Research Catalog

Title

Being human : confessions of a Christian humanist / John W. de Gruchy.

Author

De Gruchy, John W.

Publication

London : SCM, 2006.

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Details

Description

vi, 218 p.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Christianity and religious humanism
• Humanism, Religious

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Prologue -- Stories and grand narratives -- Confessions, apologia and testimony -- Christian humanism: Retrieving a legacy -- Being human -- A common humanity -- A matter of birth and death -- Individuals, persons and being human -- Human well-being -- Being religious -- Religion and piety -- Depersonalizing religion -- Growing beyond fundamentalism -- Religion as ideology of crusade -- Being secular -- Secularization and its outcomes -- Science and scientism -- Secular defenders of humanity -- Mature worldliness -- A believer -- A sense of awe and justice -- Greater than we can conceive -- Rumours of divine purpose -- God's love story: A strange beauty -- A Christian -- Jesus the Christ -- The cost of discipleship -- Why did God become a human being? -- Humanity fully alive -- A new humanity: Agent of human wholeness -- A Christian Humanist -- A love of learning: Seeking wisdom -- Respecting difference: Standing for truth -- Critical patriotism: Struggling for justice and peace -- Creativity of the Spirit: Cherishing beauty -- Epilogue -- Seasons of life -- End of story: A new beginning

ISBN

0334029791 (pbk.)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library