The Earrings of God : : The absurd among us / / Fortunato Pasqualino, Gabriel Lahood.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Pasqualino, Fortunato,; Lahood, Gabriel,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought ; 20
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (291 p.)

Life is full of absurdities, and human misperception of such absurdities leads to a state of unrest and fear that require meaning and direction for a happy life. F. Pasqualino addresses here samples of existential absurdities, and discusses solutions offered: Taoism offers in its paradoxes a natural self-help resource. Buddhism offers a natural wisdom that is informed by a supernatural impersonal Absolute. Hinduism offers a plethora of personal gods who embody the impersonal Absolute. The Judeo-Christian-Islamic wisdom teaches a personal Absolute God whose being is distinct from, but involved with human and non-human beings. The unifying feature of these wisdoms is: Obedience to, and love of, the Absolute can rectify human misperception of life’s absurdities, dissipate fear, and provide meaning, value and a serene life. Jesus Christ, the incarnate Absolute in Christian theology, chose to become an exemplar innocent victim for love, thus giving the most absurd but victoriously redeeming love that provides a new and sublime perspective on life’s absurdities. G. Lahood’s translation and commentary make the Italian masterpiece available to an English-speaking audience.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- A Brief Biography of Fortunato Pasqualino -- Translator’s Introduction -- Translation -- Commentary -- Notes to Translation and Commentary -- Bibliography -- Index