Christian understanding of ethics, beginning with basic Christian convictions about the reality of God and human redemption, goes on weaving these convictions into the fabric of moral concerns that are widely shared in contemporary society. The book covers the problems that arise when Christians try to act on or enforce their convictions in a pluralistic society, and recognizes the variety of theological and morel beliefs that are held witin the Christian ...
Symbolic thinking is not the exclusive privilege of the child, of the poet or of the unbalanced mind: it is consubstantial with human with human existence, it comes before language and discursive reason. The symbol reveals certain aspects of reality- the deepest aspects of – which defy any other means of knowledge. Images symbols and myths are not irresponsible creations of the psyche; they response to a need and fulfil a function, that of brining to light the ...