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The Long Shadow of Emile Cailliet
eBook - Faith, Philosophy, and Theological Education
Graham, Gordon/Bartollas, Clemens/Evans, Abigail Rian u a
ISBN/EAN: 9781630876807
Umbreit-Nr.: 2272710
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 222 S.
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Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 23.09.2011
Auflage: 1/2011
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- Zusatztext
- This book aims to examine the importance of Christian philosophy in theological education through the prism of the life and teachings of Emile Cailliet. The book's primary focus is on his years of teaching at Princeton Theological Seminary, to which all the authors are connected. This work examines Cailliet as a believer, teacher, scholar, and philosopher. Although Cailliet wrote over twenty books, none of them articulated his formal position on the nature of theological education. However, it is clear from his teaching at seminary and his writings on philosophy, especially Pascal, that he saw philosophy as an integral part of seminary training. We want to preserve his work because he was a seminal but neglected thinker whose influence extends from science to literature and from philosophy to spirituality and theology. We believe that Emile Cailliet was one of the most influential Christians of the twentieth century. We invite the reader to stand in the long shadow of Cailliet and consider how his life and thought can help us tackle some of the knotty questions that face us today.
- Kurztext
- The goal of many evangelical educators is to facilitate biblical thinking and the worldview transformation of their students. Yet, aside from upholding a set of moral behaviors or maintaining positions on issues perceived to be &quote;Christian,&quote; the goals and aspirations of most evangelical young people differ little from their unbelieving peers. As George Barna has noted, &quote;We have a generation coming up that . . . isn't looking at Christianity to answer spiritual concerns . . . We either change or we lose them.&quote;Worldview as Worship contends that the approach taken by most evangelical educators to the issue of worldview transformation has neglected to address two fundamental components of worldviews. First, that our initial worldviews are not philosophical systems but rather faith dispositions and that worldview transformation cannot simply present the biblical worldview as a more rational or logical system, but must address issues of the heart as well as the mind. Second, unlike philosophies that are individual, worldviews are communal and are learned and transformed within the context of community practice. Appealing to Paul's teaching in Romans 12:1-2, Worldview as Worship approaches the &quote;renewing of your mind&quote; as the result of the believer's presentation of themselves as a &quote;holy sacrifice . . . which is your spiritual service of worship.&quote; The book advocates an approach to worldview transformation that focuses on believers as apprentices rather than simply as students--an approach that holds true to the biblical model of discipleship. As a result, worldview transformation works best when the application of faith to the issues of learning and life are modeled by the faith community and where students are given the opportunity to put faith into practice.
- Autorenportrait
- Abigail Rian Evans is a Scholar-in-Residence at the Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University Medical Center and the Charlotte Newcombe Professor of Practical Theology emerita at Princeton Theological Seminary. Dr. Evans has published over fifty-five books, articles book chapters and reviews..<br><br> Clemens Bartollas is Professor of Sociology at the University of Northern Iowa. He has published forty books and another forty chapters and articles.<br><br> Kenneth Woodrow Henke is an archivist on the Special Collections staff of the Princeton Theological Seminary Library.<br><br> Gordon Graham is Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophy and the Arts at Princeton Theological Seminary. He has published extensively on philosophical; aspects of art, ethics, politics, and religion. His most recent book is Theories of Ethics