Apology for wonder.
Writings on contemporary theology.
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New York,
Harper & Row
[1969]
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Table of Contents:
- The anatomy of wonder
- 1. The Objects of Wonder, Ontologic Wonder, Mundane Wonder, Formal Characteristics of the Objects of Wonder
- 2.Subjective Aspects of the Experience of Wonder , The Stimulus as Experienced, Response to the Stimulus
- 3. "Wonder, the Holy, and the Valuable" , Ontologic Wonder and the Subject of Religious Statements, Wonders and the Predicates of Religious Statements
- Childhood and wonder
- 1. The Nature of Childish Experience and Reasoning, The First World of Experience, The Construction of Reality- The Growth of Reason
- 2. Some Implications of Childish Reason for Wonder , Immediacy, Lack of Necessity, Concreteness, Intimacy, "Mastery, Action, and Wonder"
- 3. Conclusions
- The wonder-ful cosmos of traditional man
- 1. Primal Man- Myth and Wonder, The World as Chaos, The World as Cosmos, Responses to Chaos and Cosmos
- 2. Greek Man - Reason and Wonder , Wonder and Philosophy, "Wonder ,Fabrication, and Action" , Continuity between Primal and Greek Man 3. Judeo-Christian Man Revelation Creation and Wonder , Revelation as Wonder-Event-The Birth of Historical Wonder , Creation and Wonder Tension Within Judeo-Christian Theology
- The chaotic world of modern man
- 1. The decline of reason, From cosmic to technical reason, the historicity of reason
- 2. The new multiverse-from necessity to contingency
- 3. The indelibility of Evil
- 4. The "Death of God" , The God of Nature and the God of history , the meaning of the "Death of God"
- 5. Conclusion: The Ecology of Modern Man
- The travail of homo faber
- 1. The Attempted Apotheosis of Homo Faber , the assumption of omnipotence , the realization of impotence-- 2. The Anatomy of Homo Faber , Man: Homo Faber or Homo Fabricatus- Architect or artifact?, The Omniscience and folly of Homo Faber , Homo Faber : Lord or enemy of nature?, Homo Faber : Architect of the New Jerusalem?
- 3. From Homo Faber to Homo Ludens?
- 4. Reflections on Schizophrenia of Homo Faber
- Wonder and authentic life
- 1. Apollo and Dionysus - Two views of authentic life , The Apollonian way, The Dionysian way, Conflict between Apollo and Dionysus, evaluation of models
- 2. A typology of moments and styles of pathology, apollonian pathology, Dionysian pathology
- Wonder and Authentic life -Homo Tempestivus, Health as Balance: Wonder and Action, The Principle of Oscillation , Wisdom as Timeliness, The Timely Man-Homo Tempestivus
- Wonder, grace, and gratitude (a quasi-theological postscript)
- 1. Archaeology of Grace : Trust and faith, 2. Rhetoric of gratitude: Worship and celebration
- notes.