Learning to trust in freedom
Subtitle: signs from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions
By: David B. Burrell.
Publisher: University of Scranton Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Scranton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781589661950
Subjects: Philosophical theology; Liberty -- Religious aspects; Creation -- Comparative studies; Judaism -- Doctrines; Islam -- Doctrines
Genres: Comparative studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: freedom as response; title: Learning from traditions to overcome the pastness of the past : from modernity to postmodernity; title: Contrasting acting as initiating with acting as responding : a classical view of will; title: Creation and cosmic trust in Abrahamic faith traditions : philosophical presumptions and strategies clarified by theology; title: How narrative contextualizes and articulates freedom : Augustine and Etty Hillesum; title: Beyond optimism, postmodern hope, and theological assertion; title: With homage to Charles Taylor.