Miroslav Volf

We live in the midst of a crisis of home. It is evident in the massive uprooting and migration of millions across the globe, in the anxious nationalism awaiting immigrants in their destinations, in the unhoused populations in wealthy cities, in the fractured households of families, and in the worldwide destruction of habitats and international struggles for dominance. It is evident, perhaps more quietly but just as truly, in the aching sense that there is nowhere we truly belong. In this moment, the Christian faith has been disappointingly inept in its response. We need a better witness to the God who created, loves, and reconciles this world, who comes to dwell among us. This book tells the "story of everything," in which God creates the world as the home for humans and for God in communion with God's creatures. The authors render the story of creation, redemption, and consummation through the lens of God's homemaking work and show the theological fruit of telling the story this way. The result is a vision that can inspire creative Christian living in our various homes today in faithfulness to God's ongoing work.

From award-winning authors and Yale Divinity School colleagues Christian Wiman and Miroslav Volf--two world-renowned scholars exchange letters on the problems of faith today and the presence of divine love that persists through it all. Whether you're searching for something to believe in or no longer feel at home in your faith tradition of origin, the spiritual search can be deeply lonely.?Glimmerings brings the high-voltage tensions of faith as felt by many into the realm of relationship, where our hope might be bolstered in community with kindred minds. This vivid interpersonal offering brings together one of the world's leading Christian theologians, Miroslav Volf, with one of the most celebrated voices in modern American poetry, Christian Wiman, in this private-now-public exchange of letters on these very pressing tensions of our time. As close friends and Yale colleagues, their letters reveal visions of faith that are sometimes sharply divergent, yet always honest, modeling warmth, humor, disagreement and apology along the way. As the authors contend, certainty can never be ours. But perhaps God shows himself in "glimmerings," and as we companion each other on the search, we can take heart in being seen for who we are and held by a great and mysterious love. Candid, consoling, and ever-absorbing, Wiman and Volf's exchange creates a world where questions are dignified by a fair hearing, where the spiritual search in all its complexities is honored, where glimmerings might be found.

Em uma poca que glorifica a ambi o sem limites, o renomado e premiado te logo Miroslav Volf levanta uma quest o essencial: qual o verdadeiro pre o de nosso desejo de grandeza? Nesta obra provocadora, ele nos desafia a questionar os pilares de uma sociedade obcecada por conquistas e hierarquias. Com insights penetrantes, Volf exp e a moralidade duvidosa da busca por superioridade, revelando como essa obsess o, frequentemente acompanhada de ostenta o e compara o, contradiz a humildade fundamental da f crist e aprisiona as pessoas em um ciclo destrutivo. O custo da ambi o prop e um caminho libertador: abandonar a armadilha da competi o para abra ar uma vida de prop sito, humildade e significado genu no.

New York Times bestselling author Miroslav Volf on why striving for superiority is at odds with the Christian faith"[A] smart take on a world obsessed with forward motion."--Publishers WeeklyMany people believe that ambition--striving to be better than others--improves us and advances society. But what if it actually makes us worse?In The Cost of Ambition, world-renowned theologian and award-winning author Miroslav Volf argues that striving for superiority has negative consequences in all domains of life. Instead, we should strive for excellence. Volf explores: ? What Søren Kierkegaard, John Milton, and the apostle Paul say about the cost of ambition? How we can achieve excellence rather than strive for superiority? How to stop being plagued by our own sense of inferiority to others? Why Christians must retrieve a humbler way of life Volf also examines what the teachings of Jesus and the stories in Genesis say on the matter. Volf explains how striving to be better than others devalues our achievements, surroundings, and relationships by turning them into mere means to an empty goal. This pursuit, though widely accepted in modern life, is at odds with key Christian convictions.After exposing the toxicity of ambition, Volf uses contemporary examples to guide us toward striving for excellence.

