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ISBN: 9780429022340 , 0429022344 , 9780429666469 , 0429666462 , 9780429661020 , 0429661029 , 9780429663741 , 0429663749

Serie: Routledge monographs in classical studies

Inhalt: The Bible, Homer, and the Search for Meaning in Ancient Myths explores and compares the most influential sets of divine myths in Western culture: the Homeric pantheon and Yahweh, the God of the Old Testament. Heath argues that not only does the God of the Old Testament bear a striking resemblance to the Olympians, but also that the Homeric system rejected by the Judeo-Christian tradition offers a better model for the human condition. The universe depicted by Homer and populated by his gods is one that creates a unique and powerful responsibility - almost directly counter to that evoked by the Bible--for humans to discover ethical norms, accept death as a necessary human limit, develop compassion to mitigate a tragic existence, appreciate frankly both the glory and dangers of sex, and embrace and respond courageously to an indifferent universe that was clearly not designed for human dominion. Heath builds on recent work in biblical and classical studies to examine the contemporary value of mythical deities. Judeo-Christian theologians over the millennia have tried to explain away Yahweh's Olympian nature while dismissing the Homeric deities for the same reason Greek philosophers abandoned them: they don't live up to preconceptions of what a deity should be. In particular, the Homeric gods are disappointingly plural, anthropomorphic, and amoral (at best). But Heath argues that Homer's polytheistic apparatus challenges us to live meaningfully without any help from the divine. In other words, to live well in Homer's tragic world - an insight gleaned by Achilles, the hero of the Iliad - one must live as if there were no gods at all. The Bible, Homer, and the Search for Meaning in Ancient Myths should change the conversation academics in classics, biblical studies, theology and philosophy have - especially between disciplines - about the gods of early Greek epic, while reframing on a more popular level the discussion of the role of ancient myth in shaping a thoughtful life

Anmerkung: Brothers (and sisters) from a different mother -- Texts with a history -- Assembling resemblances -- Yahweh and other olympians -- Homer's gods -- Biblical polytheism I: Yahweh's divine competition -- Biblical polytheism II: Yahweh's little helpers -- Biblical anthropomorphism: Yahweh's da man -- Diverging deities: where Homer got it right -- Theological (dis)honesty -- Cleaning up Yahweh -- Homer's perfectly fallible gods -- Creating meaning -- Homeric creation -- The failure of Genesis, the Genesis of failure -- The demands of finitude -- Cheating death, squandering life -- We all have it coming -- Finding justice -- Waiting for God. oh. The myth of Iliadic justice -- Living without the gods: the myth of theistic justice -- Heavenly sex -- Divine eros, biblical celibacy, and God's little punching bag.

Weitere Ausg.: Print version: Heath, John, 1955- author. Bible, Homer, and the search for meaning in ancient myths New York : Routledge, 2019 ISBN 9780367077204

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Electronic books. ; Electronic books. ; Criticism, interpretation, etc.

URL: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429022340

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ISBN: 9781118499528 , 1118499522 , 9781119666523 , 111966652X , 9781119666462 , 1119666465

Inhalt: "The Encyclopedia of Religious Ethics introduces readers to basic issues in moral inquiry, a selection of moral traditions, and surveys a range of moral issues. Each of the three volumes covers one of these three elements of religious ethics, with Volume I focusing on moral inquiry. What distinguishes "religious" ethics from other approaches to ethics is, first and foremost, its connection to the religions. While there is much debate in modern scholarship about the precise meaning of the term "religion" there is at least a widely shared conviction that there are such things as religions, by which is meant social groups and traditions of thought and practice that are in one way or another about the deepest human questions and the ultimate goal(s) of human life, including but not limited to reverence for a divine being or beings. Thought about or practice in relation to what is held to be ultimately real and important seems to be a longstanding feature of human life across historical periods, geography, and cultural traditions"--

