Freedom of the Self

by Keuss, Jeffrey F.

• ISBN13: 9781608991051
• ISBN10: 1608991059
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-01
• Publisher: Pickwick Pubns

Summary

Freedom of the Self revitalizes the question of identity formation in a postmodern era through a deep reading of Christian life in relation to current trends seen in the Emergent and Missional church movements. By relocating deep identity formation as formed and released through a renewed appraisal of kenotic Christology coupled with readings of Continental philosophy (Derrida, Levinas, Marion) and popular culture, Keuss offers a bold vision for what it means to be truly human in contemporary society, As what he calls the "kenotic self." in addition to providing a robust reflection of philosophical and theological understanding of identity formation, from Aristotle and Augustine through to contemporary thinkers, Freedom of the Self suggests some tangible steps For The individual And The church in regard to how everyday concerns such as economics, literature, and urbanization can be part of living into the life of the kenotic self.

Author Biography

Jeffrey F. Keuss is Professor of Christian Ministry, Theology, and Culture at Seattle Pacific University. He is the author of A Poetics of Jesus (2002) and editor of The Sacred and the Profane: Current Demands in Hermeneutics (2003).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: You Are What You Love-the Kenotic Self	p. 1
The Movement of the Self
Scripture and the Kenotic Self: A Deep Reading of Philippians 2	p. 15
Forming the Kenotic Self, from Aristotle to Augustine	p. 24
The Kenotic Self: Living between Certainty and the Unexpected	p. 37
Grounding the Kenotic Self through the Mission of God amidst a Cultured World	p. 51
Forging the Kenotic Self through the Responsibility to the Face of the Other	p. 75
Forgetting the Kenotic Self through ôBeing Givenö	p. 102
The Space of the Self
The Kenotic Self and Missional Openness	p. 121
The Kenotic Self and Emergently Responsive Economics	p. 132
The Kenotic Self amidst the Secular City	p. 140
The Kenotic Self after the Eucharist	p. 150
Bibliography	p. 159
Index of Names and Subjects	p. 167
Index of Scripture	p. 171
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