Exercises in New Creation from Paul to Kierkegaard

By T. Wilson Dickinson

Book Overview

Chapter 1 Introduction: Care of the Self, City, and Creation

PART ONE: The Wisdom of the Cross

Chapter 2 Reading Paul in Radical, Late Ancient, and Prophetic Perspective

Chapter 3 Wisdom: Paul's Exercises of Care for a Commercialized Corinth

Chapter 4 The Cross: The Slow Violence of Gentlemen and the Wisdom of Self-Giving Love

Chapter 5 Exercises: Paul's Practices of Reading and Writing for Social Transformation

Chapter 6 New Creation: Pauline Social Experiments for Love and Justice

PART TWO: The Wisdom of Crossings

Chapter 7 Pauline Resonances in Luther, Derrida, and Kierkegaard

Chapter 8 The Writing of Creatures: The Environmentality of Confessions in Derrida and Augustine

Chapter 9 The Caregiver of Copenhagen: Kierkegaard's Re-Education of the Age of Information

Chapter 10 Caring for Creatures: Kierkegaard's Exercises for a Simple Way of Life

Chapter 11 Conclusion: Reading and Writing for Sustainability

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030074161
• ISBN13: 9783030074166
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"