Desiring God and Christian Hedonism
Awakening an immanent joy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20503949 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Brandon Knight (0000-0001-5322-9472, William Carey University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 84-99 |
| Publication date | 2026-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Beliefs and Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1361-7672 • E-ISSN: 1469-9362 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13617672.2024.2358580 |
| OpenAlex | W4399293774 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
In the following rhetorical analysis, the contemporary evangelical philosophy called Christian Hedonism is examined. This philosophy was initiated by John Piper during the eighties through the now classic text Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist. Using rhetorical conceptions of immanence and transcendence, the artefact demonstrates a desire to transcend the contemporary bounds of evangelicalism through the immanent substance of joy. By challenging Kantian philosophy, which rejects emotions, Piper awakens interlocutors to an eligible process of transcendence within the then metaphysical dialectic of conservative evangelicalism. Through immanence, incongruity emerges allowing, most significantly, for suffering to become synonymous with joy thus giving rhetorical scholars further insight into the rhetorical inner workings of this modern day Christian philosophy
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Hedonism · Psychoanalysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |