| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TEXT CREDITS -- Chapter 1: INTRODUCING REVERENCE -- Defining Reverence -- Why This Book -- Why Reverence? -- Chapter 2: WITHOUT REVERENCE -- God Votes in a City Election -- Feeding Time -- No One Votes at All -- Trees Are Merely Cash and Sawdust -- Why Go to a Meeting? -- Dad Slugs the Umpire -- We Know the Enemy Loves to Die -- A World Power Will Stumble -- There Is No Reverence -- Perfect Reverence -- Losing the Idea of Reverence -- "Reverence is for prigs!" -- "Who needs reverence, anyway?" -- "But rituals are meaningless!" -- "Reverence is only about feelings" -- Chapter 3: MUSIC AND A FUNERAL -- Finding Reverence -- The String Quartet -- The Funeral -- Reverence Across Cultures -- Chapter 4: BARE REVERENCE -- A Philosopher's Questions -- Can I give a complete account of reverence? -- What is a virtue? -- Does a virtue provide moral rules? -- Do virtues replace rules? -- What sort of virtue is reverence? -- Why is reverence a capacity for three types of feelings rather than one? -- Could reverence replace other virtues? -- What is the difference between reverence and ceremony? -- What is the difference between reverence and faith? -- Is reverence supposed to take the place of faith or belief? -- Take away belief, and what is there for anyone to be reverent to? -- Will reverence go equally well with any religion? -- What is the difference between reverence and respect? -- What is the difference between reverence and humility? -- Does reverence carry compassion? -- Does reverence belong to religion? -- But don't Christians and Jews, for example, have different kinds of reverence? -- Reverence has to be toward something. Does it make a difference what people are reverent toward? |
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Can there be reverence for evil? -- Can reverence be abused? -- Is reverence good all the time? What about reverence for tradition? -- How can we tell virtues from imposters? -- If true reverence is not for tradition, must it be secular or humanist? -- Does reverence stand in the way of humor and mockery? -- Can there be shame without reverence? -- What good is shame? -- How can I become reverent? -- How can I tell whether an action is reverent? -- Why should I be reverent? -- Does reverence belong to ethics or to morals? -- Can a reverent person do evil? -- Can an evil person be reverent? -- Can I show reverence in an irreverent society? -- Can I act reverently toward someone who is irreverent? -- Why should leaders be any stronger in reverence than the rest of us? -- Is irreverence ever a virtue? -- Chapter 5: ANCIENT GREECE: The Way of Being Human -- Heroic Failures of Reverence -- Hector wins too often -- Achilles plays the beast -- Tyrannical Failures of Reverence -- Oedipus -- Creon -- Pentheus -- Normal Reverence -- Joyful Reverence -- Chapter 6: ANCIENT CHINA :THE WAY OF POWER -- Ceremonious Virtue (Li) -- Violations of Li -- Li as support for other virtues -- Hierarchy -- Power -- Chapter 7: REVERENCE WITHOUT A CREED -- The Case of Tennyson -- Unnecessary Belief -- That the Object of Reverence is a unique supreme being -- That the Object of Reverence is a god or gods -- That the Object of Reverence Is fearsome -- That the Object of Reverence Is Perfect -- Unbelief Is Not Irreverence -- The Range of Reverence -- Chapter 8: REVERENCE ACROSS RELIGIONS -- Violent Reverence: Sacrifice -- Violent Reverence: Vengeance -- Agnostic Reverence: Greece -- Agnostic Reverence: Chinese Humanism -- Chapter 9: RELATIVISM -- Relativism in Ideas -- Relativism and Tradition -- Chapter 10: SACRED THINGS -- But It's Not Sacred to Me! -- What Is Sacred? |
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The Secular Sacred -- Ethics of the Sacred -- Sacred Practices -- Reverence and Idolatry -- God -- Feeling What Is Sacred to Another -- Chapter 11: THE REVERENT LEADER -- The Tragedy of Empire -- How Not to Be a Tyrant -- Reverence of Leaders -- Ceremony: Acts of Respect -- Good Judgment -- Chapter 12: COMPASSION -- Sources of Compassion -- Education for Compassion -- The Idolatry of Virtue -- Safer Environments -- Failure at Abu Ghraib -- Chapter 13: THE SILENT TEACHER -- Respecting Students -- The Irreverent Classroom -- Why Not Dominate, If You Are Right? -- The Paradox of Respect -- Chapter 14: HOME -- Home Virtues-and Vices -- Telemachus: Homebound Virtue -- Ulysses: The Call of Adventure, the Siren-song of Death -- Agamemnon: The Love of Honor -- Odysseus: Looking Homeward -- Chapter 15: EPILOGUE: Renewing Reverence -- Pay Attention -- The Languages of Reverence -- Ask the Right Question -- Reverence Saves Lives -- In Place of a Conclusion -- NOTES -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Chapter One: Introducing Reverence -- Chapter Two: Without Reverence -- Chapter Three: Music and a Funeral -- Chapter Four: Bare Reverence -- Chapter 5: Ancient Greece -- A brief discussion of sources and methods -- Ancient Greek customs of reverence -- Notes on ancient authors -- Notes on specific passages -- Chapter Six: Ancient China -- The Confucian conception of Li -- Scholars of Confucianism -- Translations -- Chapter Seven: Reverence Without a Creed -- Chapter Eight: Reverence Across Religions -- Chapter Nine: Relativism -- Relativism and Tradition -- Chapter Ten: Sacred Things -- Chapter Eleven: The Reverent Leader -- Chapter Twelve: Compassion -- Chapter Thirteen: The Silent Teacher -- Chapter Fourteen: Home -- Chapter Fifteen: Epilogue: Renewing Reverence -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX AND GLOSSARY OF PROPER NAMES. |
| Summary |
First published by Oxford University Press in 2001, this new edition of Reverence is revised and expanded. It contains 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Honor.
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Honor. |
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Respect.
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Respect. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Woodruff, Paul, 1943- Reverence. Second Edition 9780199350803 (DLC) 2013035307 (OCoLC)858975454 |
| ISBN |
9780199350810 (electronic book) |
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0199350817 (electronic book) |
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1306562279 (e-book) |
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9781306562270 (e-book) |
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9780199350803 |
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0199350809 |
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