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James P. Carse (December 24, 1932 - September 25, 2020) [1] was an American academic who was Professor Emeritus of history and literature of religion at New York University. His book Finite and Infinite Games was widely influential. He was religious "in the sense that I am endlessly fascinated with the unknowability of what it means to be

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"Religious War in Light of the Infinite Game" is the subject of the next Seminar About Long-term Thinking lecture, given by James P. Carse. Carse is the author of the celebrated tiny book, Finite and Infinite Games. Countless readers have been hooked by the opening line of James P. Carse's Finite

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Behind current headlines is the loom of religious war. Behind THAT is the "infinite game" of religion itself. They contradict each other. They meet in this l

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Finite vs. infinite games. Carse summarizes his argument, "There are at least two kinds of games: finite and infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play. Finite games are those instrumental activities - from sports to politics to wars - in which the participants obey

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James Carse, a philosopher of religion who passed away in September 2020, was one of the most creative thinkers in America--and, regrettably, though he himse

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James Carse was the Director of Religious Studies at New York University for thirty years. He was a member of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, and the recipient of numerous teaching awards. He is retired and living in New York City. His books include Jonathan Edwards (Scribner's), The Silence of God (Macmillan), Finite and Infinite

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Harré is a psychology professor at the University of Auckland who also started the Infinite Game Project. According to its website, "The project was inspired by James Carse's book Finite and Infinite Games, a wonderful work of scholarship and poetry that offers a new metaphor to help understand our time.". Her book won the 2019 Ashton

https://jamescarse.com/books/finite-and-infinite-games/
The result was a 150 page book initially published in 1986 by The Free Press. Still in print and published in a dozen or more languages, the entire first chapter reads: There are at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite, the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of

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An extraordinary book that will dramatically change the way you experience life. Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life, the games we play in business and politics, in the bedroom and on the battlefied -- games with winners and losers, a beginning and an end. Infinite games are more mysterious -- and ultimately more rewarding.

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Books. Finite and Infinite Games. James Carse. Simon and Schuster, Oct 11, 2011 - Philosophy - 256 pages. "There are at least two kinds of games," states James P. Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. "One could be called finite; the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose

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152 pages ; 22 cm. There are at least two kinds of games," states James P. Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. "One could be called finite; the other infinite." Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is when they end. But infinite games are more mysterious.

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James P. Carse is Professor Emeritus of history and literature of religion at New York University. A winner of the University's Great Teacher Award, he is author of The Religious Case Against Belief and Breakfast at the Victory: The Mysticism of Ordinary Experience.Carse lives in New York City and Massachusetts. Jonathan Todd Ross is an Earphones Award-winning voice actor and writer.

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James P. Carse is Professor Emeritus of history and literature of religion at New York University. A winner of the University's Great Teacher Award, he is author of The Religious Case Against Belief (2008) and Breakfast at the Victory: The Mysticism of Ordinary Experience (1994). Carse lives in New York City and Massachusetts.

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In a finite game, the rules are fixed until there is a winner, but in an infinite game, the rules must change during the course of play. The rules of an infinite game are changed to prevent anyone from winning the game, and to bring as many other persons as possible into play. The rules of a finite game are like the rules of a debate, infinite

https://jamescarse.com/about/
About. For much of my thirty years at NYU I was the sole Professor of Religion. The Program in Religious Studies relied on the part-time contributions of members of other departments, especially Middle Eastern Studies, Hebrew and Judaic Studies, and Classics-altogether a gifted roster of academics. Two introductory courses-one on the

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His work has had a profound impact on me and my work. So much so, I wrote a book to pick up where he left off. Sadly, Dr. Carse died in September 2020. Fortunately, I had a chance to sit down with him a few months before, to chat with him about belief, fulfillment, and the Infinite Game. We are all players in the infinite game of life.

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A provocative, insightful explanation for why it is that belief—not religion—keeps us in a perilous state of willful ignoranceIn The Religious Case Against Belief, James Carse identifies the twenty-first centuryÂ's most forbidding villain: belief. In distinguishing religions from belief systems, Carse works to reveal how belief—with its restriction on thought and encouragement of

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In this elegant and compelling work, James Carse explores what these games mean, and what they can mean to you. He offers stunning new insights into the nature of property and power, of culture and community, of sexuality and self-discovery, opening the door to a world of infinite delight and possibility.

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Books. James Carse's books include: Jonathan Edwards (Scribner's) The Silence of God (Macmillan) Finite and Infinite Games (Simon and Schuster) Breakfast at the Victory (Harper) The Gospel of the Beloved Disciple (Harper) The Religious Case against Belief (Penguin.) His novel, PhDeath: the Puzzler Murders (Opus Books) will appear in the Fall.

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"There are at least two kinds of games," states James P. Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. "One could be called finite; the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play."Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is when they end. But infinite

https://jamescarse.com/books/the-gospel-of-the-beloved-disciple/
The "beloved disciple" is an unnamed companion of Jesus, known to us only through a single verse in the Gospel of John. I imagine this person to be a woman, intimately associated with the young, itinerant and homeless rabbi. My " Gospel " is presented in the first-person voice of this mysterious figure, as a recollection transcribed

https://jamescarse.com/books/the-silence-of-god/
The Silence Of God. This is a brief meditation on the most distinctive form of religious discourse: prayer. The oddness of prayer-in spite of its almost universal use in the practice of the world's religions-is that it is, and is not, actual discourse. It is a conversation with someone (or with many) where all the speaking is on one side.