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God and the Gift

An Ecumenical Theology of Giving

By: Risto Saarinen

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God and the Gift

An Ecumenical Theology of Giving

By: Risto Saarinen

The observation that contemporary theological and philosophical discussions about ecumenism center on the issues of reception and the gift but neglect the basic act of giving is the starting point of God and the Gift. Risto Saarinen asks if we can approach these discussions from the perspective of giver? In God and the Gift Saarinen demonstrates that we do have theological resources that enable us to outline a theology of giving. He deals with basic philosophical and theological resources and outlines some specific modes of giving, in particular forgiveness, sacrifice and thanksgiving, and living by example. God and the Gift outlines a brief theology of giving by employing both classical theology and contemporary discussions. It also points out the ecumenical relevance of the theology of giving. For those who are more interested in particular theological and philosophical topics, some new interpretations are offered for further discussion. Among these are an interpretation of forgiveness as negative giving, a discussion on the relationship between sacrifice and divine non-violence, and a new proposal to conceptualize various types of Christian imitation. These aims are connected with the overall claim that instead of looking at reception and the gift itself we should focus on giving. Saarinen illustrates this shift of perspective with observations and examples. Though not discussed exhaustively, they serve as preliminary signposts showing us the way to proceed. Chapters are Introduction: Giving and Receiving," *The Gift: Contemporary Approaches, - *New Testament and Martin Luther, - *Forgiveness and Negative Giving, - *Sacrifice and Thanksgiving, - *Giving an Example - Being Gifted, - and *Ecumenical Sharing. - Risto Saarinen, ThD, PhD, is professor of ecumenical theology at the University of Helsinki and a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. He served as research professor at the Centre d'Etudes Oecumeniques in Strasbourg from 1994 to 1999.

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Liturgical Press

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0814630138

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9780814630136

Recognition and Religion

A Historical and Systematic Study

By: Risto Saarinen

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Recognition and Religion

A Historical and Systematic Study

By: Risto Saarinen

During the last twenty years, the theory of recognition has become an established field of philosophy and social studies. Variants of this theory often promise applications to the burning political issues of current society, such as the challenges of multiculturalism, group identity, and conflicts between ideologies and religions. The seminal works of this trend employ Hegelian ideas to tackle the problem of modernity. Although some recent studies also investigate the pre-Hegelian roots of recognition, this concept is normally considered to be a product of the secular modernity of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Recognition and Religion: A Historical and Systematic Study challenges this assumption and claims that important intellectual roots of the concept and conceptions of recognition are found in much earlier religious sources. Risto Saarinen outlines the first intellectual history of religious recognition, stretching from the New Testament to present day. He connects the history of religion with philosophical approaches, arguing that philosophers owe a considerable historical and conceptual debt to the religious processes of recognition. At the same time, religious recognition has a distinctive profile that differs from philosophy in some important respects. Saarinen undertakes a systematic elaboration of the insights provided by the tradition of religious recognition. He proposes that theology and philosophy can make creative use of the long history of religious recognition.

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Oxford University Press

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0192509799

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9780192509796

The Pastoral Epistles with Philemon & Jude (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible)

By: Risto Saarinen

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The Pastoral Epistles with Philemon & Jude (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible)

By: Risto Saarinen

This seventh volume in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible offers a theological exegesis of 1st and 2nd Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and Jude. This commentary, like each in the series, is designed to serve the church--through aid in preaching, teaching, study groups, and so forth--and demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible.

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Baker Books

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1441235264

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9781441235268

Weakness of Will in Renaissance and Reformation Thought

By: Risto Saarinen

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Weakness of Will in Renaissance and Reformation Thought

By: Risto Saarinen

The question of why people act against their better judgment has always been prominent in philosophy. Risto Saarinen presents the first study of ideas about weakness of the will between 1350 and 1650. He shows how the understanding of human conduct and free will changed in this formative period between medieval times and modernity.

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Oxford University Press

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0199606811

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Weakness of the will in medieval thought

from Augustine to Buridan : academic dissertation ...

By: Risto Saarinen

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Weakness of the will in medieval thought

from Augustine to Buridan : academic dissertation ...

By: Risto Saarinen

This volume examines the medieval understanding of Aristotle's "weakness of the will" ("akrasia, incontinentia"). The medieval views are outlined on the basis of five major commentaries on Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics" between 1250 and 1350.

