Title:
Learning the good life : wisdom from the great hearts and minds that came before / Jessica Hooten Wilson and Jacob Stratman.
ISBN:
9780310127963
Publication Information:
Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 2022.
Physical Description:
xix, 300 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Foreword: Sawdust and Dishwater / David I. Smith -- Introduction / Jessica Hooten Wilson -- Part 1 450 BC to AD 600 -- Lao Tzu, From Tao Te Ching ; Introduction / Paul J. Pastor -- Confucius, From The Analects ; Introduction / Ravi Jain -- Plato, "The Allegory of the Cave" ; Introduction / Jason Baehr -- Seneca the Younger, From "On the Shortness of Life" ; Introduction/ Matthew D. Wright -- Athanasius, From On the Incarnation ; Introduction / Adam J. Johnson -- Gregory of Nazianzus, On My Own Verses ; Introduction / Philip Irving Mitchell -- Augustine of Hippo, From On the Teacher ; Introduction / J. L. Aijian -- Augustine of Hippo, From On Christian Doctrine, Book 1 ; Introduction / Helen Rhee -- Gregory the Great, Life of Saint Benedict, Dialogues, Book 2 ; Introduction / John Skillen --
Part 2 AD 600 to AD 1700 -- Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy: Inferno 1 ; Introduction / Jason M. Baxter -- NezahualcoyotI, "A Flower Song of Nezahualcoyotl" ; Introduction / Timothy E. G. Bartel -- Anonymous, "The Peace Prayer of Saint Francis" ; Introduction / Tuan Hoang -- Margery Kempe, From "The Book of Margery Kempe" ; Introduction / Beth Allison Barr -- William Shakespeare, From King Lear ; Introduction / Julianne Sandberg -- John Amos Comenius, From The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart ; Introduction / David I. Smith -- George Herbert, Five Poems ; Introduction / Jason Crawford -- Matsuo Basho, Three Haiku Poems ; Introduction / Timothy E. G. Bartel -- Rene Descartes, From Meditations on First Philosophy, and Blaise Pascal, From The Pensees ; Introduction / Ravi Jain -- Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, "Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz" ; Introduction / Theresa M. Kenney --John Milton, From Areopagitica ; Introduction / Louis Markos --
Part 3 AD 1700 to AD 1900 -- Jonathan Edwards, From "Personal Narrative" ; Introduction / Jonathan Callis -- Edmund Burke, From Reflections on the Revolution in France ; Introduction / Benjamin Myers -- Alfred Lord Tennyson, From "Ulysses" ; Introduction / Scott H. Moore -- Frederick Douglass, From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave ; Introduction / H. Collin Messer -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, From Aurora Leigh ; Introduction / Lanta Davis -- Henry David Thoreau, From "Life without Principle" ; Introduction / Jeffrey Bilbro -- Gerard Manley Hopkins, "As Kingfishers Catch Fire" ; Introduction / Jennifer L. Holberg -- Jarena Lee, From Religious Experience ; Introduction / Patricia Brown -- Friedrich Nietzsche, From Use and Abuse of History ; Introduction / Scott Huelin -- Anna Julia Cooper, From Womanhood: A Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race ; Introduction / Anika T. Prather --
Part 4 AD 1900 to Present Day -- W. E. B. DuBois, From The Souls of Black Folk ; Introduction / Angel Adams Parham -- Virginia Woolf, From A Room of One's Own ; Introduction/ Bethany Williamson -- G. K. Chesterton, "Modern Elfland" ; Introduction / J. Cameron Moore -- T. S. Eliot, "Preludes" ; Introduction / Joy Moore -- C. S. Lewis, "Learning in War-Time" ; Introduction / J. Cameron Moore -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer, From Life Together ; Introduction / David I. Smith -- Simone Weil, "Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God" ; Introduction / Paul J. Contino -- Dorothy L. Sayers, From "The Lost Tools of Learning" ; Introduction / Gina Dalfonzo -- Flannery O'Connor, "The Enduring Chill" ; Introduction / Julianna Leachman -- Josef Pieper, From Leisure : The Basis of Culture and "Learning How to See Again" ; Introduction/ Jay Beavers -- David Foster Wallace, "This Is Water" ; Introduction / Rick Ostrander -- Marilynne Robinson, From "Reclaiming a Sense of the Sacred" ; Introduction / Brent Newsom -- Wendell Berry, "Manifesto : The Mad Farmer Liberation Front" ; Introduction / Jeffrey Bilbro -- Appendix: Prayers and Liturgies for Students ; Introduction / Jacob Stratman
450 BC to AD 600 -- AD 600 to AD 1700 -- AD 1700 to AD 1900 -- AD 1900 to present day.
Summary:
We've lost ourselves. Disconnected from the past and uncertain about the future, we are anxious about what our lives will be and troubled by a nagging sense of meaninglessness. Adrift in the world, many Christians have their identity completely wrapped up in work and their definition of the "good life" is financial success. Fewer are staying committed to the Christian faith, finding it difficult to reconcile their experience with their longings and desires. With so much uncertainty, where can we find a true vision of "the Good Life"? Learning the Good Life speaks to this malaise with trusted and assured voices from the past, inviting Christians into an age-old conversation with some of history's wisest hearts and minds as their dialogue companions. Featuring classic writings from a diverse lineup of over 35 writers and thinkers including Confucius, Augustine, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, W.E.B. DuBois, Flannery O'Connor, and Wendell Berry. Together these sages of the past address important issues such as: vocation, calling, meaning, suffering, beauty, virtue, learning, wisdom, critical thinking, community, wonder, reflection, and more. Each of these texts are introduced by experts who are teachers, from a variety of Christian colleges and universities, to help providing a broader, richer, and more cohesive narrative in which Christians may participate. In addition to a substantive introduction, each text is accompanied by discussion questions to provoke further thought and contemplation and also to facilitate discussion when used in groups. Ideal for any Christian seeking a deeper connection to the wisdom of the past and wanting a more cohesive and beautiful vision of the good life. All the writers have a message for you. All of them are calling you to die to yourself, to your habits of indulgence, to your pride and ambition, and instead, dedicate your time to learning, thinking, and loving. -- Provided by publisher.
OCLC Number:
on1263663547
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