Faith, Hope, and Love

These essays consider the three traditional theological virtuesfaith, hope, and lovealongside their oppositesdoubt, despair, and hate, from a scholarly perspective. The volume includes contributions not just from philosophers of religion, but also from psychologists, sociologists, and film and literature scholars, to paint a complex and nuanced picture of these virtues, both of how we might understand them, and how we can hope to embody them ourselves. While these virtues make up a core part of the Christian tradition, the chapters here go far and wide in search of different cultural conceptions of these universal human concerns. Inquiries are made into these virtues within Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, and Islamic thought, alongside philosophers including Aristotle, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Levinas, and Murdoch. The resulting tapestry is often beautiful, sometimes horrific, but always thoroughly human. This text appeals to students and researchers working in these fields.
Chapter [9] is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Unique as a broad collection of scholarly perspectives on a traditionally theological topic Brings together theologians, philosophers, and scholars of religion Enhances our understanding of virtue and vice in general, and of these three virtures in particular Chapter [9] is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Autorentext

Troy DuJardin earned his Ph.D in the Boston University Graduate Program in Religion, and served as Assistant Director of the Boston University Institute for Philosophy and Religion from 2015 to 2020. He has also served as a writing fellow in the Boston University Core Curriculum, a teaching fellow in religious studies, and an instructor in philosophy. M. David Eckel is Professor of Religion and Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Religion at Boston University. He has received the Metcalf Award for Teaching Excellence (1998), and has served as Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Humanities (2002-5), as well as Assistant Dean and Director of the Core Curriculum. He also has served on the Visiting Committee of Harvard Divinity School.

Klappentext

These essays consider the three traditional theological virtues faith, hope, and love alongside their opposites doubt, despair, and hate, from a scholarly perspective. The volume includes contributions not just from philosophers of religion, but also from psychologists, sociologists, and film and literature scholars, to paint a complex and nuanced picture of these virtues, both of how we might understand them, and how we can hope to embody them ourselves. While these virtues make up a core part of the Christian tradition, the chapters here go far and wide in search of different cultural conceptions of these universal human concerns. Inquiries are made into these virtues within Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, and Islamic thought, alongside philosophers including Aristotle, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Levinas, and Murdoch. The resulting tapestry is often beautiful, sometimes horrific, but always thoroughly human. This text appeals to students and researchers working in these fields. Chapter [9] is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Virtue and Vice.- I: Faith and Doubt.- 2. Faith (and Doubt?) Among the Virtues.- 3. Restoring Faith, Curing Doubt: Krsna's Instruction in the Bhagavad Gita.- 4. Faith, Doubt, and the Buddhist Path of Enlightenment.- 5. Kierkegaard on Faith, Doubt, and Uncertainty.- 6. Wilfred Cantwell Smith: Scholar, Mentor, and Humanist.- II: Hope and Despair.- 7. Dante's Commedia: from Despair to Hope to Glory.- 8. Radical Hope, Despair and Time: Responses to Nietzsche.- 9. Hope but not Optimism: The Kantian Mind at the End of All Things.- III: Love and Hate.- 10. How to 'Love Thy Neighbor': Lessons from G.W.F. Hegel on Conflict and Reconciliation.- 11. Making Lovers: Emmanuel Levinas and Iris Murdoch on Moral Formation.- 12. Empathy and its Critics.- 13. What Muslim Scholars Talk About When They Talk About Love.- 14. Bhakti and Accidental Grace: Hate as Love in the Hindu Tradition.- 15. Obedience and Love in Christian Ethics.- 16. The Happiness of Promise: Ferdinand Holler andAlexander Nehamas on Love and Care.