Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index.
Contents:
Prelude: A poetic presence -- Fallible human -- Fallibility gives rise to hermeneutics -- Capable human and the role of silence in the creation of meaning -- The practice of contemplative silence as a historical phenomenon -- Edith Stein and the Carmelite tradition: blazing a prophetic path in the light of love -- The practice of contemplative silence as a transformative spiritual and ethical activity -- The meaning of capable human -- A song of hermeneutical existence -- Postlude: Toward a third naiveté.
Summary:
"This book probes the texts of Paul Ricoeur and Edith Stein to disclose the role of silence in the creation of meaning. To understand and live out of contemplative awareness as a way to think through transformative human experience is an ethical and spiritual task, one that warrants explanation and interpretation"-- Provided by publisher.
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