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- Title
ETHICAL LIFE AS CONDITION FOR CONTEMPLATION.
- Authors
Mercer, Ronald
- Abstract
Spiritual formation has traditionally understood the practical life to be interwoven with the contemplative life, giving preference to one or the other as historical movements waxed or waned. However, contemporary continental philosophy, employed in a Christian vein, would not only argue for the preeminence of the practical life but would argue that the practical, ethical life is the very condition for Christian contemplation. By following the historical arguments of Philippe Nemo and the philosophical arguments of Emmanuel Levinas, Western reason has followed a particular cultural model that culminates in actions directed by a tendency toward manipulation and domination. However, a proper ethical orientation can free the Christian toward proper, spiritual formation in contemplation by first living out the call to ethical service.
- Subjects
CONTEMPLATION; SPIRITUAL formation; CONTINENTAL philosophy; RELIGION &; ethics; LEVINAS, Emmanuel, 1906-1995; NEMO, Philippe
- Publication
Common Ground Journal, 2015, Vol 12, Issue 2, p89
- ISSN
1547-9129
- Publication type
Article