The True Human Being
The True Human Being

Author: Maria Louise Odgaard Møller

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Published: 2019-06-17

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 3647536172

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The aim of Odgaard Møller's book is threefold: The first main section seeks to clarify how and why Jesus is presented in the pre-1968 writings of the Danish theologian and philosopher K.E. Løgstrup (1905–1981). Throughout his work, Løgstrup's main focus has been a rehabilitation of the insight that life is something definite, because it is created. Here, Jesus primarily plays a methodological/strategic role as the one confirming and giving witness to Løgstrup's interpretation of created life in a given time of his authorship. When faith in creation is formulated polemically against another interpretation of life, Jesus serves as Løgstrup's ally in this discussion. In the second main section, this examination is extrapolated to include a discussion with Bultmann and two of his students in order to clarify the character of his Christology, not least whether – or in what way – this can be characterised as "implicit Christology". Finally, in the light of Ricoeur's hermeneutic philosophy of religion, the third main section considers the systematic-theological validity of this picture of Jesus. The overall conclusion can be summed up in this way: The main line in Løgstrup's work goes from created life to the human being Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus incarnates created life; therefore he is the true human being. This close connection between (created) Life and (true) Human Being is the kernel in Løgstrup's thought. This makes his perception of Jesus and his Christology distinctive, original and specifically Løgstrupian.

Human Freedom and the Values of the True, the Good, and the Beautiful
Human Freedom and the Values of the True, the Good, and the Beautiful

Author: Feng Qi

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2023-09-04

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 3110985756

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This is a philosophical book about the idea of human freedom in the context of Chinese philosophy on truth, the good, and beauty. The book shows that there is a coherent and sophisticated philosophical discourse on human freedom throughout the history of Chinese Philosophy in aesthetics, ethics, and epistemology. Feng Qi discusses the development of freedom in light of the Marxist theory of practice. In the history of philosophy, the relation between thought and existence, which is fundamental to philosophy, has stimulated many debates. These debates, though they have assumed diverse forms in Chinese and Western philosophy, have eventually concentrated on three inquiries: the natural world (the objective material world); the human mind; and the concepts, categories, and laws that are representative forms of nature in the human mind and in knowledge. In Chinese philosophy, the three inquiries are summarized using three notions: qi (气 breath, spirit), xin (心 heart), dao (道 the Way). What relationship do the three notions have with each other? This book explores the way to human freedom through the divergent paths in Chinese philosophy. This book’s investigation of human activities brings the typical Chinese philosophical discourse from the cosmological realm into the realm of human beings as individuals. In this regard, the three inquiries can be described as being about real life, ideals, and individuals.

Soul Snatchers
Soul Snatchers

Author: Robert W. Morgan

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780937663141

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Soul Snatchers describes Robert W. Morgan's journey across America and to Russia from 1972 to 1990. In his travels he met with Native Americans, Bigfoot researchers, a Tibetan lama, and legends of the Old West. Morgan reports on how his quest explains the relationship between Native American legends, Tibetan beliefs, and the modern phenomenon of Bigfoot and UFO sightings. His encounters demonstrate why the legends are a vital link to understanding modern American culture. His contacts include: Nino Cochise, the last freeborn Apache chief, Ingram Billie, a hillis hiya (shaman) on the Big Cypress reservation in Florida, John Cornplanter, guardian of the Gashpeta cave near the Cochiti Pueblo where a mythical stealer of children was said to still be active after hundreds of years, The Tombstone, AZ, gang including: Sid Wilson, the world's oldest cowboy; Hobie Earp, second cousin to Wyatt Earp; Everett Brownsey, the last elected marshal of Tombstone; and John R. Clarke, the last surviving member of the Arizona Rangers Book jacket.

The Ascension of the Human Being
The Ascension of the Human Being

Author: Michael Robert Ellis

Publisher:

Published: 2020-07-31

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9781916371101

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Michael's travels and observations have resulted in this compelling read on our universe, religions and governments, and hidden truths. He shares hidden techniques to develop the full potential of the human mind through meditation, yoga and healthy living to achieve success in life, inner peace, happiness, and self-realisation.

Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing
Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing

Author: Frederick Franck

Publisher: Bantam

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13:

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Franck, the author of Zen of Seeing, the classic guide, returns with more teachings and instructions.

The True Creator of Everything
The True Creator of Everything

Author: Miguel Nicolelis

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2020-01-07

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0300248881

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A radically new cosmological view from a groundbreaking neuroscientist placing the human brain at the center of humanity’s universe Renowned neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis introduces readers to a revolutionary new theory of how the human brain evolved to become an organic computer without rival in the known universe. Nicolelis undertakes the first attempt to explain the entirety of human history, culture, and civilization based on a series of recently uncovered key principles of brain function. This new cosmology is centered around three fundamental properties of the human brain: its insurmountable malleability to adapt and learn; its exquisite ability to allow multiple individuals to synchronize their minds around a task, goal, or belief; and its incomparable capacity for abstraction. Combining insights from such diverse fields as neuroscience, mathematics, evolution, computer science, physics, history, art, and philosophy, Nicolelis presents a neurobiologically based manifesto for the uniqueness of the human mind and a cautionary tale of the threats that technology poses to present and future generations.

Connecting With Young Children: Educating the Will
Connecting With Young Children: Educating the Will

Author: Stephen Spitalny

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-01-02

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1105320820

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A guide to the world of the young child, this book is an amazing resource for developing capacities for true connecting with young children as a support to their own development.

Jesus Monotheism
Jesus Monotheism

Author: Crispin Fletcher-Louis

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2015-07-29

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1620328895

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This is the first of a four-volume groundbreaking study of Christological origins. The fruit of twenty years research, Jesus Monotheism lays out a new paradigm that goes beyond the now widely held view that Paul and others held to an unprecedented "Christological monotheism." There was already, in Second Temple Judaism and in the Bible, a kind of "christological monotheism." But it is first with Jesus and his followers that a human figure is included in the identity of the one God as a fully divine person. Volume 1 lays out the arguments of an emerging consensus, championed by Larry Hurtado and Richard Bauckham, that from its Jewish beginnings the Christian community had a high Christology and worshipped Jesus as a divine figure. New data is adduced to support that case. But there are weaknesses in the emerging consensus. For example, it underplays the incarnation and does not convincingly explain what caused the earliest Christology. The recent study of Adam traditions, the findings of Enoch literature specialists, and of those who have explored a Jewish and Christian debt to Greco-Roman Ruler Cult traditions, all point towards a fresh approach to both the origins and shape of the earliest divine Christology.

Light from Darkness
Light from Darkness

Author: Samael Aun Weor

Publisher: Glorian Publishing

Published: 2012-05

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 1934206695

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Everything in existence functions because of laws of nature. Knowledge of those laws is what allows us to accomplish anything in life. Our spiritual and religious life is no different. Spiritual awakening is also managed by laws in nature. On every level of existence, there are basic facts that manage creation, development, decay, and death. Our consciousness or soul is no exception to these facts, and by knowing about them, we can achieve our complete development as a human being. Samael Aun Weor explains the fundamental laws and energies that we need to consciously harness in order to reach our full potential. These are the same energies that fuel the creation of any organism, from the smallest atom to the most expansive universe. The human being is called to be a radiant king or queen of nature, but to arrive at that level, one must know how.