Eros Toward the World
Download or Read eBook Eros Toward the World PDF written by Alexander C. Irwin and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-01-20 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Alexander C. Irwin |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2004-01-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781592444762 |
ISBN-13 | : 1592444768 |
Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Eros Toward the World by : Alexander C. Irwin
Book excerpt: Alexander Irwin's original and important work retrieves and develops the often-neglected but extremely fruitful notion of eros in Paul Tillich's thought.Irwin's recovery of Tillich's rich concept shows how eros is a crucial dimension in human existence and a driving force in all human creativity - in art, social ethics, politics, and religion.Yet Tillich's theology and his personal life also contained a destructive aspect that begs the question of relational justice. Confronting the demonic in eros leads Irwin to augment Tillich's notion with recent feminist theologies of the erotic and yields a profound and promising avenue for contemporary religious thought.