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Effecting the Transcendent
(I would like to thank Paul Newall and Dr. William T. Clark, III, for taking the time to read through the various versions of the thoughts and expressions contained herein (originally posted as The Thin Red Line: Grace in the … Continue reading
Posted in Arendt, Ethics, Film, History and Philosophy of Science, Morality, Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Science, Religion, Science
Tagged charity, determinate, determinateness, Emmanuel Levinas, forgiveness, grace, Hannah Arendt, hope, indeterminate, indeterminateness, judgment, Kierkegaard, knowledge, love, Martin Buber, military culture, military ethics, responsibility, Terrence Malick, Thin Red Line, Tree of Life, wisdom, Wittgenstein
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The Thin Red Line: Grace in the midst of war?, Part 3 of 12
(Continued from Part 2) 3. Witt amongst the Melanesians We first meet Pvt. Witt dressed in remnants of what had been military fatigues and living in the midst of Melanesian islanders. Melanesian life as presented is idyllic; it is as … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Film, Morality, Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Religion
Tagged Emmanuel Levinas, grace, Terrence Malick, Thin Red Line, Tree of Life
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The Thin Red Line: Grace in the midst of war?, Part 2 of 12
(Continued from Part 1) 2. The problem of the transcendent By juxtaposing the way of grace and the way of nature, Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life enlivens the sense that grace is something transcendent, a matter of other-worldliness. Grace, … Continue reading
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Tagged grace, Hannah Arendt, love, Terrence Malick, Thin Red Line, Tree of Life
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The Thin Red Line: Grace in the midst of war?, Part 1 of 12
1. Introduction The appeal of movies such as The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life is generated predominantly by their serious concern with the matter of transcendence. Transcendence is commonly conceived of in terms of there being a … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Film, Morality, Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Religion
Tagged grace, love, Terrence Malick, Thin Red Line, Tree of Life
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The Tree of Life and The Way of Grace
Abstract. Terrence Malick’s movie, The Tree of Life, suggests a stark contrast between the way of nature and the way of grace. At first, this contrast – but especially its starkness – seems to set the context for a choice … Continue reading
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Tagged grace, love, Terrence Malick, Tree of Life
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The Tree of Life
Abstract. With his movie, The Tree of Life,Terrence Malick escapes the confines of mere rationalism and the poverty of meager empiricism to remind of the enchantment that is always with and within the ordinariness of reality. Malick locates this enchantment … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Javier Marías, Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Tagged grace, love, Terrence Malick, Tree of Life
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