This book originated as lectures for a course on political philosophy that Rawls taught regularly at Harvard in the 1980s. In time the lectures became a restatement of his theory of justice as fairness, revised in light of his more recent papers and his treatise Political Liberalism (1993). As Rawls writes in the preface, the restatement presents "in one place an account of justice as fairness …
A carefully organized, step-by-step introduction to the books of the biblical prophets, the men behind them, their message, and their relevance for today.
Tradition has painted a portrait of a Savior aloof from governmental concerns and whose teachings point to an apolitical life for his disciples. How, then, are we to respond today to a world so thoroughly entrenched in national and international affairs? But such a picture of Jesus is far from accurate, argues John Howard Yoder. Using the texts of the New Testament, Yoder critically examines…
Pengarang buku ini berjumpa dengan banyak aliran kerohanian modern. Aliran-aliran itu bersinggungan dengan arus rohani yang dahulu digumuli oleh orang abad 16-an seperti St.Johannes dari Salib. Sekarang ini tidak hanya orang biara kontemplatif atau tarekat aktif, sehari-hari tertarik pada mistik dan askese. Tidak sedikit orang yang bisa berpuasa atau meluangkan waktu satu-dua jam sehari untuk b…
Cinta pada dasarnya adalah keputusan dan komitmen. Ini berarti bahwa dengan siapapun kita berinteraksi, kita harus berusaha mendukung dan meningkatkan perkembangan pribadi dan kebahagiaan orang yang kita cintai tanpa syarat apa pun atau harapan/imbalan apa pun.