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M.C. Smit Collection. Newspaper Clippings. Fond 001-008
No full textFor many years M.C. Smit clipped newspaper articles from various European newspapers. The topics covered archaeological discoveries, history, philosophy and religion
Perspective (Institute for Christian Studies)
No full textOur living tradition / Doug Blomberg. -- Subversive, holistic evangelism on Gibson Drive / Jonathan Chan -- MWS in action: Marg Hoogland in Nicaragua -- Junior members advancing our tradition: (1) Generative problems or dynamic limits? Retrieving Dooyeweerd's transcendental critique of theoretical thought / Jazz Feyer Salo -- (2) Art in the real world / Tricia Van Dyke -- (3) Dooyeweerd's modal theory: hermeneutics in action / Dan Rudisill -- Some comments from our reader
M.C. Smit Collection. Miscellaneous Documents. Fond 001-009
No full textThis general collection of miscellany includes copies of handwritten notes, papers by students of Smit, and other types of documents not readily admitted into the other parts of the Smit Collection. The title of the record may in some cases reflect the reference title Smit gave to the original folder containing particular document or set of documents in question - not those of the documents themselves. This shall be reflected in the notes which are part of each record. *Note: As of May 2016, there are more files to sort and add to this fond at a later date
Unwrapping the Gift: Empty Notion or Valuable Concept?
No full textThe concept of the gift has received ample philosophical attention in recent decades. Thinkers such as Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion have been major contributors to the conversation philosophically. However, their conclusions around the gift -- while generating many fruitful notions -- leave the gift impoverished from our ordinary experience. Further, their reflections make it difficult to predicated giftedness of existence. This thesis argues for a need to rethink the gift along different lines which seeks to widen the gift in order to be able to predicate it of existence. In order to make such an argument, the ideas of Kenneth Schmitz on the gift are recovered. Schmitz argues for an understanding of giftedness that includes a notion of reciprocity and receptivity -- contra Marion and Derrida. It is this notion of receptivity that makes Schmitz' framework able to be predicated of existence. Existence, understood as gifted, opens up fruitful avenues for anthropology and ethics, as well as argues for a certain disposition towards reality that is centered in wonder and gratitude.Introduction -- Impossible Gift? -- A Different Road to the Gift -- Gifted Existence? -- Sketching a Response and Solidifying an Answer -- Conclusion -- Bibliograph
Perspective (Institute for Christian Studies)
No full textTricia and Benjamin Groenewold write from Lithuania. -- Vocational wayfinding. -- Where in the world have your gifts made an impact? -- Congratulations to five Master's and two PhD graduates. -- Help write our 50th anniversary issue
The Way of Love: Practicing an Irigarayan Ethic
No full textThis thesis defends the argument that Luce Irigaray's work on sexual difference from the Continental tradition provides a rich analysis of human subjectivity, ethical responsibility and well-being as citizens. This thesis pays specific attention to Irigaray’s work in relation to ecological feminism, animal welfare and religious pluralism in democratic societies. Her work is singular because, although it places the emphasis on sexual difference, resisting a contained definition of what it means to be a woman. Instead, the thesis highlights Irigaray’s ongoing process and ethical task to undertake an "intermediate" by which men and women can interact in reciprocity and respect the way of love. The limit, or the negative of the sexes,forms an ethical boundary, and this thesis explores this limit with humans and non-humans. The thesis contends that the limit makes it possible to establish the right relationships between specific and limited selves in an economy of love, rather than between authoritative, independent or absolute subjects in an economy of mutual exchange. Her philosophy, this thesis contends, allows us to ask more fully how to live well so we can share the resources—such as water, air, healthy food—that promote well-being and meaningful work. Such resources provide us physically and spiritually with a good life. The demand for a good life is further extended to other non-human animals and environments. The dissertation concludes with the suggestion that Irigaray's politics of difference can help democratic societies themselves to respond to questions of inclusion, hospitality and respect for different people, particularly within an increasingly multinational and global world. The thesis suggests that Irigaray's work is all the more relevant and meaningful in that it offers a discourse by which we can respect differences, going beyond token gestures, and moves toward substantial protection of all.Irigaray's ethics and politics provide both secular and fundamental principles that are universal and that can be found in the bodies of people who breathe properly and in the kind of practices that we undertake to distribute the resources of human and non-human others. Her work allows us to materially investigate in inventive and imaginative ways and calls us to share our world with love and responsibility.Acknowledgement -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The invisible made visible -- Sexual difference : beyond essentialism -- Sexual difference and its fling with the philosophers: an amorous exchange -- Irigaray's love as word and flesh -- Irigarayan ethics: a global ethic of love -- Dutch summary (Samenvatting