What kind of life would be truly worth wanting? What kind of world would be truly worth seeking? How should we live?We are facing a crisis of meaning. Swept up in the obstacles of the day-to-day, the deeper questions of our fundamental purpose linger just beneath the surface of our personal lives and our collective culture. What we need is to seek the truth.In Life Worth Living, leading Yale theologians Volf, Croasmun and McAnnally-Linz offer a deep dive beneath the levels of habit, strategy and introspection to the bedrock question of what kind of life is truly worth living. Inspired by the leading Yale course of the same name, this perspective-shifting book will guide you through life's biggest questions. Drawing on the world's greatest religious and philosophical traditions, this is your path to understanding the true meaning of life.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Financial Times' "Best books of 2023 -- Health & Wellness" "Life Worth Living is transcendent. A collection of wisdom punctuated by questions of great consequence, this is the only book you need to find your way from where you are to where you are called to be." --Kelly Corrigan, NYT bestselling author, host of Kelly Corrigan Wonders and PBS's Tell Me More Based on the Yale class, a guide to defining and then creating a flourishing life, and answering one of life's most pressing questions: how are we to live? AN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER What makes a good life? The question is inherent to the human condition, asked by people across generations, professions, and social classes, and addressed by all schools of philosophy and religions. This search for meaning, as Yale faculty Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz argue, is at the crux of a crisis that is facing Western culture, a crisis that, they propose, can be ameliorated by searching, in one's own life, for the underlying truth. In Life Worth Living, named after its authors' highly sought-after undergraduate course, Volf, Croasmun, and McAnnally-Linz chart out this question, providing readers with jumping-off points, road maps, and habits of reflection for figuring out where their lives hold meaning and where things need to change. Drawing from the major world religions and from impressively truthful and courageous secular figures, Life Worth Living is a guide to life's most pressing question, the one asked of all of us: How are we to live?

We live in the midst of a crisis of home. It is evident in the massive uprooting and migration of millions across the globe, in the anxious nationalism awaiting immigrants in their destinations, in the unhoused populations in wealthy cities, in the fractured households of families, and in the worldwide destruction of habitats and international struggles for dominance. It is evident, perhaps more quietly but just as truly, in the aching sense that there is nowhere we truly belong.In this moment, the Christian faith has been disappointingly inept in its response. We need a better witness to the God who created, loves, and reconciles this world, who comes to dwell among us.This book tells the "story of everything" in which God creates the world as the home for humans and for God in communion with God's creatures. The authors render the story of creation, redemption, and consummation through the lens of God's homemaking work and show the theological fruit of telling the story this way. The result is a vision that can inspire creative Christian living in our various homes today in faithfulness to God's ongoing work.

Debatter raser i dag om religionernes rolle i det offentlige rum. Efterhånden som verden bliver mere og mere forbundet, kommer forskellige religioner til at bebo det samme rum. Men hvordan lever de sammen, især når de hver især ønsker at forme det offentlige område i overensstemmelse med deres egne hellige tekster og traditioner? Hvordan skal den kristne tro bringes i spil i det offentlige rum?Yale-professor Miroslav Volfs skelsættende bog 'A Public Faith' om kristnes offentlige engagement i et pluralistisk samfund kommer nu i dansk oversættelse. Volf argumenterer for, at kristne skal kæmpe for politisk pluralisme, og han analyserer og kritiserer de teologiske kortslutninger, der har forhindret et sundt offentligt engagement.