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9004099948

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9789004099944

God and the Gift

An Ecumenical Theology of Giving

By: Risto Saarinen

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An Ecumenical Theology of Giving

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Kitchen Pollutants Control and Ventilation

A Ventilation Guide to Asian & European Kitchen Environment

By: Angui Li,Risto Kosonen

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Kitchen Pollutants Control and Ventilation

A Ventilation Guide to Asian & European Kitchen Environment

By: Angui Li,Risto Kosonen

This book has been written by two experts in ventilation and indoor air quality with vast experience in the field of kitchen ventilation in both Asia and Europe. The authors share their extensive knowledge of the subject and present the results of their research programs as well those of other researchers. Discussing advanced theories of and design approaches for kitchen ventilation, it is a useful reference resource for a wide range of readers, including HVAC researchers, designers and architects.

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Springer Nature

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9811364966

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9789811364969

Mismatch Negativity

A Window to the Brain

By: Risto Näätänen,Teija Kujala,Gregory Light

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Mismatch Negativity

A Window to the Brain

By: Risto Näätänen,Teija Kujala,Gregory Light

The mismatch negativity (MMN) is the electrophysiological change-detection response of the brain. MMN is stimulated when there is any discernible change to a repetitive sequence of sound, occurring even in the absence of attention. MMN is an automatic response and causes an involuntary attentional shift, representing a function which is of vital significance. A parallel response can also be detected in the other sensory modalities- visual, somatosensory, and olfactory. MMN occurs in different species, and across the different developmental stages, from infancy to old age. Importantly, the MMN response is affected in different cognitive brain disorders, providing an index to the severity of the disorder and consequently, a guide to the effectiveness of different treatments. MMN has become extremely popular around the world for investigating a wide range of clinical populations. It is a versatile tool for studying perception, memory, and learning functions in both the healthy and dysfunctional brain. Furthermore, being elicited irrespective of attention, it is ideal for investigating inattentive participants, such as sleeping infants or patients in a coma, whose cognitive processes are otherwise hard to access. Written by pioneers and leading authorities in the subject, this book provides an introduction to MMN and its contribution within different clinical fields: developmental disorders, neurological disorders, psychiatric disorders, and aging.

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Oxford University Press

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0191015148

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Attention and Brain Function

By: Risto Näätänen

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Attention and Brain Function

By: Risto Näätänen

Originally published in 1992, this book presents original psychophysiological research based on computerized techniques of recording and evaluating event-related brain potentials. The application of multichannel magnetoencephalography greatly contributes to exact localization of corresponding neuronal generators responsible for attention. The book contains a bulk of information concerning data obtained by cognitive psychology in the area of study of attention. These results are closely linked with neurophysiological investigation of attention.

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Routledge

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0429945671

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9780429945670

The Orienting Response in Information Processing

By: Heikki Lyytinen,Risto Naatanen,Evgeni N. Sokolov,John Spinks

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The Orienting Response in Information Processing

By: Heikki Lyytinen,Risto Naatanen,Evgeni N. Sokolov,John Spinks

A testimony to the work of Evgeny Nikolaevich Sokolov, this new book presents a cognitive science approach to the study of perception,information processing & attention.Reviews of the co- authors studies on attention & anticipation are also included.

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Psychology Press

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1135675031

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9781135675035

Brain Signals

Physics and Mathematics of MEG and EEG

By: Risto J. Ilmoniemi,Jukka Sarvas

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Brain Signals

Physics and Mathematics of MEG and EEG

By: Risto J. Ilmoniemi,Jukka Sarvas

A unified treatment of the generation and analysis of brain-generated electromagnetic fields. In Brain Signals, Risto Ilmoniemi and Jukka Sarvas present the basic physical and mathematical principles of magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG), describing what kind of information is available in the neuroelectromagnetic field and how the measured MEG and EEG signals can be analyzed. Unlike most previous works on these topics, which have been collections of writings by different authors using different conventions, this book presents the material in a unified manner, providing the reader with a thorough understanding of basic principles and a firm basis for analyzing data generated by MEG and EEG. The book first provides a brief introduction to brain states and the early history of EEG and MEG, describes the generation of electromagnetic fields by neuronal activity, and discusses the electromagnetic forward problem. The authors then turn to EEG and MEG analysis, offering a review of linear and matrix algebra and basic statistics needed for analysis of the data, and presenting several analysis methods: dipole fitting; the minimum norm estimate (MNE); beamforming; the multiple signal classification algorithm (MUSIC), including RAP-MUSIC with the RAP dilemma and TRAP-MUSIC, which removes the RAP dilemma; independent component analysis (ICA); and blind source separation (BSS) with joint diagonalization.

