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Living Words
Terence J. Martin
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Description for Living Words
Paperback. Series: AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Efforts to speak about religion regularly get mired in confusion and conflict. Terence Martin argues that such talk might go better if participants adopted certain postures and practices of speech -- in particular, the habit of critical thinking, a sense of irony, and an irenic approach to opposition. In this book, he takes his method from the conviction that literary dialogues on religious topics are useful tutors with respect to both the problems and the possibilities of religious discussion. In demonstrating the value of religious dialogue, Martin also provides fresh readings of Plato and Lucian, Anselm and Erasmus, and Hume ... Read more
Efforts to speak about religion regularly get mired in confusion and conflict. Terence Martin argues that such talk might go better if participants adopted certain postures and practices of speech -- in particular, the habit of critical thinking, a sense of irony, and an irenic approach to opposition. In this book, he takes his method from the conviction that literary dialogues on religious topics are useful tutors with respect to both the problems and the possibilities of religious discussion. In demonstrating the value of religious dialogue, Martin also provides fresh readings of Plato and Lucian, Anselm and Erasmus, and Hume ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion Series
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780788505126
SKU
V9780788505126
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