philosophy, religion, and the affirmation of life Shakespeare, Steven 1968- Moody, Katharine. text bibliography Electronic books. enk 2012 monographic eng 1 online resource (ix, 185 pages) This book breaks new ground in religious and philosophical thinking on the concept of life. It captures a moment in which such thinking is regaining its force and attraction for scholars, and the relevance of thought to social, cultural, political and religious dilemmas about how and why to live. Bringing together original contributions by highly distinguished authors in the field of continental philosophy of religion, including John D. Caputo, Pamela Sue Anderson, Philip Goodchild, Alison Martin and Don Cupitt, this book has a distinctiveness based on its refusal to sit easily within either s. Introduction: irritating life, Katharine Sarah Moody and Steven Shakespeare; Section 1 The Politics of Life: Believing in this life: French philosophy after Beauvoir, Pamela Sue Anderson; Agamben, Girard and the life that does not live, Brian Sudlow; Entangled fidelities: reassembling the human, John Reader; Grace Jantzen: violence, natality and the social, Alison Martin. Section 2 Life and the Limits of Thinking: Bodies without flesh: overcoming the soft Gnosticism of incarnational theology, John D. Caputo; From world to life: Wittgenstein's social vitalism and the possibility of philosophy, Neil Turnbull; 'A weariness of the flesh': towards a theology of boredom and fatigue, Kenneth Jason Wardley. Section 3 Life and Spirituality: The spirituality of human life, Lorenz Moises J. Festin; Two philosophies of life, Don Cupitt; Thinking and life: on philosophy as a spiritual exercise, Philip Goodchild; Afterword, Katharine Sarah Moody and Steven Shakespeare; Index. edited by Katharine Sarah Moody, Steven Shakespeare. Includes bibliographical references and index. Life Meaning (Philosophy) Spirituality PHILOSOPHY Movements Humanism Life Meaning (Philosophy) Spirituality Leven Filosofische aspecten Theologische aspecten BD431 128 Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012 (DLC) 2012018434 (OCoLC)795503564 1409443302 9781409443308 9781409472292 1409472299 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=504663 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=504663 AZK 160329 20200709055649.0 ocn961556861 eng