Michelangelo Buonarroti, 51, 160
Miesel, Sandra, 162
Mill, John Stuart, 239, 245
Moore, Demi, 122
Morals. See Ethics/morals
Morgenstern, Maia, 151, 153, 158
Morris, Leon, 216
Moser, Paul, 216
Moses, prophet, 32, 98, 105, 116–121, 133, 207
Mother Teresa of Calcutta. See Teresa of Calcutta
Mounier, Emmanuel, 49
Muhammad (Mahomet), prophet of Islam, 99, 105, 134, 207
Mulder, Fox (X-Files character), 130
Myers, Abigail, xiii
Mysticism (see also Religious experience), 114–122
Narveson, Jan, 257, 258
Natural theology. See Reason/belief; Philosophy of Religion
Nebuchadnezzar, king, 117
Neo (The Matrix character), 56
Nero, Roman emperor, 235
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 2, 69, 128, 136, 230
Noddings, Nel, 155, 162
O’Reilly, Bill, 90
Olson, Carol E., 162
Origen, 31, 195, 196
Pagels, Elaine, 91, 153, 159, 160, 162
Pandya, Mitu, xiii
Paneloux, Father (Camus’s character), 15
Pascal, Blaise, 16, 18, 24, 67, 75
Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 162
Passion, meaning of, 12, 14–18, 22, 23, 27–38, 44–49, 52, 62–68, 70–75, 79, 85, 168, 170, 171, 174, 177, 178, 183–190, 192–203, 207–216, 223–29, 231, 240, 255, 256
Paul, Randy, 23
Paul, saint and apostle, 119, 120, 121, 129, 134, 195, 208–210, 214, 251
Persephone (Matrix character), 153
Personalism (theory of individuals’ moral value), 41, 42, 49
Peter Abelard, 34, 37, 197
Peter, saint and apostle, 17, 93, 95, 111, 157, 206, 207, 226–28, 236, 237, 242–44, 247, 253
Phenomenology of religion (see also Religious experience), 17
Philosophy of religion, 17, 35, 40, 67–71, 114, 115, 137–39, 184, 201, 202, 204, 211, 214–16, 223, 225, 228–232, 237–39
Pico Della Mirandola, 174, 178
Pilate, Pontius, 19, 21, 70, 79, 83, 84, 91, 93, 95, 104, 105, 115, 122, 127–29, 131–33, 135, 145, 152, 176, 181, 195, 206, 227, 228, 235
Plato, 54, 60, 113, 129, 134, 177, 179–182, 186, 187, 188, 233
Postmodernism, 82, 128, 129, 239
Predestination and freedom (see also Evil; God and evil), xi, xii, 174, 175, 194, 205–07, 211, 221, 222, 224, 225, 227–232, 234–241, 246, 255, 256
Prophecy. See Predestination
Quinn, Philip, 36, 37, 38
Raba (Talmud), 193
Reason/belief (see also Christianity; Passion, meaning of the), 16, 17, 21, 29, 30, 36, 37, 52, 59, 64–72, 75, 82, 85, 95, 102, 103, 113–17, 121, 122, 127–135, 137–39, 141, 143–150, 159, 175, 191, 192, 204, 205, 211, 213, 214, 216, 223–25, 228–230, 232, 235, 236, 238–244, 243–255, 257, 258
Reconciliation (human), 44;
Reconciliation God-humanity see Passion, meaning of the; Salvation
Relativism (see also Postmodernism), 128, 129, 135
Religious conservatives/traditionalists, 90, 91
Religious experience, 17, 18, 20–22, 34, 37, 38, 44, 52, 55–58, 60, 66, 67, 70, 72, 74, 80, 81, 83, 85, 114–122, 133–135, 143, 144, 175–78, 187, 196–98, 200, 202, 212–15, 226, 253–55, 257, 258
Representation (of the Passion) linguistic or written, 19–21, 139–142; mental (see also Religious experience), 19, 22, 66–68, 139; visual (see also emotional response; film), 18–21, 51–60, 63, 66, 67, 86, 107, 139–142, 167
Resurrection, 29, 31, 40, 41, 43–46, 48, 63, 69, 72, 73, 130, 176, 177, 184, 187, 195, 205, 208, 209, 226
Rich, Frank, 90
Rooney, Andy, 90
Rosica, Thomas (Father), ix
Ruddick, Sara, 155, 156, 162
Russell, Bertrand, 105, 136
Sacrifice. See Passion, meaning of