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MIT Press

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0262039826

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9780262039826

Trinity in Unity in Christian-Muslim Relations

The Work of the Pontificial Council for Interreligious Dialogue

By: Risto Jukko

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Trinity in Unity in Christian-Muslim Relations

The Work of the Pontificial Council for Interreligious Dialogue

By: Risto Jukko

Through a systematic analysis of official Vatican documents, this book shows that the Trinitarian basis of recent Roman Catholic theology of religions has led the Church to adopt a dialectical attitude towards Islam.

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9004158626

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9789004158627

Optical Measurement Techniques

Innovations for Industry and the Life Sciences

By: Kai-Erik Peiponen,Risto Myllylä,Alexander V. Priezzhev

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Optical Measurement Techniques

Innovations for Industry and the Life Sciences

By: Kai-Erik Peiponen,Risto Myllylä,Alexander V. Priezzhev

Devoted to new optical measurement techniques in industry as well as the life sciences, this book has a fresh perspective on the development of modern optical sensors, which are essential for the control of parameters in industrial and biomedical applications.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540719261

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Recognition and Religion

A Historical and Systematic Study

By: Risto Saarinen

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Recognition and Religion

A Historical and Systematic Study

By: Risto Saarinen

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Weakness of Will in Renaissance and Reformation Thought

By: Risto Saarinen

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Weakness of Will in Renaissance and Reformation Thought

By: Risto Saarinen

Weakness of will, the phenomenon of acting contrary to one's own better judgment, has remained a prominent discussion topic of philosophy. The history of this discussion in ancient, medieval, and modern times has been outlined in many studies. Weakness of Will in Renaissance and Reformation Thought is, however, the first book to cover the fascinating source materials on weakness of will between 1350 and 1650. In addition to considering the work of a broad range of Renaissance authors (including Petrarch, Donato Acciaiuoli, John Mair, and Francesco Piccolomini), Risto Saarinen explores the theologically coloured debates of the Reformation period, such as those provided by Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, John Calvin, and Lambert Daneau. He goes on to discuss the impact of these authors on prominent figures of early modernity, including Shakespeare, Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz. While most of the historical research on weakness of will has focused on the reception history of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Saarinen pays attention to the Platonic and Stoic discussions and their revival during the Renaissance and the Reformation. He also shows the ways in which Augustine's discussion of the divided will is intertwined with the Christian reception of ancient Greek ethics, and argues that the theological underpinnings of early modern authors do not rule out weakness of will, but transform the philosophical discussion and lead it towards new solutions.

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OUP Oxford

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019161940X

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Weakness of the will in medieval thought

from Augustine to Buridan : academic dissertation ...

By: Risto Saarinen

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Weakness of the will in medieval thought

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The Pastoral Epistles with Philemon & Jude

By: Risto Saarinen

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The Pastoral Epistles with Philemon & Jude

By: Risto Saarinen

Pastors and leaders of the classical church--such as Augustine, Calvin, Luther, and Wesley--interpreted the Bible theologically, believing Scripture as a whole witnessed to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Modern interpreters of the Bible questioned this premise. But in recent decades, a critical mass of theologians and biblical scholars has begun to reassert the priority of a theological reading of Scripture. The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible enlists leading theologians to read and interpret Scripture for the twenty-first century, just as the church fathers, the Reformers, and other orthodox Christians did for their times and places. This addition to the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible offers a new interpretation of the theology and the narrative context of 1st and 2nd Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and Jude. Risto Saarinen makes three unique claims: 1) the Pastoral Epistles need to be understood in terms of character formation and diagnostic language, 2) the treatment of gifts and giving is a prominent feature of the epistles, and 3) a theological exegesis of these books results in a new view regarding the nature of doctrine. This commentary, like each in the series, is designed to serve the church--through aid in preaching, teaching, study groups, and so forth--and demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible.

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Luther and the Gift

By: Risto Saarinen

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Luther and the Gift

By: Risto Saarinen

Dust jacket, back cover: In this book, Risto Saarinen studies Martin Luther's understanding of the gift and related issues such as favours and benefits, faith and justification, virtues and merits, ethics and doctrine, law and Christ. He shows that Luther both continues and criticizes the classical discusssions regarding the differences and parallels between gifts and sales.

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