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Book

What are we doing here? : essays

Call Number

  • 814 R6631.2 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.

Physical Description

xiv, 315 pages ; 22 cm

Uniform Title

Essays. Selections

Contents

  • What is freedom of conscience?
  • What are we doing here?
  • Theology for the moment
  • The sacred, the human
  • The divine
  • The American scholar now
  • Grace and beauty
  • A proof, a test, an instruction
  • The beautiful changes
  • Our public conversation: how America talks about itself
  • Mind, conscience, soul
  • Considering the theological virtues: faith, hope, and love
  • Integrity and the modern intellectual tradition
  • Old souls, new world
  • Slander.

Genres

Essays.