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Singing at the winepress : Ecclesiastes and the ethics of work /
Atkinson uses Qoheleth's work ethic to provide an analysis of Ecclesiastes, utilising the writings of St Bonaventure and Martin Luther. Reading Ecclesiastes within a penitential framework, Bonaventure offers a version of the contemptus mundi tradition that is rooted in his metaphysics. His comm...
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New York :
Bloomsbury T & T Clark,
2015.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Ecclesiastes: Relevant for Theological Ethics?; Ecclesiastes and theological ethics; Biblical Studies; Theological Ethics; Reasons for Neglect; Formal Reasons; Theological Reasons; Wisdom Literature; Ecclesiastes; Ecclesiastes and contemporary theologies of work; Why St Bonaventure and Martin Luther?; Qoheleth on Novelty and Nostalgia; Historical-Critical Reasons; Historical-Theological Reasons; Contemptus Mundi and the Enjoyment of Creatures; Points of Theological Convergence and Divergence.
- Locating an ethic of work in Ecclesiastes: The direction of this bookChapter 1 Qoheleth's Perplexing Story: Six Topics for Theological-Ethical Engagement; Composition and structure; Qoheleth and the figure of Solomon; Vanitas; Perception and epistemology; Cult, economy, and politics; Time; Carpe diem; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Solomon's Manual for Penitents: St Bonaventure on Ecclesiastes; The context of Bonaventure's Commentary on Ecclesiastes; An "Academic Commentary"; Bonaventure's place within the interpretative tradition; The character of Solomon.
- Solomon's experience: The efficient cause of EcclesiastesSolomon's "Dialogues": The formal cause of Ecclesiastes; Vanitas: From contemplative contempt to contemptuous guilt; Bonaventure's nuanced version of contemptus mundi; Bonaventure's Metaphysics: Emanation, Exemplarity, and Consummation; Creation as a Wedding Ring: Defending the Final Cause of Ecclesiastes; Triplex vanitas: Defending the Material Cause of Ecclesiastes; Vanitas Mutabilitatis; Curiositas: The corruption of the liberal and mechanical arts; Curiositas According to Augustine; Solomon's Duplex Curiositas.
- The Curiosity of the "Athenians"Conclusion; Chapter 3 Solomon's Sermon for the Oeconomia and the Politia: Martin Luther on Ecclesiastes; The context of Luther's "Notes on Ecclesiastes"; From Bonaventure to Luther; The Final Cause of Ecclesiastes; The Material Cause of Ecclesiastes; The Formal Cause of Ecclesiastes; The Efficient Cause of Ecclesiastes; The character of Solomon; Ecclesiastes as Solomon's Confessions; Ecclesiastes as Solomon's "Sermon on the Mount"; The three estates; Introduction to Luther's drei Stände; The Ecclesia; The Oeconomia; The Politia; Time.
- The Concupiscentia FuturorumThe Hora (Stündelein); Accipe horam; Carpe Diem?; Rest-in-Use: Luther's Deployment of Augustine'sUsus/Fruitio Distinction; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Qoheleth's Work Ethic: Human Work in the Work of God; The words and works of humanity in the Word and work of God: Reading Ecclesiastes christologically; Ecclesiastes 1:4-11: Work as an Invitation to Perceive the"Words" through the Word; Ecclesiastes 3: 1-15: Work as an Invitation to Participate inChrist's New Work in the Present; Qoheleth's work ethic and contemporary theologies of work; Work and Protology.