Hospitality to the Stranger

by Thomas W. Ogletree

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800618394
• ISBN13: 9780800618391
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Like the ocean: deep and beautiful (but scholarly)

I'm just aghast that it's out of print. I remember it very fondly, especially his appropriation of the French Philosopher Paul Ricoeur. This is probably the most moving discussion of "hospitality" that I have ever read. I have been working a lot with Ricoeur's idea of "catharsis" recently, as it relates to Ancient Greek society: Theatre as a way of purging negative emotions, and celebrating positive ones. Ogletree's book is not the place to look for this part of Ricoeur. But his book, perhaps because of a recent "bringing together of diverse contrasts into vivid harmony" (Whitehead), seems especially appropriate now. By the way, I didn't find his book on ethics and the bible as moving (no insult intended).