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Placed People : rootedness in G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, and Wendell Berry.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Eugene : Pickwick Publications, 2015.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498206716
  • 1498206719
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 230.2 23
LOC classification:
  • BT701.3
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Homecoming and place -- Ethics, economics, and place -- Imperialism as antithesis to place -- Wholeness, the humanities, and place -- Conclusion.
Summary: Modern humans are given lots of labels. Some see humans as consumers: consumers of goods, services, and entertainment for the Economy. Some see humans as souls to be saved. Some say humans are destructive animals that must not think too highly of themselves at the peril of the planet. All of these often competing and contradictory labels beg the question:'What are people for?'This book locates the starting point for answering this question in a placed perspective, and examines what G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, and Wendell Berry have to show us in this regard. These authors'rooted perspectives challenge us to see our communities and ourselves differently.
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Introduction -- Homecoming and place -- Ethics, economics, and place -- Imperialism as antithesis to place -- Wholeness, the humanities, and place -- Conclusion.

Modern humans are given lots of labels. Some see humans as consumers: consumers of goods, services, and entertainment for the Economy. Some see humans as souls to be saved. Some say humans are destructive animals that must not think too highly of themselves at the peril of the planet. All of these often competing and contradictory labels beg the question:'What are people for?'This book locates the starting point for answering this question in a placed perspective, and examines what G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, and Wendell Berry have to show us in this regard. These authors'rooted perspectives challenge us to see our communities and ourselves differently.

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