Patience: How We Wait Upon the World
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (754 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1561011479 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 191 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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. In addition, he served as department chairman at Virginia, president of Allegheny, and dean of arts and sciences at LSU. David Baily Harned (PhD, Yale) is a retired professor of religious studies who taught at Williams, Smith, and Allegheny colleges, as well as at the University of Virginia, Louisiana State University, and the University of Edinburgh. He is the author
This is less a book to be summarized than to be read and contemplated. It may inspire fresh thought about the sort of people we should strive to be. But he makes Patience also a stimulating partner in conversation with our public life and worries.''--Sam Portaro, Anglican Theological Review''A beautifully written book, both welcome and unusual. It is a book that a young man could probably not have written, inviting and encouraging us, as it does, to accept--indeed, to accept with gratitude--'the slowness of the good.'''--Gilbert Meilae
"A brilliant, highly engaging work in theological ethics." according to A Customer. An exceptionally solid, indeed exciting, contribution to theological ethics. Harned rehabilitates our understanding of and appreciation for an old, even old-fashioned, virtue and forces us to rethink its meaning for us today. His book is unusual, beautifully written, and persuasive. I would think that individual Christians wou. An enduring and timely response to our complicated world Harned's book is a timely answer to a complicated world in which we admire expediency and demand action.In investigating this oft-ignored virtue in Biblical traditions, the author makes it clear that patience does not mean accepting social injustice, but recognizing the supremacy of God in the world he created. Waiting is an a. "Thoughtful and Practical" according to M. Austin. This book is a nice treatment of patience and its role in life. While written from a Christian perspective, the book has much to say to anyone interested in what patience is and why it is important to individual and social welfare. I found that reading the book helped me practice patience, because I was more aware perhaps of c
In graceful prose and careful analysis, David Harned both inspires and instructs. This essay in theological ethics is rooted in classic texts: the Old and New Testaments, as well as the writings of Augustine, Gregory I, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas à Kempis, John Calvin, Søren Kierkegaard, and W. In a bold and invigorating manner, the author addresses contemporary existence-the lives of individuals, families, communities, and nations-and demonstrates how the Christian vision informs our efforts to live in a chaotic and violent world as faithful, hopeful, loving children of God. H. In this book, David Baily Harned makes a persuasive case for the significance of patience as an essential ingredient of the moral life. This new edition also includes an afterword by one of his former students who explores the value of this study by applying its insights to the life and leadership of George Washington.. Vanstone