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A nice companion follow up to The Picture of Dorian Gray. Deep thinking required but rich.
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Sense and Sensuality: Jesus Talks to Oscar Wilde on the Pursuit of Pleasure
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WHY versus WHY NOT?
Why did God place us in a world full of pleasures if we aren’t meant to pursue them all?
In an imaginative dialogue, Oscar Wilde asks Jesus Christ to respond to this question about critical lifestyle choices. Their talk vividly illustrates the arguments for both sensual pleasure-seeking and moral moderation.
Playwright, dramatist, poet, critic—Wilde openly defied the mores of Victorian society. His literary repartee fueled an “if it feels good, do it” humanistic philosophy that is still prevalent in the world today.
SO WHAT does JESUS SAY?
Why did God place us in a world full of pleasures if we aren’t meant to pursue them all?
In an imaginative dialogue, Oscar Wilde asks Jesus Christ to respond to this question about critical lifestyle choices. Their talk vividly illustrates the arguments for both sensual pleasure-seeking and moral moderation.
Playwright, dramatist, poet, critic—Wilde openly defied the mores of Victorian society. His literary repartee fueled an “if it feels good, do it” humanistic philosophy that is still prevalent in the world today.
SO WHAT does JESUS SAY?
96 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,2002
This edition
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96 pages, Paperback
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June 1, 2006 by Multnomah
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9781590528600
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1590528603
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English
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Disappointing. Very smug and self-righteous.
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This is the third book in the series that I have read so far, and I must say that it is my least favorite. This is odd since it is probably one of the most useful in terms of engaging in an apologetic debate with the people I encounter most. We live in a culture of hedonists, and people who believe that there should be no bounds to what a person could do for sexual gratification...unless it "hurts another person." Zacharias addresses this issue along with the rest well. The content of the book is very helpful. My problems with it stem from the medium (a fictional dialogue that didn't work for me as well as the other books did--perhaps it was because it involved Wilde and the bar for language should be higher?), and the winding nature of the dialogue that made me wonder if this was the most logical outcome of this particular conversation.
Therefore:
Information--great
Story--mediocre
The apologist in me gives this three stars while the English major would give it two. I guess you can decide what you're going for.
Therefore:
Information--great
Story--mediocre
The apologist in me gives this three stars while the English major would give it two. I guess you can decide what you're going for.
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"A work of art that takes years to create can be desecrated in seconds."
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This is a great look into Oscar Wilde's life and how he both embraced and resisted Christ as well as morality. It will bring more depth to the thought of how God purposed pleasure and what ultimate beauty is.
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Taking his cue--I think--from Peter Kreeft, Zacharias here crafts a Socratic dialogue between Oscar Wilde, Jesus, and a religious writer who meant much to Wilde: Blaise Pascal. The dialogue takes place in a sort of dream shortly before Wilde's death, dramatizing the lifelong spiritual struggle that seems to have peaked in the last days of his life, as evidenced by Wilde's deathbed conversion to Catholicism.
Zacharias demonstrates a deep familiarity with the work and life of both Wilde and Pascal, and he uses actual quotes or paraphrases from all three figures to create the bulk of his dialogue. Because of this, the book comes off as a nice blend of scholarship and imagination.
Zacharias demonstrates a deep familiarity with the work and life of both Wilde and Pascal, and he uses actual quotes or paraphrases from all three figures to create the bulk of his dialogue. Because of this, the book comes off as a nice blend of scholarship and imagination.
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This was my first "Ravi" book and after having experienced his insight and profundity in the podcast venue, I had expectations for much more than I got out of this book.
I think it is a very approachable book, albeit the conversation sometimes gets in the way for me. I would really enjoy a more dedicated treatise on this topic by Ravi in a more traditional form.
That said, this could be a very easy entry for anyone into the balance of beauty and profanity, art and law, love and selfishness.
I'll be looking to read Ravi's "Lotus and the Cross" sometime soon.
I think it is a very approachable book, albeit the conversation sometimes gets in the way for me. I would really enjoy a more dedicated treatise on this topic by Ravi in a more traditional form.
That said, this could be a very easy entry for anyone into the balance of beauty and profanity, art and law, love and selfishness.
I'll be looking to read Ravi's "Lotus and the Cross" sometime soon.
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Incredibly pertinent to the issues of today. Should be required reading for high school and college age people. Wonderful examination of worldview and society. Highly recommended!
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