Spirit and Reason

Dale F. Launderville (Ph.D. The Catholic University of America) is Associate Professor of Theology at St. John's School of Theology-Seminary.

Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Right Ordering of Perception through the Interplay of Spirit and Reason 2 The Pure versus the Impure: A Vital Tension within a Living Symbol 3 The Heart of the Matter: The Principle of Community 4 The Place of Skepticism in Determining the Divinely Willed Order of the World 5 The Justice and Tragedy of a Community Beset by Divine and Human Violence 6 Death and Afterlife: The Journey into a New Existence or into Nothingness 7 Spirit and Holiness: The Embodiment of Divine Order Indices

Launderville makes an important contribution by presenting a thought provoking comparative study between the biblical text and the Mesopotamian/Greek literatures. -- Hee Suk Kim, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School -- Bulletin for Biblical Research