"Greatly expanded form of the Bampton Lectures ... in 2005"--Preface page [vi]. Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-403) and indexes.
Contents:
The cry for wisdom -- The mood of the late-modern world -- 'Where were you?' Self and other -- The elusiveness of the world and the limits of wisdom -- The complexity of the world and the extent of wisdom -- The seeing self and wisdom as observation -- Hidden wisdom: a theology of presence and place -- Metaphor and mystery in the interpretation of wisdom -- Wisdom as a search for the sum of things -- The text of the world and the comprehensiveness of wisdom -- The process of learning and the rejection of wisdom -- Attunement to wisdom: from observation to participation.
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