The Resounding Soul: Reflections on the Metaphysics and Vivacity of the Human Person

The Resounding Soul: Reflections on the Metaphysics and Vivacity of the Human Person
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cascade Books
Country
United States
Published
10 November 2015
Pages
424
ISBN
9781498232098

The Resounding Soul: Reflections on the Metaphysics and Vivacity of the Human Person

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It is surely not coincidental that the term soul should mean not only the center of a creature’s life and consciousness, but also a thing or action characterized by intense vivacity (that bike’s got soul!). It also seems far from coincidental that the same contemporary academic discussions that have largely cast aside the language of soul in their quest to define the character of human mental life should themselves be so–how to say it?–bloodless, so lacking in soul. This volume arises from the opposite premise, namely that the task of understanding human nature is bound up with and in important respects dependent upon the more critical task of learning to be fully human, of learning to have soul. The papers collected here are derived from a conference in Oxford sponsored by the Centre of Theology and Philosophy and together explore the often surprising landscape that emerges when human consciousness is approached from this angle. Drawing upon literary, philosophical, theological, historical, and musical modes of analysis, the essays of this volume vividly remind the reader of the power of the ancient language of soul over against contemporary impulses to reduce, fragment, and overly determine human selfhood.

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