First published in 1980—and reissued here with a feisty new introductory essay—The Promise of Paradox launched Parker J. Palmer’s career as an author and his ongoing exploration of the contradictions that vex and enrich our lives. In this probing and heartfelt book, the distinguished writer, teacher, and activist examines some of the challenging questions at the core of Christian spirituality. How do we live with the apparent opposition between good and evil, scarcity and abundance, individuality and community, death and new life? We can hold them as paradoxes, not “either/ors,” allowing them to open our minds and hearts to new ways of seeing and being.
The Promise and Paradox of Freedom
While there are certainties in Christian faith, at the heart of the Christian story is also paradox, and Jen Pollock Michel helps readers imagine a Christian faith open to mystery.
... promises — more harm than good. Those in the civil service who believed that the 1978 legislative trade-offs were warranted by the promised ... contradiction to the new freedoms and responsibility of the CSRA. After reviewing these three ...
This collection of original essays will unravel the current heterosexual scene in two parts: one on rights and privileges, the other on popular culture.
An excellent resource that we use at Antioch on this issue is When Helping Hurts, by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2009). 6. Augustine, Homilies on St. John's Epistles, 7.8. chapter 10 1.
This is what we all too often forget, and it is the crux of the power paradox: by misunderstanding the behaviors that helped us to gain power in the first place we set ourselves up to fall from power.
Addresses Christians who wish to renew and live their faith within the context of public life yet without imposing moralistic views on others through the use of organized political power
In Paradox of the Learning Game: The Promise and Plight of Video Games and Learning, higher education professional Marcus T. Wright provides an insightful commentary detailing the possibilities and limitations of learning games that take ...
But Greece's performance in domestic and international policy falls short of this promise. The essays in The Greek Paradox look at some of the reasons for this gap and suggest possible political and economic reforms.
With this framework in place, the book then turns to an in-depth treatment of the Prediction Paradox, versions of the Preface/Fallibility Paradox, the Lottery Paradox, Newcomb's Problem, the Prisoner's Dilemma and the Sorites Paradox.