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In praise of wisdom : literary and theological reflections on faith and reason / Kim Paffenroth.
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TextPublication details: New York : Continuum, c2004.Description: xvi, 160 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0826416039
- 231/.042 22
- BT50 .P34 2004
Contents:
The sins of the father : evil and folly in the Old Testament and Dostoevsky -- The eternal feminine draws us upward : feminine wisdom in the Old Testament, Augustine, and Goethe's Faust -- Reason in madness : the wisdom of folly in the New Testament and King Lear -- The inadequacy of reason in Ecclesiastes and Pensées -- The meaning of suffering in Job and Moby Dick -- Conclusion: Life and love with wisdom of the heart.
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SAIACS General Stacks | Centre for South Asia Research (CSAR) | 231.042 P127I (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | c.2 | Available | TBN-OCT/2016 | 054406 | ||
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SAIACS General Stacks | Centre for South Asia Research (CSAR) | 231.042 P127I (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 049506 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-151) and index.
The sins of the father : evil and folly in the Old Testament and Dostoevsky -- The eternal feminine draws us upward : feminine wisdom in the Old Testament, Augustine, and Goethe's Faust -- Reason in madness : the wisdom of folly in the New Testament and King Lear -- The inadequacy of reason in Ecclesiastes and Pensées -- The meaning of suffering in Job and Moby Dick -- Conclusion: Life and love with wisdom of the heart.
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