Calgary Public Library

Confessions of a born-again pagan, Anthony T. Kronman

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1077-1130) and index

index present

non fiction

Confessions of a born-again pagan

bibliography

Anthony T. Kronman

Part One: Gratitude. Prologue -- Introduction -- The good of gratitude -- A world of rights -- "Endless gratitude so burdensome". Part Two: Pride. Greatness of soul -- Givers and takers -- The eternal and divine -- The best life of all -- Friendship -- The first cosmopolitan -- Preparatio evangelica. Part Three: Salvation. Creation -- Will -- Grace -- "Not a sparrow falls" -- The contingency of the world -- The Pagan temptation -- God unchained -- Theology of the cross -- The hatred of man -- The absolute spontaneity of freedom -- Our better selves -- God becomes a postulate -- Reaction -- "Fantastic and satanic" -- The oblivion of being -- The disenchantment of the world. Part four: Joy. The worm in the blood -- The God of sufficient reason -- "Endless forms most beautiful" -- The navel of the dream -- "Man is a god to man" -- The world as an aesthetic phenomenon -- The spider in the moonlight -- The gift of transmigration -- Genius and sublimity -- Theological, not political -- Democratic vistas -- Epilogue

Confessions of a born again pagan