Keywords for Lectures March 16 & 18

Keywords: The Media of Self‐Improvement; Before & After: Questions of Identity, Character and Personality (March 16, 18, 2009)

the tale of before and after
self‐improvement
Abraham (Ibrahim) and Isaac
covenant of faith, covenant of grace (Antinomianism)
pre‐destination
visible saints
covenant of works (Arminianism)
Protestant Ethic
Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
perfectionism
self‐made man
Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography
character
personality
Horatio Alger, Ragged Dick
virtues of the street, “street smarts”
intrinsic self
extrinsic self
Rags to Riches
Autobiography of Malcolm X
From bad faith to good faith