Books written by Paul J. Griffiths
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Religious Reading: The Place of Reading in the Practice of Religion
The Place of Reading in the Practice of Religion Paul J. Griffiths. Conte, Latin Literature, 596. See Pierre Hadot, Marius Victorinus; recherches sursa vie et ses oeuvres (Paris, 1971). See William Harris, Ancient Literacy (Cambridge, ...
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Problems of Religious Diversity
Religious forms of life will not, then, always issue in a desire for conversion. As always, almost everything will depend upon the particulars of the form of life. There are connections between the view that domestication is the right ...
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Regret: A Theology
The clocks can't be resisted, and what they do is agree with, justify, yield the right to, confirm, affirm—all possible readings of geben ... recht, here rendered “confirm”—the “timecrack,” the time in which or at which a crevasse is ...
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Why Read Pascal?
Why Read Pascal? is the first book in English in a generation to engage all the principal themes in Pascal's theology and philosophy.
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Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology
Edited and introduced by distinguished scholars, these essays are essential reading for anyone interested in the philosophy of religion.
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Song of Songs
This is something many commentaries simply ignore. . . . This commentary will force readers to remember it is not enough to leave this wonderful revelation in its historical context.
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Christian Flesh
Depicting and analyzing what the Christian tradition has to say about the flesh of Christians in relation to that of Christ, the book shows that some kinds of fleshly activity conform well to being a Christian, while others are in tension ...
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Reason and the Reasons of Faith
The program of the present volume is to inquire into the reasons of faith in order to offer theological resources to constructively address the double crisis of faith in reason and reason in faith.
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On Being Buddha: The Classical Doctrine of Buddhahood
This is the first book in a western language to treat these doctrines about Buddha from a philosophical and thoroughly critical viewpoint.
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Lying: An Augustinian Theology of Duplicity
"This book is a fascinating journey--from Augustine's total ban on lying, through the compromises of philosophers like Plato and Aquinas, to the radical espousal of truth's impossibility in Nietzche.
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The Vice of Curiosity: An Essay on Intellectual Appetite
“In these lectures, Griffiths seeks to develop a theology of intellectual appetite.
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Lying: An Augustinian Theology of Duplicity
The whole of the Summa's second part (IaIIae and IIaIIae together) treats human life: what it is, what it's for, how human action is and ought to be ordered. Within this overarching concern, Aquinas uses the schema of the seven virtues, ...
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Problems of Religious Diversity
The volume distinguishes the differences between religious and non-religious responses to these questions, and evaluates the fundamental philosophical underpinnings of these contemporary debates.
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Intellectual Appetite: A Theological Grammar
*Everyone wants to know thingsthis book explains how to want to know them well*
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Decreation: The Last Things of All Creatures
In Decreation, Paul J. Griffiths explores how orthodox Christian theology might be developed to include the last things of all creatures.
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Israel: A Christian Grammar
... Contemporary Catholic Approaches to the People , Land , and State of Israel . Washington , DC : Catholic University ... Israel . 3 volumes . St. Louis : Miriam Press , 2010 . Finkielkraut , Alain . Le juif imaginaire . Paris : Seuil ...
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Problems of Religious Diversity
The volume distinguishes the differences between religious and non-religious responses to these questions, and evaluates the fundamental philosophical underpinnings of these contemporary debates.
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Religious Reading: The Place of Reading in the Practice of Religion
... like beads on a string , Augustine chooses perhaps one - fiftieth of the beads , removes them from the string , restrings them in the same order they had on the original string , and lets the user know roughly how many beads would have ...