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Friendship
Friendship was recognized as a central moral value in the classical period, but it was dismissed from medieval, modern, and twentieth century moral theories. This book argues that this dismissal is unjustifiable. The validity of this claim is established in four steps. First, it proposes the concept of moral paradigm. This concept enables us to explore the source of moral value and to provide a criterion for the evaluation of the adequacy of moral theory. Second, the book explains why medieval, modern and twentieth century moral theorists neglected friendship as a central moral value in their analysis of moral behavior and why this neglect was unjustifiable. Third, it explains why the classical moral philosophers viewed friendship as a central moral value. Fourth, it argues that friendship is an ontological need, therefore, a necessary condition of the moral life. This need is implicitly recognized in the moral paradigms that underlie the moral theories of the medieval, modern, and twentieth century moral theories. Accordingly it cannot be neglected in the process of moral theorizing.
Death, Family, and Love
What does it mean to die? What is the role of death in human life? The theme of this novel focuses on these two questions in the medium of a duel between the god of death, Mowt, and Dr. Athenaion, a devotee of the god of love. In the course of delineating the duel, the author spotlights the meaning of death as a human phenomenon in the context of a truly loving family. Mowt inflicts several devastating calamities upon Dr. Athenaion, but in spite of this infliction, two love affairs sprout and see the light of day in the Athenaion family.
The Transformative Power of Love
This novel is a story of the transformative power of love, of how Nick Mitya, who was nourished by a patriarchal, religiously bigoted, sexually chauvinist, materialist, and hypocritical culture, is transformed into a compassionate, caring, tolerant, and honest human being. This story is a vivid depiction of the challenges, struggles, and obstacles that stand in the way of Nick's endeavor to liberate himself from the oppressive traditions, customs, beliefs, and values of that culture and how the patient, tolerant, confident, healing fire of love illuminated Nick's mind with the light of truth, enlivened his heart with the warmth of humanity, and armed his will with the courage to be himself. This same love is also a fertile soil for the growth of a tender, yet passionate, romantic love between a German scholar, Johannes Mitya, and a Syrian political science graduate, Tina Sarkisian. The growth of this love adds luster and nobility to love as a transformative power and as an essential condition of human happiness.
Taking Religious Claims Seriously
Taking Religious Claims Seriously is a systematic, critical, and comprehensive study of the fundamental questions of the philosophy of religion: religious experience, the existence and nature of God, religious knowledge and truth, good and evil, immortality of the soul, religious diversity, religious claims about the person, faith, and the religious way of life. In this study the author seeks to capture the reality and meaning of the religious as such: What is the foundation of religion? Under what conditions is an authentic religious way of life possible? His method of inquiry is phenomenological. The author begins his discussion with a general characterization of the basic features of all ...
Divine Light
What is it like to be a God-intoxicated human being, to experience the radiance of his light, and to feel the warmth of his presence? Divine Light is written by a mystic, one who experiences God’s presence in the different dimensions of nature and human life. This book is a collection of mystical poems. It is composed of two parts. The focal point of the first part is that God dwells in the human heart and that this dwelling is the source of the love that makes human life worth living. The mystic thinks, feels, acts, and understands the world from the standpoint of his or her love for God. The second part consists of a long poem. The theme of this poem is the power of love on the cross. Jesus became a divine being on the cross. His suffering during his crucifixion is the suffering of the loving heart in this world. This poem emphasizes that genuine love is an absolute value and that it is worth dying for.
Possibility of Interreligious Dialogue
Is dialogue between the major religions of the world possible? If it is possible, under what conditions? In this book, Michael H. Mitias argues that it is possible provided various conditions are met. These conditions include mutual respect, mutual understanding, and God-centeredness. First, how can a religion that is unusually complex—composed of a doctrine founded in a unique divine revelation, a leadership class of theologians, teachers, clergy, and administrators, and a community across global cultures—show uniform respect to another religion? How can a complex institution like a religion truly understand another religion? Third, can the different religions worship the same God if their conceptions of God are based on their unique doctrines? Mitias addresses these questions and argues that it is possible for religions to respect and understand one another. Further, he argues that the different conceptions of God are necessarily founded in a belief in the existence of a transcendent, infinite, and wise being.
Love Letters
What I thought was my biggest fear was now staring me right in the face! I sat in a chair listening as the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) agents presented their case against me. They showed me pictures of me having meetings with all of my contacts. They even had voice recordings of some of the meetings I had attended. As I looked at the pictures, my only thought was that all these people were now dead! I was shocked when they did not arrest me. After presenting their case against me, they gave me one choice: "Leave Washington, DC, within forty-eight hours, and we will drop all the charges we have against you. If you are here after forty-eight hours, you will be arrested." I learned two things...
My Father the Immigrant
This novel is the story of an immigrant, Mikha Midas, who came to the U.S. in quest of a life animated by the ideals of love, justice, freedom, and peace; of a romantic whose will to love never weakens in spite of devastating experiences of deception, betrayal, and abandonment; of a dreamer who swims in a sea of wisdom without learning how to walk in the streets of practical life. It is also the story of a nurse, Amy Wright, who learned what it means to stand on her feet and rebuild herself from the ashes of betrayal, hypocrisy, and social oppression. By a gentle touch of fortune Amy meets and nurses Mikha, a patient on nature's death row at Baptist Hospital in Southaven, Mississippi, during...
