The other calling : theology, intellectual vocation and truth
by
Shanks, Andrew, 1954-
Title
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The other calling : theology, intellectual vocation and truth
Author
:
Shanks, Andrew, 1954-
ISBN
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9781405157667
9781405157674
Personal Author
:
Shanks, Andrew, 1954-
Publication Information
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Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
Physical Description
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213 p. ; 24 cm.
Series
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Illuminations, theory and religion
Illuminations : theory and religion
Series Title
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Illuminations, theory and religion
General Note
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Formerly CIP.
Contents
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Introduction : why theology? / what is an intellectual? -- 1. The incompleteness of philosophy alone -- 2. Philosophy and folk religion : two 'forms' for a single 'content' -- 3. 'Philosophic politics' (I) : Strauss amongst 'the moderns' and 'the postmoderns' -- 4. 'Philosophic politics' (II) : Strauss and 'the ancients' -- 5. Anti-philosophical philosophy (I) : Kojeve's critique of the 'cloistered mind' -- 6. Anti-philosophical philosophy (II) : Epicurus, Rousseau -- 7. Beyond metaphysics : 'the science of the sacralisation of honesty, in theist, Catholic form' -- 8. Coleridge's notion of the 'clerisy' -- 9. Sacramentally framed thought -- 10. 'The conflict' : from Amos to Hegel, and Girard -- 11. What is an intellectual? / why theology?
Abstract
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"The Other Calling is a systematic riposte both to the elitism of philosophy in the heritage of Plato, and to the typical individualism of Plato's philosophic opponents. Here instead intellectual integrity is identified with a form of priesthood."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
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Philosophy and religion.
Religious thought.
Intellectuals.
Electronic Access
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| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025425071 | 201.61 S528.O 2007 | 1 |