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" Reverence : renewing a forgotten virtue/ "
Paul Woodruff.
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BL
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653567
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Woodruff, Paul,1943-
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Reverence : renewing a forgotten virtue/\ Paul Woodruff.
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2001.
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248 p. ;; 19 cm.
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0195147782
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: 9780195147780
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: 0195157958 (pbk.)
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: 9780195157956 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-243) and index.
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| Contents
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Introducing reverence -- Without reverence -- Music and a funeral: finding reverence -- Bare reverence -- Ancient Greece: the way of being human -- Ancient China: the way of power -- Reverence without a creed -- Reverence across religions -- Relativism -- The reverent leader -- The silent teacher -- Home.
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"Reverence is an ancient virtue dating back thousands of years. It survives among us in half-forgotten patterns of behavior and in the vestiges of old ceremonies. Yet, Paul Woodruff says, we have lost sight of reverence. Like an important engine part that has rusted over time, the idea of reverence has become increasingly foreign. This short, elegiac volume makes an impassioned case for the fundamental importance of the forgotten virtue of reverence, and how awe for things greater than oneself can - indeed must - be a touchstone for other virtues like respect, humility and charity." "Ranging widely over diverse cultural terrain - from Philip Larkin to ancient Greek poetry, from modern politics to Chinese philosophy - Woodruff shows how absolutely essential reverence is to a well-functioning society. He tackles some thorny questions: How does reverence allow not only for leaders but for followers? What role does reverence play in religion? Do some religions misuse reverence? Must reverence be humorless? In the process, Woodruff shows convincingly how reverence plays an unseen part in virtually every human relationship, whether in government, work, friendship, or family. It is essential, he says, for us to recover a sense of reverence in order to help repair the fraying bonds that tie us together."--BOOK JACKET.
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Honor.
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Respect.
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BJ1533.H8W66 2001
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