Addressing contemporary interest in the relationship between metaphysics and ethics, as well as the significance of beauty for ethics, Alice Ramos presents an accessible study of the transcendentals and provides a dynamic rather than static view of truth, goodness, and beauty.
The majority of the essays in this volume hold that the Christian faith provides definite cognitive advantages and that to leave one's faith at the entrance of the campus, thus separating faith from reason, leads to a schizophrenic view of the Christian's intellectual life.
Introduction by Ralph McInerny The essays in this volume, indebted in great part to Jacques Maritain and to other Neo-Thomists, represent a contribution to an understanding of beauty and the arts within the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition. As such they constitute a different voice in present-day discussions on beauty and aesthetics, a voice which nonetheless shares with many of its contemporaries concern over questions such as the relationship between beauty and morality, public funding of the arts and their educational role, objective and universal standards of what is beautiful. In the tradition in which the contributors of this volume reflect, beauty manifests itself in the order of the universe, an order that provides human reason with a window onto the transcendent. For Aristotle and Aquinas the natural order grounds both art and morality, and yet it is this very order which has been called into question by modern science and philosophy. Instead of pointing us to a suprahuman order, the beautiful then points to the order of human freedom and creativity. Reflection on the beautiful since the modern philosopher Immanuel Kant has thus often taken a subjectivistic turn. Because of the importance of beauty and art in human existence, in man's education and life as a moral and political being, an alternative should be sought to any reduction of the beautiful to a purely subjective experience or cultural construct. The Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition, in dialogue with modern and contemporary conceptions of the beautiful, provides us with just that alternative, and thus the essays herein represent a decisive step in the "journey for Thomistic aesthetics." THE CONTRIBUTORS: In addition to the editor, the contributors to the volume are: Brian J. Braman, Matthew Cuddeback, Christopher M. Cullen, S.J., Patrick Downey, Desmond J. FitzGerald, Donald Haggerty, Wayne H. Harter, Jeanne M. Heffernan, Thomas S. Hibbs, Gregory J. Kerr, Joseph W. Koterski, S.J., Daniel McInerny, Ralph McInerny, James P. Mesa, John F. Morris, Ralph Nelson, Katherine Anne Osenga, Carrie Rehak, Stephen Schloesser, S.J., Francis Slade, John G. Trapani, Jr., and Henk E. S. Woldring. ABOUT THE EDITOR: Alice Ramos is associate professor of philosophy at St. John's University.
A Return to Wonderland is a retelling of Lewis Carroll’s story of Alice’s voyage through the same places, with characters like the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse, the Walrus and the Oysters, the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts... After all this time, though, things are a little different, and the madness of her first trip has been overcome – the Queen of Hearts is now President, but with more powers. She can still order beheadings and no longer plays croquet, but rather another, bloodier game. Normality has been established.
Marlene's poetry is truly remarkable. It describes the toughest moments of human existence, but also brings the reader a feeling of hope. Whether one is a Christian, Jew, or Muslim, Marlene's prophetic poetry, a gift from God, has the ability to connect with anyone going through either adversity or personal triumph -Natalija Nikic I've known Marlene] for a number of years. About a year ago...she began to write poems...with a prophetic edge on them. The secrets of people's hearts were being touched and encouragement, grace and comfort was being released Where these poems go, people are blessed and unusually touched. Marlene is a gift to people and her poems share the heart of our heavenly Father. -Dr. Doug A. Schneider (The Embassy of God's Kingdom) I know as you read these poems you will feel God speaking to you and working in your heart and life in unexpected ways. Many are prophetic words given to comfort and heal the broken-hearted, to give hope to the discouraged and release to the captive. Read them expecting to hear from God for your situation -Pam Goring A friend of mine sent me one of Marlene's poems. As I read it, I could feel the anointing of God in the poem. Every word in the poem was drenched with God's breaker anointing, and I was instantly set free within my spirit. Glory be to God Expect to live in the freedom found only in God. -Andrea Ramos Edwards Today Alice Reback lives completely free from all bondage and emotional pain. Every poem expresses her raw heart. She feels compassion for people in pain and writes poems for people based on spending time in prayer asking God to give her hope for those going through struggles in life. Anyone who knows her would say she is fun, loving, inspirational and motivational...Her one and only desire is to make a difference wherever she goes so the world can be a better place. Her love and faith in God remains strong for she believes that God is good all the time.
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