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

Repairing Eden

Humility, Mysticism, and the Existential Problem of Religious Diversity

By Mark S. McLeod-Harrison
Categories: Religious Studies
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Hardcover : 9780773529366, 168 pages, October 2005
Paperback : 9780773530591, 168 pages, March 2007
Ebook (PDF) : 9780773573031, 168 pages, October 2005

Description

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.