Author: Paffenroth, Kim
Title: In Praise of Wisdom : Literary and Theological Reflections on Faith and Reason
Description: New York, Continuum, (2004). orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xvi,160 pp.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: The sins of the father : evil and folly in the Old Testament and Dostoevsky -- The eternal feminine draws us upward : feminine wisdom in the Old Testament, Augustine, and Goethe’s Faust -- Reason in madness : the wisdom of folly in the New Testament and King Lear -- The inadequacy of reason in Ecclesiastes and Pensées -- The meaning of suffering in Job and Moby Dick -- Conclusion: Life and love with wisdom of the heart.

Keywords: Literary Criticism, Christian Theology, Theological, Philosophy, Literature, Faith, Reason, ,