Salvation (see also Passion, meaning of) 29–37, 45, 47, 62–66, 69–74, 160, 168, 170–73, 176–78, 183, 184, 187, 192–97, 200–02, 206–212, 214, 223–27, 231, 240, 250, 256, 257
Sam (Tolkien’s character), 48
Sandler, Adam, 112
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 174, 178
Satan, 22, 23, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 35, 57, 63, 93, 102, 111, 141, 152, 168–171, 176, 192–97, 199, 206, 215, 221–23, 228, 234, 236, 237
Sayers, Dorothy, 1
Scheler, Max, 42, 47, 49, 50
Schelling, Friedrich, 64
Schindler, Oscar, 53
Schjedahl, Peter, 55
Scholem, Gershom, 123
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 230
Schweitzer, Albert 249
Scott, A.O. 12, 24, 111
Screwtape (Lewis’s character), 175
Scully, Dana (X-Files character), 130
Sheena, Gail, 122
Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), 207, 257
Simon of Cyrene, 34, 35, 53, 70, 73, 103, 130, 171, 192, 196–99
Simon the zealot, saint and apostle, 105
Sin (see also Evil; Satan; Passion, meaning of the), 21, 22, 27–29, 32, 33, 36, 37, 62–66, 71, 73, 94, 152, 160, 168–170, 176, 183, 185, 186, 194, 195, 200–02, 205–216, 223, 225–27, 231, 232, 234–37, 244
Socrates, xi, 9, 113, 114, 115, 127, 157, 179–183, 186, 187, 188, 191, 253
Socrates’s trial and death 180–83, 186, 187, 191
Solomon, king, 116, 206
Spader, Peter, 49
Spears, Britney, 122
Spielberg, Steven, 53
Stalin, Josef, 235
Steele, David Ramsay, xiii
Steinsaltz, Adin, 123
Stoicism, 70, 71, 253
Stoker, Bram, 138
Stump, Eleanore, 38
Suárez, Francisco, 146
Sublimity, 55–60
Suffering (see also Passion, meaning of), x, 1, 9, 10, 12, 14–16, 18–22, 30–35, 40–49, 51, 53–58, 62, 63, 65–67, 71, 79, 80, 82–85, 87, 90, 93, 101, 107, 108, 111–14, 121, 141, 151, 159–161, 167–69, 171, 172, 174, 176, 179, 184–87, 190, 192, 194–202, 204, 205, 207–210, 212, 221, 223, 225–28, 230, 231, 234, 246, 256, 258
Swinburne, Richard, 36, 38, 130, 136, 201, 203
Tabor, James, 193
Taliaferro, Charles, 35, 36, 39, 47, 49
Tarantino, Quentin, 52
Taylor, C.C.W., 188
Teresa of Calcutta, Mother, 186
Tertullian, 68
Theology, 1, 3, 16, 17, 26–28, 30–32, 34–38, 41, 45–48, 62, 64, 65, 67–75, 112, 113, 115, 138, 147–150, 152, 173–78, 184, 186–88, 192–97, 199–202, 208–216, 222, 224, 225, 227, 229, 231, 232, 237, 238, 248–253, 255–58
Thielicke, Helmut, 216
Thomas Aquinas, saint, 2, 114, 146, 233
Thomas, saint and apostle, 133
Tiberius Caesar, 21
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), 158
Tolkien, J.R.R., 48, 49
Tolstoy, Leo, 250, 258
Trinity (see also Christian) 26, 27, 62, 74, 231, 232
Truth. See Reason/belief; Knowledge and cognition; as Aletheia 134, 135
Utilitarianism, 254, 255, 257
Vanhoozer, Kevin, 150
Venus, Hellenic goddess, 158
Vermes, Geza, 123
Veronica, Christian traditional character, 146, 152, 199
Violence, 10, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 25, 26, 31, 33, 40–47, 49, 51–58, 62, 63, 82–85, 87, 90–93, 101, 107, 108, 111, 112, 141, 159–161, 167–69, 176, 179, 185, 186, 202, 207, 209, 221, 231, 246, 256; non–violence (doctrine) 186, 246–257
Walls, Jerry L., 39, 46
Warhol, Andy, 138
Waternberg, Thomas E., 88
Wells, G.A., 100, 131, 136
West, Kenneth, 23
Wilde, Oscar, 1
Wolterstorff, Nicholas, 150
Wormwood (Lewis’s character), 175
Wrathall, Mark, 16, 24, 134
Yoder, John Howard, 250, 258
Zealots, 105
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