James Alison

For James Alison, a gay Catholic priest, the key to moving beyond resentment is faith.

Fragments Catholic and Gay

Faith Beyond Resentment

Wolfgang Palaver

The Palgrave Handbook of Mimetic Theory and Religion draws on the expertise of leading scholars and thinkers to explore the violent origins of culture, the meaning of ritual, and the conjunction of theology and anthropology, as well as secularization, science, and terrorism. Authors assess the contributions of René Girard’s mimetic theory to our understanding of sacrifice, ancient tragedy, and post-modernity, and apply its insights to religious cinema and the global economy. This handbook serves as introduction and guide to a theory of religion and human behavior that has established itself as fertile terrain for scholarly research and intellectual reflection.

The Palgrave Handbook of Mimetic Theory and Religion

Parler aujourd'hui du péché originel " dans une perspective à la fois d'une complète fidélité à la tradition et d'une complète fraîcheur, selon laquelle je pourrais vivre en chrétien catholique " du XXIe siècle, telle est la recherche de .James Alison dans ce livre. Cet ouvrage novateur rend ici la doctrine du péché originel accessible en tant qu'elle constitue toute la manière d'envisager l'histoire de l'humanité... à la lumière de la Résurrection. Partant de la conception des rapports humains proposée par le modèle mimétique de René Girard, l'auteur suit à la trace, dans les Écritures, le progrès d'une compréhension toujours plus complète et nouvelle des phénomènes victimaires. Alison examine ensuite cette anthropologie théologique à la lumière du salut, puis la met en perspective avec le magistère de l'Eglise et deux théologiens de premier plan, Augustin et Thomas d'Aquin. Il fait apparaître la cohérence de ces écrits avec une interprétation du péché originel recevable par la foi et la raison. Il montre ainsi, toujours à l'aune de la rédemption, que le péché originel ne peut être compris que du point de vue du pardon : il est ce qui nous est pardonné.

"Bienheureuse faute d'Adam..."

Le péché originel à la lumière de la Résurrection

On Being Liked is the transforming and joyful sequel to Faith Without Resentment: , which established the Catholic priest and writer James Alison as one of the most striking, voices in the church. He takes us step-by-step through a bold adventure, re-imagining the central axis of the Christian story, while to our astonishment and wonder, we discover ourselves as liked - not only loved - in the eyes of God.

On Being Liked

This classic book asks what it is to know Jesus. It will enable thinking Christians to ask new questions about their faith, their reading of the New Testament, and the theology of redemption.

Knowing Jesus

This original work of theological anthropology looks at original sin in the light of the Resurrection. It is based on the conviction that the doctrine of original sin is a vital perspective on what it is to be human when seen with Resurrection eyes. From this point of view, one is able to read all the major doctrines of Christianity from the order of discovery, and forgiveness becomes the way of transformation.

Original Sin Through Easter Eyes

The Joy of Being Wrong

This challenging and provocative book reimagines the justification, substance, process, and study of education in open, pluralistic, liberal democratic societies. Hanan Alexander argues that educators need to enable students to embark on a quest for intelligent spirituality, while paying heed to a pedagogy of difference. Through close analysis of the work of such thinkers as Michael Oakeshott, John Gray, Paulo Freire and Terence McLaughlin, Reimagining Liberal Education offers an account of school curriculum and moral and religious instruction that throws new light on the possibilities of a nuanced, rounded education for citizenship. Divided into three parts – Transcendental Pragmatism in Educational Research, Pedagogy of Difference and the Other Face of Liberalism, and Intelligent Spirituality in the Curriculum, this is a thrilling work of philosophy that builds upon the author’s award-winning text Reclaiming Goodness: Education and the Spiritual Quest.

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