Repairing Eden: Humility, Mysticism, and the Existential Problem of Religious Diversity

By Mark S. Mcleod-Harrison

Book Overview

How do Christians keep from losing their faith when they discover that other faiths are as justified as their own? Mark McLeod-Harrison draws on his training in analytic philosophy and his knowledge of Christian mysticism to provide a compelling analysis of, and unique solution to, the problem religious diversity poses for Christians. In Repairing Eden, McLeod-Harrison describes this dilemma as an existential problem internal to the Christian faith. He suggests that Christian humility and Christian mysticism can provide a joint path toward a kind of metaphysical certainty - the mystic path, the path of bearing one's own cross - that can become a means of more deeply knowing God. Repairing Eden weaves theology, philosophy, and pastoral concerns into a spiritual-philosophical solution to a deeply important challenge to Christian faith.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773530592
• ISBN13: 9780773530591
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"