Norman Wirzba
@nwirzba.bsky.social
Duke University, Theology, Philosophy, Environmental Humanities, guitar, cake
Want to live on (escape to) another planet? I understand the impulse! Here’s a profound and important idea from my current read: “This Sacred Life”, by philosopher & writer Norman Wirzba @nwirzba.bsky.social whose many books I have found deeply thoughtful and moving. #goodbooks #transhumanism
“In his magnificent new book, @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social shows how, when it comes to rivers, our purportedly rational minds have become impounded, even stagnant.” – review by @nwirzba.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/books/river-...
A river runs through us
Robert Macfarlane helps us appreciate that life is not a possession. It is a process we participate...
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"Wirzba’s book finds its strength in its lack of naivete." —Englewood Review of Books on Love's Braided Dance, now 50% off at yalebooks.com.
Norman Wirzba - Love's Braided Dance [Feature Review] - The Englewood Review of Books
Feature Review of Love's Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis by Norman Wirzba (Yale University Press, 2024) Reviewed by Justin Cober-Lake
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"Hope ... is a scarce commodity, but under Wirzba’s rubric, hope is neither scarce nor a commodity, as long as we understand what it truly is, and are willing to cultivate it." My review of @nwirzba.bsky.social's *Love's Braided Dance*: englewoodreview.org/norman-wirzb... @erbks.bsky.social
Norman Wirzba - Love's Braided Dance [Feature Review] - The Englewood Review of Books
Feature Review of Love's Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis by Norman Wirzba (Yale University Press, 2024) Reviewed by Justin Cober-Lake
englewoodreview.org
What a refreshing passage. I have known this all my life, but am constantly chivvied for not buying into the American cult of optimism. From Norman Wirzba, Love’s Braided Dance
Congratulations to @nwirzba.bsky.social for this well-deserved award celebrating his wonderful book, Love’s Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis.
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Facing the future together: The difference between hope and optimism — and why it matters - ABC Religion & Ethics
Whereas an optimist’s life is easy because so little is expected of them, a hopeful life is hard because it depends on people committing themselves to link hands and hearts with others in the creation...
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“Love's Braided Dance” — A Book Launch Event - The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University
Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics for a book launch event for a new book by Norman Wirzba, “Love’s Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis.” From the publisher: […]
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i can’t find the two cities podcast on here but this interview w @nwirzba.bsky.social was excellent, i recommend! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Episode #257 - Hope in the Time of Crisis with Professor Norman Wirzba
Podcast Episode · The Two Cities · 12/25/2024 · 57m
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Mark your calendars! @dukedivinity.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social kenan.ethics.duke.edu/event/loves-...
“Love's Braided Dance” — A Book Launch Event - The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University
Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics for a book launch event for a new book by Norman Wirzba, “Love’s Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis.” From the publisher: […]
kenan.ethics.duke.edu
On a NEW EPISODE of the Commonweal podcast, @nwirzba.bsky.social explains why hope is not something we can have, but an action we need to perform. www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/hope...
‘Hope Grows in the Dark’
On this episode, Norman Wirzba explains why hope is not a thing we ‘have,’ but an action we must do.
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