Descubre c mo el plan de reconciliaci n mediante Cristo Jes s brinda la respuesta a la erradicaci n del repudio social en una obra galardonada con el Premio Grawemeyer de Religi n de 2002 y mencionado como uno de los mejores libros del siglo XX por la revista Christianity TodayExclusi n y acogida es m s que una obra literaria, es una exposici n sobre la plaga social de la exclusi n, un acto que ha llevado al ser humano a rechazar de manera pol tica y acad mica a aquellos que son considerados diferentes, olvidando la bondad de Dios sobre nosotros.En esta edici n, Volf demuestra por qu y c mo el libro es m s relevante en el mundo actual de identidades resurgentes y enfrentadas que cuando lo escribi originalmente. La verdad importa, la justicia importa, la paz importa, y no necesitamos sacrificarlas en el altar de nuestras identidades individuales y colectivas.En este libro el autor desarrolla diversos temas alrededor del t tulo: La sombra social producto de la apat aConsecuencias del ciclo desesperado de la violencia por la indiferenciaEl mensaje de la salvaci n como fuente de reconciliaci n y el perd nEnfoque pol tico-teol gico sobre la justicia absoluta de Dios y su amor sobre todas las cosas, para remediar las faltas de insultos y humillaci n contra los hermanosExclusion and EmbraceDiscover how the reconciliation through Jesus Christ provides the answer to eradicating social repudiation in a work awarded the 2002 Grawemeyer Religion Prize and named one of the best books of the 20th century by Christianity Today magazine.Exclusion and Embrace is more than a literary work; it is an exposition on the social plague of exclusion, an act that has led human beings to politically and academically reject those who are considered different, forgetting God's goodness toward us.In this edition, Volf demonstrates why and how the book is more relevant in today's world of resurgent and clashing identities than when he originally wrote it. Truth matters, justice matters, peace matters, and we need not sacrifice them on the altar of our individual and collective identities.In this book the author develops several themes around the title: The social shadow of apathyConsequences of the desperate cycle of violence due to indifferenceThe message of salvation as a source of reconciliation and forgivenessPolitical-theological focus on God's absolute justice and His love over everything to remedy the faults of insult and humiliation against the brethren

What do the fields, rivers, and streams that provide food have to do with the God who created them? How do we become at home in this world where so many hunger for food, for companionship, or for the presence of God?"Scripture is also a feast." As an invitation to feast at the table of God's word, The Hunger for Home explores the deepest human longings for home through the simple ingredients of bread, water, wine, and stories. Matthew Croasmun and Miroslav Volf read the meals of the Gospel of Luke as stories of God eating with God's people. By making a common home with us in this way, God turns all our meals into invitations to eat in God's home—a home with a seat open for all who are willing. No longer is bread simply fuel for getting through the day, but also a call to be present to the agricultural workers, grocers, chefs, friends, and strangers with whom food connects us: everyone God is calling to the banquet. As Croasmun and Volf show, Luke gives us an image of creation at home by bringing God into the home, as it was always meant to be.

Christianity Today 2020 Book Award (Award of Merit, Theology/Ethics)Outreach 2020 Recommended Resource of the Year (Theology and Biblical Studies)The question of what makes life worth living is more vital now than ever. In today's pluralistic, postsecular world, universal values are dismissed as mere matters of private opinion, and the question of what constitutes flourishing life--for ourselves, our neighbors, and the planet as a whole--is neglected in our universities, our churches, and our culture at large. Although we increasingly have technology to do almost anything, we have little sense of what is truly worth accomplishing.In this provocative new contribution to public theology, world-renowned theologian Miroslav Volf (named "America's New Public Intellectual" by Scot McKnight on his Jesus Creed blog) and Matthew Croasmun explain that the intellectual tools needed to rescue us from our present malaise and meet our new cultural challenge are the tools of theology. A renewal of theology is crucial to help us articulate compelling visions of the good life, find our way through the maze of contested questions of value, and answer the fundamental question of what makes life worth living.

Whether you are completely new to Luke's Gospel or have read it many times before, Meeting God in Luke will help you see this wonderful piece of Scripture with fresh eyes and better understand its essential meaning and purpose.Written by one of the world's most widely respected theologians, in collaboration with a brilliant New Testament scholar, this little book offers an accessible introduction to the main message of Luke's Gospel. Exploring what the third gospel teaches us about the nature of God, this a book for anyone wanting to reflect on God and how he reveals himself to us. It will leave you with a new enthusiasm for Luke's Gospel, and the desire to return to it over and over again.Full of illuminating spiritual insights and reflection, Meeting God in Luke is formed of six chapters with questions for individual and small group use, making it a perfect book for Bible study. With a focus on the Passion narrative in Luke's Gospel, it would also be ideal for use as a devotional during Lent or as a gift for someone beginning on their faith journey.Simple but profound, Meeting God in Luke is an invitation to anyone wanting to deepen their understanding of the Gospel of Luke, and through it to meet the God that is revealed in Jesus Christ.

