Fire on the Horizon: A Meditation on the Endowment and Love of Atonement (Exploring Mormon Thought)

ISBN: 1589585534

Author: Ostler, Blake T.

Condition: New

Urgent, sharp, and intimate, its Ostler at his best. - Adam S. Miller, author of Rube Goldberg Machines: Essays in Mormon TheologyDemonstrates that Mormonism can, and indeed does, offer profound nourishment for reflective minds and soul-satisfying insights for thoughtful believers. - Daniel C. Peterson, editor of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon ScriptureBook Description:Blake Ostler, author of the groundbreaking Exploring Mormon Thought series, explores two of the most important and central aspects of Mormon theology and practice: the Atonement and the temple endowment. Utilizing observations from Sren Kierkegaard, Martin Buber, and others, Ostler offers further insights on what it means to become alienated from God and to once again have at-one-ment with Him..Praise for Fire on the Horizon:Fire on the Horizon distills decades of reading, argument, and reflection into one potent dose. Urgent, sharp, and intimate, its Ostler at his best. -Adam S. Miller, author of Rube Goldberg Machines: Essays in Mormon TheologyBlake Ostler has been one of the most stimulating, deep, and original thinkers in the Latter-day Saint community. This book continues and consolidates that status. His work demonstrates that Mormonism can, and indeed does, offer profound nourishment for reflective minds and soul-satisfying insights for thoughtful believers. -Daniel C. Peterson, editor of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon ScriptureAbout the author:Blake T. Ostler, a practicing attorney, is one of the premiere philosophical thinkers on Mormonism. He is the author of the multi-volume Exploring Mormon Thought series and has been published widely in journals such as Religious Studies, International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion, BYU Studies, and Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.