{"product_id":"simone-weil-and-theology-philosophy-and-theology-9780567453839","title":"Simone Weil and Theology Philosophy and Theology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucian Stone is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, The University of North Dakota, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose familiar with [Simone Weil’s] unsystematic, exploratory and sometimes thoroughly provocative work will find in this volume a refreshing approach to some of her topics in six carefully thought-through chapters. The authors have her converse, so to speak, with a remarkable range of writers quite unknown to her in her time. -- Ann Loades, Durham and St Andrews * Theology *\u003cbr\u003eTwo things need to be said in praise of this book and its ability to uncover Weil’s depth, leaving a good  deal of her cutting edge insights about human selves intact, and not muted ... This book fortunately keeps a strong sense of Weil’s edge. But this is because, second, in talking about Weil’s issues, it does so by itself engaging those issues in some wonderfully concrete, contemporary ways. The use of studies, contemporary philosophical literature, including feminist philosophy, and the illustrations used to support those points are all exceptionally to the point ... Not only a very good, and insightful book on Simone Weil’s thinking, but a very good and wise book overall, that will bear close attention itself. -- Eric O. Springsted, The Center of Theological Inquiry * H-France Review *\u003cbr\u003eStudents of Weil and others fascinated by her enigmatic witness will no doubt benefit from this cautious but persistent exploration into her theological contributions. -- Taylor Worley, Union University, US * Theological Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eRebecca Rozelle-Stone and Lucian Stone  critically apply Simone Weil’s “negative-reflective” theology to  attitudes of modernity by grappling with the obscurities in her text.  They explore her theories of attention as negative effort, creative  action in “decreation”, positive elements in affliction, essential ties  between love and justice, plus her ambivalence toward Judaism. This  presentation of her thought opens the reader to Simone Weil's conception  of human life, as she believed it to be revealed in the Gospels.  Extensive references to other major thinkers and personal insights into  this French philosopher’s thought make this work a provocative and  valuable contribution to Weil studies. -- Dr. E. Jane Doering, Professor in the College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame, USA\u003cbr\u003eThis is an extended set of reflections that begin in Weil's claim that \"the gospel contains a conception of human life and not a theology.\" In seriously engaging the post-modern, the authors draw out Weil's deep and subtle meditations on the human temptation to self-deception and on the possibilities of transformation in today's world. There are wonderful insights here on attention, beauty, grace and education that go to the real depth of Weil's thinking. These are things to be thought about carefully and for a long time. -- Eric O. Springsted, President of The American Weil Society\u003cbr\u003eRebecca Rozelle-Stone and Lucian Stone have deftly bypassed the  current sterile debates between militant atheists and simplistic  Christian fundamentalists by engaging critically with the deep,  paradoxical and sometimes disturbing writings of Simone Weil. Many  postmodern themes such as the body, the erotic, and the gift are  examined through the lens of Weil’s understanding of the Gospels which  do not contain a theology but manifest a “conception of human life.”   God or the good is like the sun, only to be understood by an  examination of what is illuminated not by a direct gaze. Human goodness  is not to be achieved by acts of the will but by attention and  decreation. The authors set out to explain Weil’s reasons for asserting  this. Along the way, they develop an insightful critique of today’s  liberal, capitalist, therapeutic culture with its tendency to medicalize  and psychologize every aspect of humanity. -- Larry Schmidt, Professor Emeritus of Religious Ethics, University of Toronto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: On Being a Paradox\/1. Atheism and Mysticism\/ 2. Christology and Religious Pluralism\/ 3. Human Nature and Decreation\/ 4. Love and Detachment\/ 5. Beauty and Anonymity\/ 6. Possibility and Impossibility\/ Conclusion: Educating Paradox","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767784735063,"sku":"9780567453839","price":31.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780567453839.jpg?v=1758714902","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/simone-weil-and-theology-philosophy-and-theology-9780567453839","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}