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Essays on the Christian Worldview and Others Political, Literary, and Philosophical.

Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hamilton Books 2012.Description: 1 online resource (135 pages)Content type:
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  • 1283599929
  • 9781283599924
  • 9780761853442
  • 0761853448
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Essays on the Christian worldview and others political, literary, and philosophical.DDC classification:
  • 261
LOC classification:
  • BR100 .S32 2011eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Thoughts on a Few Significant Topics; Introduction; 1. Why I Am a Christian; 2. Why I Am Against Abortion; 3. Who I Am and What I Live For; 4. Why I Believe in Democracy; 5. Why I Write; 6. Why I Read; 7. My Mother: A Memory; 8. Why I Work for the Legal Aid Society; Notes; Chapter 2: The Christian Worldview; Introduction; 1. Hostility and Malice in the Psalms; 2. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ; 3. The Riddle of Jesus Christ; 4. The Idea of a Christian Society; 5. The Measure of God's Love; 6. Is Poverty Blessed?
7. A Few False Idols8. Some Words about Love, or a Meditation on Love; 9. Hell and Damnation; 10. Who Reads the Bible and Why; 11. Whatever Happened to Sin and Evil; 12. Prayer and Petition; 13. Suffering and Pain: A Tentative Answer; 14. Priests or Priestesses; 15. The Two Christmases; 16. The Christian Worldview vs. Secularism, or the Ancient vs. the Modern; 17. A Word about ""Forgiveness""; 18. Salvation and Sacrifice: Comments on Some Concepts; 19. The One Way to God; 20. The Compassion of Christ; 21. The Image of God and Christ, or the Image of God and Christ in Man.
22. The Idea of the Supernatural, or Religion vs. Science and Technology23. Freedom vs. Slavery; 24. Creeds or Chaos?; 25. Orthodoxy; 26. A Few Words about Evolution; 27. A Little Light on Intellect, Intelligence, or Being Smart; 28. Who Were the Disciples?; 29. A Few Words on the Commandment ""Love Your Neighbor As Yourself""; Notes; Chapter 3: Essays on Politics and Law; Introduction; 1. The Feminist Movement: A Critique; 2. Life or Death; 3. Politics and Truth; 4. Legalizing Prostitution; 5. A Third Party Proposal; 6. Why Capitalism Is a Failed Idea; 7. An Interview with Rick Seymour.
8. Trade, Profession, or Profit9. A Discourse on Equality; 10. Race and Class: False Standards in Search of an Answer; 11. Universal Healthcare Now; 12. The Religion of Former President Bush; 13. Why We Need Unions; 14. Socialism and Capitalism: A Proposed Explanation and Answer; Notes; Chapter 4: Literary and Philosophical Essays; Introduction; 1. On Words and Language; 2. On Tradition; 3. We Stand on Their Shoulders; 4. The Old Are Not to Be Discarded; 5. On Relationships and Alienation; 6. Is Happiness Possible?; 7. What Is Progress?; 8. Moral Relativism or Absolute Truth; 9. Power.
Summary: This collection of essays and thoughts covers such areas as basic Christian thought, which includes traditional family morality and a great concern for alleviating poverty and promoting social justice, political thought comparing the need for a system which includes both socialist and capitalist elements, and the need for values in our society, which has come to emphasize money, power, and greed as philosophical goals and values, though they are not. The book also has thoughts concerning literature, a consideration of what constitutes true progress, the denial in our society of any absolute moral truth, and the substitution of moral relativism as a mistaken ethical system.
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This collection of essays and thoughts covers such areas as basic Christian thought, which includes traditional family morality and a great concern for alleviating poverty and promoting social justice, political thought comparing the need for a system which includes both socialist and capitalist elements, and the need for values in our society, which has come to emphasize money, power, and greed as philosophical goals and values, though they are not. The book also has thoughts concerning literature, a consideration of what constitutes true progress, the denial in our society of any absolute moral truth, and the substitution of moral relativism as a mistaken ethical system.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Thoughts on a Few Significant Topics; Introduction; 1. Why I Am a Christian; 2. Why I Am Against Abortion; 3. Who I Am and What I Live For; 4. Why I Believe in Democracy; 5. Why I Write; 6. Why I Read; 7. My Mother: A Memory; 8. Why I Work for the Legal Aid Society; Notes; Chapter 2: The Christian Worldview; Introduction; 1. Hostility and Malice in the Psalms; 2. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ; 3. The Riddle of Jesus Christ; 4. The Idea of a Christian Society; 5. The Measure of God's Love; 6. Is Poverty Blessed?

7. A Few False Idols8. Some Words about Love, or a Meditation on Love; 9. Hell and Damnation; 10. Who Reads the Bible and Why; 11. Whatever Happened to Sin and Evil; 12. Prayer and Petition; 13. Suffering and Pain: A Tentative Answer; 14. Priests or Priestesses; 15. The Two Christmases; 16. The Christian Worldview vs. Secularism, or the Ancient vs. the Modern; 17. A Word about ""Forgiveness""; 18. Salvation and Sacrifice: Comments on Some Concepts; 19. The One Way to God; 20. The Compassion of Christ; 21. The Image of God and Christ, or the Image of God and Christ in Man.

22. The Idea of the Supernatural, or Religion vs. Science and Technology23. Freedom vs. Slavery; 24. Creeds or Chaos?; 25. Orthodoxy; 26. A Few Words about Evolution; 27. A Little Light on Intellect, Intelligence, or Being Smart; 28. Who Were the Disciples?; 29. A Few Words on the Commandment ""Love Your Neighbor As Yourself""; Notes; Chapter 3: Essays on Politics and Law; Introduction; 1. The Feminist Movement: A Critique; 2. Life or Death; 3. Politics and Truth; 4. Legalizing Prostitution; 5. A Third Party Proposal; 6. Why Capitalism Is a Failed Idea; 7. An Interview with Rick Seymour.

8. Trade, Profession, or Profit9. A Discourse on Equality; 10. Race and Class: False Standards in Search of an Answer; 11. Universal Healthcare Now; 12. The Religion of Former President Bush; 13. Why We Need Unions; 14. Socialism and Capitalism: A Proposed Explanation and Answer; Notes; Chapter 4: Literary and Philosophical Essays; Introduction; 1. On Words and Language; 2. On Tradition; 3. We Stand on Their Shoulders; 4. The Old Are Not to Be Discarded; 5. On Relationships and Alienation; 6. Is Happiness Possible?; 7. What Is Progress?; 8. Moral Relativism or Absolute Truth; 9. Power.