{"product_id":"on-thinking-the-human-robert-w-jenson-9780802821140","title":"On Thinking the Human: Resolutions of Difficult Notions","description":"Since Socrates, the effort to understand ourselves precisely as human has been the central occupation of Western thought. In this short, profound book Robert W. Jenson argues that not only are all philosophical attempts to accurately think the self doomed to failure, but also that the category \"human\" is \u003ci\u003eunthinkable\u003c\/i\u003e without reference to God. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Jenson says at the outset of the book, \"our anthropological endeavors are at once impelled and checked by an epistemic quirk or set of quirks: notions we need to use and do use when we talk about ourselves as human resist being thought.\" \u003ci\u003eOn Thinking the Human\u003c\/i\u003e, which tackles this problem theologically while also giving a nod to philosophic heavyweights like Hegel, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, is a concise attempt to explain why this is so. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Under chapter titles that reflect the problem's different facets -- \"Thinking Death,\" \"Thinking Consciousness,\" \"Thinking Freedom,\" \"Thinking Reality,\" \"Thinking Wickedness,\" and \"Thinking Love\" -- Jenson limns the difficulty inherent in each concept and then shows how the unthinkable becomes thinkable in light of the triune God of Scripture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert W. Jenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802821146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802821140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 0.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2003 pg. 87","brand":"Robert W. Jenson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947191894271,"sku":"9780802821140","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_74c47443-4c83-4d1f-abb5-bb0236998f6f.jpg?v=1681517267","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-thinking-the-human-robert-w-jenson-9780802821140","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}