Albert Camus and the Minister - Softcover

Mumma, Howard E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557252467 ISBN 13: 9781557252463

Publisher: Paraclete Pr, 2000

Synopsis

In a series of unusual conversations, the great French existentialist and the author, a pastor, share their inviduatl thoughts on topics ranging from Adam and Eve to free will and the Holocaust, as they examine key questions about Christianity and human faith. Original.

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About the Author:

Born in Springfield, Ohio, in 1909, Howard Mumma holds degrees from Yale University and Yale Divinity School, and honorary doctorates from Ohio Northern University and Salem College in West Virginia. He was ordained in the Methodist Church in 1940 and served pastorates in Columbus and Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He was appointed District Superintendent of the Akron District, Northeast Ohio Conference, the United Methodist Church, and chairman of the Cabinet for the Bishop of Ohio. Dr. Mumma and his wife currently reside in Tucson, Arizona.

From Library Journal:

A half-century ago, the existentialist philosopher Albert Camus went to a Parisian church to hear an outstanding organist but returned on subsequent Sundays to hear the sermons of a visiting American minister. In the book's first half, the minister, Mumma, recollects his friendship with Camus and the philosopher's developing interest in Christianity. Mumma gives impressionistic, anecdotal accounts of Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre, as well as Camus's memories of Simone Weil. Most striking is Camus's requestDwhich Mumma deniedDfor a private re-baptism. Mumma offers the reader a first-person account of existentialism and a generic, mainstream Christian response. In the second half, Mumma offers touching vignettes from his life and ministry, concluding with reflections on life's purpose. While this book does not address with any depth or insight the intellectual issues it raises, it does offer an enjoyable account of the experiences of a generous individual.DSteve Young, Montclair State Univ., Clifton, NJ
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About this edition

• Publisher: Paraclete Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1557252467
• ISBN 13: 9781557252463
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 2