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Norman Wirzba

Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology
Divinity School
Duke Box 90967, Durham, NC 27708
407 Chapel Drive, 211B Gray Building, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Book sections


Belonging to this World: How Tim Ingold Inspires Two Theologians

Book section · January 1, 2025 In this chapter, we explore the significance of Tim Ingold’s description of belonging to the world in so far as it resonates with a new philosophy of nature and a Christian theological framework that is relevant to the global ecological emergency. His sens ... Full text Cite

The Witness of Praise-The Hope of Dwelling

Book section · January 1, 2021 Praise has long been identified as a linguistic and musical form that is a response to the goodness and beauty of creaturely life. More generally, it reflects forms of life that seek to participate in God’s creative, nurturing, and reconciling ways with th ... Full text Cite

Agrarianism

Book section · 2010 Cite

Emmanuel Levinas

Book section · 2010 Cite

The dark night of the soil: An agrarian approach to mystical life

Book section · December 1, 2009 In "The Long-Legged House" (1969), Wendell Berry wrote that as a writer his struggle has not been to find a subject but rather to know what to do with the subject he has been entrusted with from the beginning. The subject he was referring to was Henry Coun ... Cite

Farms

Book section · 2009 Cite

The primacy of love

Book section · 2008 Link to item Cite

Caring for Creation

Book section · 2005 Cite