Anmerkung: Volume 1. Moral enquiry / volume editor, Maria Antonaccio -- volume 2. Moral traditions / volume editor, David A. Clairmont -- volume 3. Moral issues / volume editor, Elizabeth Bucar. , Moral Enquiry. Front Matter -- On Religious Ethics / William Schweiker -- Moral Theories / Robin W Lovin -- Moral Truth / Maria Antonaccio -- Norms, Values, and Metaphysics / Franklin I Gamwell -- God and Morality / John Hare -- Non-Theistic Ethics / Anton Sevilla-Liu -- Language and Morality / Per Sundman -- Embodied Moral Inquiry / Kevin Schilbrack -- Reason, Emotion, Ethics / Elena Namli -- Feminist Epistemologies / Morny Joy -- Natural Law / Elisabeth Rain Kincaid, Ebenezer Akesseh, David A Clairmont -- Divine Command Theories of Moral Obligations / J Harrison Lee, C Stephen Evans -- Authority and Religious Experience / Darrell J Fasching -- Ideas of Ethical Excellence / Lee Yearley -- Agents and Moral Formation / Thomas W Ogletree -- Moral Development / Don S Browning -- Desire and Will / Kevin Jung -- Perception / Michael Sohn -- Love and Compassion / Lisa Sowle Cahill -- Practical Reasoning and Moral Casuistry / Albert R Jonsen -- Virtue and Virtue Ethics / Cheryl Cottine -- Consequentialism / Werner Wolbert -- Deontology / Bharat Ranganathan -- Responsibility / Jesse Couenhoven -- Value Theory / William Schweiker -- Alterity / Paul Mendes-Flohr -- Discourse / Brett T Wilmot -- Text and Canon / Michael Fishbane -- Hermeneutics / William Schweiker -- Contested Canons and Counter Traditions / Victor Anderson -- Revelation / Mark Douglas -- Law and Religion / Winnifred Fallers Sullivan -- Schools and Monasteries / Christine Luckritz Marquis -- Communications and Media / Günter Thomas -- Practices / Francis X Clooney -- Theories of Practice / Anne Mocko -- Liturgy as Performance / Nicholas Denysenko -- Reading/Recitation/Memorization / Lauren E Osborne -- Pilgrimage / Albertus Bagus Laksana -- Meditation as an Ethical Practice / Georges B Dreyfus -- Asceticism and Self-Cultivation / Niki Kasumi Clements -- Comparison in Religious Ethics / Sumner B Twiss -- Comparison as a Discipline / David A Clairmont -- Religious Ethics and Religious Studies / Richard B Miller -- Secularisms / Slavica Jakelić -- Postsecularisms / Slavica Jakelić -- History of Religions / Donald K Swearer -- Culture and Moral Pluralism / Bruce Grelle -- Conceptual Approaches in Comparative Religious Ethics / Aaron Stalnaker -- Ethnographic / Jung H Lee -- Pragmatism / Michael R Slater -- Cosmology / Frank E Reynolds, Jonathan W Schofer -- Ritual / Francisca Cho -- Saints and Exemplars / Lamin Sanneh -- Cosmogony and Eschatology / Markus Höfner -- Myth / Brian Collins -- Nature and Human Nature / William D Hart -- Soteriology and Enlightenment / Rick Elgendy -- Moral Traditions. Front Matter -- On Religious Ethics / William Schweiker -- Jewish Ethics? / Hilary Putnam -- Foundations of Jewish Ethics / Ronald M Green -- Ethics Differentiated from the Law / Shaul Magid -- From Law to Ethics ... and Back / Nancy Levene -- Christian Ethics? / Gene Outka -- Origins of Christian Ethics / Jef Gerwen -- Differentiation in Christian Ethics / Vigen Guroian -- Trajectories in Christian Ethics / Jean Porter -- Muslim Ethics? / Ebrahim Moosa -- Origins of Islamic Ethics / A Kevin Reinhart -- Islamic Ethics / Abdulaziz Sachedina -- Muslim Ethical Trajectories in the Contemporary Period / Frederick Mathewson Denny -- Buddhist Ethics? / John Ross Carter -- Origins of Buddhist Ethics / Damien Keown -- Cultural Differentiation in Buddhist Ethics / Thomas P Kasulis -- Buddhist Ethics / Charles Hallisey -- Hindu Ethics? / Roy W Perrett -- Origins of Hindu Ethics / Anne E Monius -- Differentiations in Hindu Ethics / Maria Heim -- Trajectories of Hindu Ethics / Joseph Prabhu -- Chinese Ethics? / Eske Møllgaard -- Origins of Chinese Ethics / Philip J Ivanhoe -- Differentiations in Chinese Ethics / Mark Csikszentmihalyi -- Trajectories of Chinese Religious Ethics / Mark Berkson -- African Ethics? / Barry Hallen -- Origins of African