Doors in the walls of the world Signs of transcendence in the human story
Book - 2018
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San Francisco :
Ignatius Press
[2018].
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 127 pages ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9781621642282
- Introduction: Three Philosophies of Life
- I. The Plot: Life as a Story
- Story #1. The Colorado Water Droplet
- Story #2. The Bouncing Acorn and the Bouncing Sperm
- Story #3. One Grain of Sand
- Story #4. The True Causes of World War III
- Story #5. The Cheap Egyptian Tailor Who Saved the World
- Story #6. Thornton Wilder's Tapestry
- Story #7. Mark Helprin's Perfect Painting
- Story #8. William James' Dystopian Utopia
- Story #9. The "Ridiculous" Point of The Brothers Karamazov
- Story #10. H. G. Wells' "The Door in the Wall"
- II. The Setting The Fragility of Time
- III. The Characters The Real Presence of Invisible Friends
- 1. God
- 2. Angels
- 3. Saints
- 4. Extraterrestrials?
- IV. The Theme Joy
- 1. What Is Joy?
- 2. The Joy of the Longing for Joy
- 3. The Joy of Sex
- 4. The Joy of Death
- 5. The Mystical Equation of Joy and Suffering
- V. The Style Art
- 1. Art's Importance
- 2. Art's Highest Purpose
- 3. Human Arts Poetry, Music, Architecture
- 4. Natural Arts
- 5. Christ as Divine Art
- Conclusions
- Appendix I. Recommendations for Further Explorations
- Appendix II. When Is It "Enough"?