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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

Kimbriel, Samuel
Lee, Eric Austin

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PhilosophyReligion General

ISBN10: 0227175980
ISBN13: 9780227175989
Publisher: James Clarke Company
Published: Sep 29 2016
Pages: 424
Weight: 1.35
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Multidisciplinary essays reclaiming the concept of the soul from academic neglect, not as a dualistic hypothesis but as the vital centre of human selfhood.

It is surely not coincidental that the term 'soul' should mean not only the centre of a creature's life and consciousness, but also a thing or action characterised 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 bloodless, or so lacking in soul. The Resounding Soul arises from the opposite premise: that the task of understanding human nature is bound up with the more critical task of learning to be fully human. The papers collected here are derived from a conference in Oxford sponsored by the Centre of Theology and Philosophy and 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, these essays 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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