Background
Farley, Wendy Lee was born on April 13, 1958 in Greencastle, Indiana, United States. Daughter of William Edward and Doris June Farley.
( Using refreshingly unconventional prose, rising theolog...)
Using refreshingly unconventional prose, rising theologian Wendy Farley has written a theological account of the human condition that delves into the deepest dimensions of the soul. Considering human life from the perspective of the wounding and healing of desire, with desire being that within us which longs for connection, home, and beauty, Farley presents a passionate, moving account of the human condition that draws strongly upon the Christian meditative and mystical spiritual traditions. In doing so, Farley shifts the traditional images of sin and redemption into images of healing and power. The result is a theological memoir that reaches into the human depths and draws forth a response of the soul--in courage, compassion, and delight.
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(Eros for the Other takes up the problem of how truth clai...)
Eros for the Other takes up the problem of how truth claims and ethical norms can survive the increasingly radical recognition of the historical, cultural, pluralistic, and often ideological character of human experience. Sharing with postmodernism a suspicion of totalizing forms of knowledge and practice, Wendy Farley parts with postmodernism in defending the possibility of truth and ethics. Arguing that reality occurs in the concrete existence of actual beings (human and otherwise), she develops an interpretation of the nature of knowledge as an eros for the other--as an openness to the distinctive beauties and fragilities of other creatures. Employing Plato, Levinas, Hannah Arendt, Iris Murdoch, Anne Carson, and representatives of Continental philosophy and feminist theory, Eros for the Other constructs an original argument for the interdependence of truth, ethics, and pluralism. Through dialogues with Western thought and its critics an original vision emerges of the way reason discerns reality, experiences beauty, and lives compassionately in the midst of the plurality of concrete, historical existence.
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Farley, Wendy Lee was born on April 13, 1958 in Greencastle, Indiana, United States. Daughter of William Edward and Doris June Farley.
Bachelor, University New Hampshire, 1981. Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1988.
Sunday school teacher North Decatur (Georgia) Presbyterian Church, since 1989. Associate professor religion Emory University, Atlanta, since 1988.
(Eros for the Other takes up the problem of how truth clai...)
( Using refreshingly unconventional prose, rising theolog...)
Volunteer Amnesty International Mid-East Coordination Group, since 1986, Bread for the World, since 1986. Member American Academy Religion, Society of Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy.
Married Clifford Allen Grabhorn, October 11, 1987. 1 child, Emma Elizabeth.