare, but also their complementarily, creating a fuller image of human strengths and weaknesses.

More Than Mere Players: Shakespeare and the Bible on Life's Drama

"You are taken to task more for your lack of wisdom than you are praised for your harmful mildness" - King Lear
Kim Paffenroth's book examines several major aspects and developments of the Biblical concept of Wisdom. He focuses on Wisdom as it evolves through the works of Shakespeare, Goethe, Melville, and Dostoevsky.
The getting of Wisdom-the ultimate expression of joining of head and heart in search of God - is a key theme not only in biblical Wisdom literature but one of the major themes in Western literature. Lear, Ahab, Ishmael, Ivan Karamzov - all are in search of that meaningful combination of head and heart that brings a real knowledge of the world and of God tothem. Wisdom is therefore the basis of a relationship with God, and the foundation of human happiness, freedom, and fulfillment.
Paffenroth examines wisdom under four broad categories: the destructiveness of folly; the feminine side of Wisdom; the folly of Christ as Wisdom; and the problem of suffering, especially as it highlights the inadequacy of reason.
"This is a major contribution to the study of literature and theology." -David Jasper, Professor of Literature and Theology, University of Glasgow.

Continuum

More Than Mere Players: Shakespeare and the Bible on Life's Dramas

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

This title was first published in 2000: Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE) - Bishop, theologian, philosopher, and rhetorician - has left a rich legacy for reflection upon relationships between Christianity and culture, between Christian catechesis and liberal education, and between faith and reason. Contemporary educational institutions have begun to explore their roots, digging into their intellectual traditions for the resources for renewal of liberal education. Augustine and Liberal Education sheds light on liberal education past and present, from an Augustinian point of view. Ranging from historical investigations of particular themes and issues in the thought of Saint Augustine, to reflections on the role of tradition and community and the challenges and opportunities facing universities in the next century, the contributors return to the sources of traditional reflection whilst exploring contemporary issues of education and 'the good life'. Essays on Augustinian inquiry in medieval and modern eras address critical questions on the role of rhetoric, reading, and authority in education, on the social context of learning, and on the relationship between liberal education and properly Christian catechesis. Contemporary questions on liberal education from philosophical, political, theological, and ethical perspectives are then explored in the essays which move from the past to the present. This book offers a valuable contribution to the growing scholarship on Catholic universities and on Augustine of Hippo, engaging in 'Augustinian inquiry' and pointing to possibilities for renewal in liberal education in the twenty-first century.

Augustine and Liberal Education (Routledge Revivals)

History

World

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Judas: Images of the Lost Disciple

Beyond Self-Interest

Beyond Self-Interest

Augustine and Liberal Education

In Praise of Wisdom: Literary and Theological Reflections on Faith and Reason

The Heart Set Free: Sin And Redemption In The Gospels, Augustine, Dante, And Flannery O'connor

More Than Mere Players: Shakespeare and the Bible on Life's Drama

In Praise of Wisdom: Literary and Theological Reflections on Faith and Reason

More Than Mere Players: Shakespeare and the Bible on Life's Dramas

Augustine and Liberal Education (Routledge Revivals)