Ethics / Segun Gbadegesin -- Differentiations in African Ethics / Bénézet Bujo -- Trajectories in African Ethics / Laura S Grillo -- Indigenous Peoples / Vine Deloria -- Origins of Ethics in the Religions of the Americas / David A Clairmont -- Modes of Interpretation of Indigenous Religious Ethics (of the Americas) / Garry Sparks -- Enduring Indigenous Religious Practices in the Americas / Santiago Piñón -- Practices and Communities (Christianity) / Todd Whitmore -- Islam -- Communities and Practices / Kirsten Wesselhoeft -- Indian Religions / Ankur Barua -- Chinese Religions / Beverley McGuire -- African Religions / Ebenezer Akesseh -- Modes of Interpretation in Jewish Ethics / Elias Sacks -- Modes of Interpretation (Christianity) / Christina G McRorie -- Ethics in Islam / Paul L Heck -- Buddhist Ethics / Anne Ruth Hansen -- Modes of Interpretation (Indian Religions) / Shyam Ranganathan -- Modes of Interpretation in African Religions -- A Yoruba Axiological Perspective / John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji -- Mode of Interpretation -- The Chinese Tradition / Ellen Y Zhang -- Christianity (Global Interactions) / Devaka Premawardhana -- Global Interactions (Islam) / Muhamad Ali -- Buddhism / Francisca Cho -- The Prophetic, Priestly, and Servant Roles of Religion in Public Life in South Africa / Nico Koopman -- Indian Religions / Gardner Harris -- Moral Issues. Front Matter -- On Religious Ethics / William Schweiker -- Health / Katherine K Young -- Body Culture / Regina Ammicht Quinn -- Aesthetic Experience / Frank Burch Brown -- Children / Bonnie J Miller-McLemore -- Joy and Laughter / Terence J Martin -- Play, Recreation, and Sport / Eric Bain-Selbo -- Personhood / Darlene Fozard Weaver -- Pleasure and Pain / Susan A Ross -- Reproduction / Cristina L H Traina -- Subject Formation and Subjectivity / Jonathan Schofer -- Ability and Disability / Jana M Bennett -- Class / Devin Singh -- Disease / Neil Messer -- Home and Homelessness / Laura Stivers -- Moral Struggle / Elizabeth Sweeny Block -- Posthumanism and Transhumanism / Ron Cole-Turner -- Violence / John D Carlson -- Nations / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Economics / Max L Stackhouse -- Human Rights / Simeon O Ilesanmi -- Images and Things / Kenneth M George -- Corporations / Rebecca Todd Peters -- Education / Joshua Daniel -- Law / M Christian Green -- Religious Non-Governmental Organizations / Jeffrey Haynes -- Religious Institutions / Gerard Mannion -- Science / Roger A Willer -- Ecology / William French -- Global Dynamics / Sallie B King -- Technology / Gerald P McKenny -- Animals / Charles Camosy -- Justice / Michael Kessler -- Production and Consumption / Joe Blosser -- Sustainability and Climate Change / Michael S Hogue -- Religious Membership / Robin Gill -- Future Generations / Svend Andersen -- Ecumenism / Timothy F Sedgwick -- Family / Sandra Sullivan-Dunbar -- Interspecies Communities / Celia Deane-Drummond -- Labor and Trade / Christine Firer Hinze -- Marriage / Eugene F Rogers -- New Religious Movements / Damon T Berry -- Peacekeeping / Irene Oh -- Religion and Religious War / John Kelsay -- Censorship, Disclosures, and Privacy / Jonathan Rothchild -- Civil Rights and Protest Movements / Tobin Miller Shearer -- Domestic Violence / Shannon Dunn -- Gender Discrimination / Rosemary Kellison -- Genocide / Atalia Omer, Ernesto Verdeja -- Racial Discrimination / Jonathan Tran -- Religious Discrimination / Loren D Lybarger -- Torture / Amy Laura Hall -- War and Non-State Group Violence / H David Baer -- Index

Weitere Ausg.: Print version: Encyclopedia of religious ethics. Hoboken, NJ, USA : Wiley Blackwell, 2022 ISBN 9781118471982

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Encyclopedias. ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books.

DOI: 10.1002/9781118499528

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118499528

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118499528

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118499528