Os dias atuais apresentam uma realidade perturbadora. A alteridade, o simples fato de ser diferente de alguma forma, passou a ser definido como algo indesejado. Miroslav Volf afirma que a palavra curadora do evangelho precisa ser anunciada, e a teologia crist n o pode furtar-se a ignorar o quadro latente de dio entre os diversos grupos de uma sociedade. A mensagem de Cristo essencialmente reconciliat ria, e nada melhor que a met fora do abra o para anunciar a resposta crist exclus o. Exclus o e abra o considerada a obra-prima de Miroslav Volf, um dos te logos mais brilhantes de sua gera o. Editada h 25 anos, esta edi o comemorativa, atualizada e ampliada, chega agora ao p blico de l ngua portuguesa. Este livro uma importante contribui o para a teologia pol tica. Um grande testemunho prestado ao Deus que perdoa e n o lembra para sempre, transformando inimigos numa nova comunidade.J rgen Moltmann, professor em rito de teologia sistem tica na Universidade de Tubinga, em Hamburgo, Alemanha Enormes problemas acontecem, diz Volf, quando exclu mos o nosso inimigo da comunidade dos seres humanos e quando exclu mos a n s mesmos da comunidade dos pecadores - quando esquecemos que n o somos as pessoas perfeitas e boas, somos tamb m as imperfeitas. Quando nos lembramos disso, nosso dio n o nos mata nem nos absorve, e de fato podemos sair por a e trabalhar em busca de justi a.Tim Keller, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, de seu serm o no domingo posterior ao 11 de setembro de 2001 Uma das melhores obras teol gicas da teologia crist ...]. Quer estejamos tratando de rela es internacionais quer de rela es interpessoais, o mal precisa ser nomeado e confrontado ...]. S quando o mal e o malfeitor s o identificados como o que e quem s o - e isso que Volf quer dizer com o termo "exclus o" - pode ocorrer o segundo movimento para o "abra o", o abra o daquele que feriu a n s ou a mim profundamente.N. T. Wright, autor de O mal e a justi a de Deus

Os dias atuais apresentam uma realidade perturbadora. A alteridade, o simples fato de ser diferente de alguma forma, passou a ser definido como algo indesejado. Miroslav Volf afirma que a palavra curadora do evangelho precisa ser anunciada, e a teologia crist n o pode furtar-se a ignorar o quadro latente de dio entre os diversos grupos de uma sociedade. A mensagem de Cristo essencialmente reconciliat ria, e nada melhor que a met fora do abra o para anunciar a resposta crist exclus o. Exclus o e abra o considerada a obra-prima de Miroslav Volf, um dos te logos mais brilhantes de sua gera o. Editada h 25 anos, esta edi o comemorativa, atualizada e ampliada, chega agora ao p blico de l ngua portuguesa. Este livro uma importante contribui o para a teologia pol tica. Um grande testemunho prestado ao Deus que perdoa e n o lembra para sempre, transformando inimigos numa nova comunidade.J rgen Moltmann, professor em rito de teologia sistem tica na Universidade de Tubinga, em Hamburgo, Alemanha Enormes problemas acontecem, diz Volf, quando exclu mos o nosso inimigo da comunidade dos seres humanos e quando exclu mos a n s mesmos da comunidade dos pecadores - quando esquecemos que n o somos as pessoas perfeitas e boas, somos tamb m as imperfeitas. Quando nos lembramos disso, nosso dio n o nos mata nem nos absorve, e de fato podemos sair por a e trabalhar em busca de justi a.Tim Keller, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, de seu serm o no domingo posterior ao 11 de setembro de 2001 Uma das melhores obras teol gicas da teologia crist ...]. Quer estejamos tratando de rela es internacionais quer de rela es interpessoais, o mal precisa ser nomeado e confrontado ...]. S quando o mal e o malfeitor s o identificados como o que e quem s o - e isso que Volf quer dizer com o termo "exclus o" - pode ocorrer o segundo movimento para o "abra o", o abra o daquele que feriu a n s ou a mim profundamente.N. T. Wright, autor de O mal e a justi a de Deus