262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Laurel Schneider takes the reader on a vivid journey from the origins of "the logic of the One" - only recently dubbed monotheism - through to the modern day, where monotheism has increasingly failed to adequately address spiritual, scientific, and ethical experiences in the changing world. In Part I, Schneider traces a trajectory from the ancient history of monotheism and multiplicity in Greece,... Read more
1 Introduction: incarnation ... again PART I The logic of the One 2 Then came the word: the invention of monotheism 3 ‘‘No god but me’’: the roots of monotheism in Israel 4 End of the many: the roots of monotheism in Greek philosophy 5 ‘‘I am because we are’’: the roots of multiplicity in Africa 6 Monotheism, western science, and the theory of everything 7 When hell freezes over PART II Toward divine multiplicity 8 Starting the story again 9 Thinking being? Or why we need ontology ... again 10 Thinking multiplicity 11 Divine multiplicity ... 12 ... In a world of difference PART III Ethics and postures of multiplicity 13 A turn to ethics: beyond nationalism 14 A turn to ethics: unity beyond monotheism
Biography
Laurel C. Schneider is Associate Professor of Theology, Ethics, and Culture at Chicago Theological Seminary and author of Re-Imagining the Divine: Confronting the Backlash Against Feminist Theology (1999).
