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Author Ford, David F., 1948-

Title Christian wisdom : desiring God and learning in love / David F. Ford
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 412 pages)
Series Cambridge studies in Christian doctrine ; 16
Cambridge studies in Christian doctrine ; 16.
Contents Theology as wisdom -- Wisdom cries -- A wisdom interpretation of scripture -- Job! -- Job and post-Holocaust wisdom -- Jesus, the Spirit and desire: wisdom christology -- Learning to live in the Spirit: tradition and worship -- Loving the God of wisdom -- An inter-faith wisdom: scriptural reasoning between Jews, Christians and Muslims -- An interdisciplinary wisdom: knowledge, formation and collegiality in the negotiable university -- An interpersonal wisdom: L'Arche, learning disability and the Gospel of John -- Love's wisdom
Summary What is Christian wisdom for living in the twenty-first century? Where is it to be found? How can it be learnt? In the midst of diverse religions and worldviews and the demands and complexities of our world, David Ford explores a Christian way of uniting love of wisdom with wisdom in love. Core elements are the 'discernment of cries', the love of God for God's sake, interpretation of scripture, and the shaping of desire in faith. Case studies deal with inter-faith wisdom among Jews, Christians and Muslims, universities as centers of wisdom as well as knowledge and know-how and the challenge of learning disabilities. Throughout, there is an attempt to do justice to the pre-modern, modern and postmodern while grappling with scripture, tradition and the cries of the world today. Ford opens up the rich resources of Christianity in engaging with the issues and urgencies of contemporary life
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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SUBJECT Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013617
Bible fast
Subject Wisdom literature -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
God (Christianity) -- Wisdom.
Wisdom (Biblical personification)
Wisdom -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Systematic.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
God (Christianity) -- Wisdom
Wisdom (Biblical personification)
Wisdom literature
Wisdom -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
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