More Than Discourse

More Than DiscourseDiscusses the role of symbols in religion and suggests particular symbols appropriate to religious naturalism. Religious life involves more than prosaically stated beliefs. It also encompasses attitudes, emotions, values, and practices whose meanings cannot be adequately captured in verbal assertions but require effective expression in forceful images, portrayals, and enactments of a nonliteral sort. Indeed, the world's religious traditions are each

including one paper on Byzantine philosophy and one on the Latin author Calcidius

this is a refreshingly lighthearted and unabashedly fun read

Peacock explores clowning that takes place outside of conventional venues

Starting in the 15th century

and self-reflexive verbal system

First arriving in a boat

Argues that the environmental crisis is symptomatic of much deeper crises in modern civilization

this edition of The Old Man in the Corner is both modern and readable

Community and Networks – how individuals were bound into communities by religious

including Marco Berger and Matías Piñeiro

and it was excavated in subsequent seasons

Williams identifies the incomprehensible nature of consciousness as the single most important subject of poetry