Wesley J Wildman: 7 books
In Our Own Image
Anthropomorphism, Apophaticism, and Ultimacy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
In Our Own Image is a work of comparative philosophical theology. It is a study of the roles anthropomorphism and apophaticism play in the construction of conceptual models of ultimate reality. Leading scholar Wesley J. Wildman considers whether we create our ideas of God. He offers a comparative...
Found in the Middle!
Theology and Ethics for Christians Who Are Both Liberal and Evangelical
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2009
There exists a deep and broad population of Christians who feel the labels of 'liberal' and 'evangelical' both describe their faith and limit their expression of it. By working to reclaim the traditional, historical meanings of these terms, and showing how they complement rather than oppose each other,...
Lost in the Middle?
Claiming an Inclusive Faith for Christians Who Are Both Liberal and Evangelical
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
There exists a deep and broad population of Christians who feel the labels of "liberal" and "evangelical" both describe their faith and limit their expression of it. By working to reclaim the traditional, historical meanings of these terms, and showing how they complement rather...
by Wesley J. Wildman
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
What is the value of religious and spiritual experiences within human life? Are we evolutionarily programmed to have such experiences? How will emerging technologies change such experiences in the future? Wesley Wildman addresses these key intellectual questions and more, offering a spiritually evocative...
Science and Religious Anthropology
A Spiritually Evocative Naturalist Interpretation of Human Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Science and Religious Anthropology explores the convergence of the biological sciences, human sciences, and humanities around a spiritually evocative, naturalistic vision of human life. The disciplinary contributions are at different levels of complexity, from evolution of brains to existential longings,...
A Philosophy of Sacred Nature
Prospects for Ecstatic Naturalism
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
A Philosophy of Sacred Nature introduces Robert Corrington’s philosophical thought, “ecstatic naturalism,” which seeks to recognize nature’s self-transforming potential. Ecstatic naturalism is a philosophical-theological perspective, deeply seated in a semiotic cosmology and psychosemiosis,...
God Is . . .
Meditations on the Mystery of Life, the Purity of Grace, the Bliss of Surrender, and the God beyond God
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2019
Your God is too small--way too small! What if God is not a human-like personal being but the God Beyond God of the Christian mystical traditions? What if God is the ultimate reality beyond all beings, including beyond all divine beings, indeed beyond all Being? It's a mind-bending idea. Speaking of...