Reverence

Reverence
Author: Paul Woodruff
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2014
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199350809

Reverence is an ancient virtue that survives among us in half-forgotten patterns of civility and moments of inarticulate awe. Reverence gives meaning to much that we do, yet the word has almost passed out of our vocabulary. Reverence, says philosopher and classicist Paul Woodruff, begins in an understanding of human limitations. From this grows the capacity to be in awe of whatever we believe lies outside our control -- God, truth, justice, nature, even death. It is a quality of character that is especially important in leadership and in teaching, although it figures in virtually every human relationship. It transcends religious boundaries and can be found outside religion altogether. Woodruff draws on thinking about this lost virtue in ancient Greek and Chinese traditions and applies lessons from these highly reverent cultures to today's world. The book covers reverence in a variety of contexts -- the arts, leadership, teaching, warfare, and the home -- and shows how essential a quality it is to a well-functioning society. First published by Oxford University Press in 2001, this new edition of Reverence is revised and expanded. It contains a foreword by Betty Sue Flowers, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, a new preface, two new chapters -- one on the sacred and one on compassion -- and an epilogue focused on renewing reverence in our own lives.

Reverence

Reverence
Author: Christine Marie Mason
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781734791846

Reverence is a worldview: a way of approaching life with wonder, care, gratitude, and respect. Right now on earth, this lkind of attention is vital. The invitation to reverence, and all the suggestions in this book for anchoring meaning in daily life, is to walk in awareness, especially an awareness of our precious connections to each other and to the planet we are part of. Awareness makes us more conscious of our choices. This is the essence of spiritual ecology: the re-enchantment of our relationship to earth and each other as part of earth.Our awareness of all the things life brings: the tender, fierce, resilient, calm, despairing, joyous aspects of life? these are what we are here to experience. These are what incarnation is about. With reverence, we slow down and witness and feel and celebrate and make meaning, alone, and together with others. We make little spots of beauty. Pause before meals to drop into full appreciation. We say "thank you" to plants before harvesting them. We mark important moments in a new way. We rebind ourselves to the cycle of the day, the moon, the seasons. With attention, we might even more deeply connect to milestone events and life phases, such as coming of age or an empty nest or a reconciliation.Reverence offers ways to think about ritual and ceremony. The dozens of rituals, ceremonies and designed experiences feed the reader's own instinct and intuition about meaning-making, and inspire the reader to deeply drink in the beauty of life- in all of its daily joys, milestone celebrations and losses. Christine includes personal, partner and communal rituals for daily living, for thresholds, new beginnings, celebrations and losses.

Reason and Reverence

Reason and Reverence
Author: William R. Murry
Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781558965188

A Reverence for Wood

A Reverence for Wood
Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2004-02-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0486433943

This book underscores the important role that wood has played in the development of American life and culture. Covering such topics as the aesthetics of wood, wooden implements, and carpentry, Sloane remarks expansively and with affection on the resourcefulness of Early Americans in their use of this precious commodity.

Solemn Reverence

Solemn Reverence
Author: Randall Balmer
Publisher: Steerforth Press / Truth to Power
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1586422715

"A slender but thoroughly argued case for reinforcing the wall between church and state. . . A stern warning that those who push for the intrusion of religion into public life do so at the peril of both." -- Kirkus Reviews The First Amendment to the US Constitution codified the principle that the government should play no role in favoring or supporting any religion, while allowing free exercise of all religions (including unbelief). More than two centuries later, the results from this experiment are overwhelming: The separation of church and state has shielded the government from religious factionalism, and the United States boasts a diverse religious culture unmatched anywhere in the world. In Solemn Reverence, Randall Balmer, one of the premier historians of religion in America, reviews both the history of the separation of church and state as well as the various attempts to undermine that wall of separation. Despite the fact that the First Amendment and the separation of church and state has served the nation remarkably well, he argues, its future is by no means assured.

Reverence For Life

Reverence For Life
Author: Marvin Meyer
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2002-10-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780815629771

Albert Schweitzer's system of ethics as a way of life in which individuals live with compassion and respect for all living things—humans, animals, and plants—or "Reverence for Life" is illuminated here through a series of compelling essays by Schweitzer and renowned contemporary Schweitzer scholars from around the globe. The selection of Schweitzer's writings includes, sermons, letters, and autobiographical and philosophical works chosen by the editors to outline the development of his thought throughout his lifetime.

Reverence in Healing

Reverence in Healing
Author: David A. Crenshaw
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2010
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780765706584

This groundbreaking book is the most comprehensive volume to-date that explores in depth the concept of reverence and strengths-based approaches in the psychotherapy healing process as manifested in a wide variety of treatment modalities such as child and play therapy, family therapy, therapeutic assessments and in training programs.

We Remember with Reverence and Love

We Remember with Reverence and Love
Author: Hasia R. Diner
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2010-10-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0814721222

It has become an accepted truth: after World War II, American Jews chose to be silent about the mass murder of millions of their European brothers and sisters at the hands of the Nazis. In a compelling work sure to draw fire from academics and pundits alike, Hasia R. Diner shows this assumption of silence to be categorically false.

Fear, Reverence, Terror

Fear, Reverence, Terror
Author: Carlo Ginzburg
Publisher: Italian List
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780857424358

Preface and third chapter translated from the Italian by Anne C. Tedeschi and John Tedeschi.

With Reverence and Awe

With Reverence and Awe
Author: Darryl G. Hart
Publisher: P & R Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780875521794

Reformed Christians, write D. G. Hart and John R. Muether, are increasingly divided over how they ought to worship their God. Considering it an urgent matter to recover a biblical view of worship, the authors have written With Reverence and Awe. Drawing on Scripture and Reformed confessions and catechisms, the authors answer such questions as: When are we to worship? How do we worship with reverence and joy? They also tackle the most divisive issue: music, concluding with criteria that can help Reformed believers make sound judgments.