Self-Deception and Wholeness in Paul and Matthew (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781597523967)

Via uses the concept of self-deception as a vantage point for understanding something about Paul and Matthew. Employing an existential method in the broad sense, Via asks about the nature of a pervasive phenomenon of human existence with some attention given to psychological aspects. Nevertheless, this study is primarily exegetical and interpretive -- aimed at theological understanding -- rather than intensively methodological. Positing that self-deception is a deformation, Via undertakes to pay attention primarily to the subversion of the self and the recovery of wholeness. Additionally, attention is paid to self-deception as a social phenomenon and some consideration is given to its social causes and implications.

Author: Dan O. Via
ISBN-10: 1597523968
ISBN-13: 9781597523967
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2005
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.78w x 0.41d