Overview
If you're like many young intellectuals, Christianity may seem quaint at best, or even a sign of an anti-intellectual worldview. The doors of your mind and heart may shut prematurely. If so, this anthology may blow those doors open wide. Some of the world's most intriguing authors appear here, often in essays without wide circulation. They tackle big, often unspoken questions that resonate deeply. What if you could figure out everything--then what? Where do both science and the humanities stop short? What is a truly fulfilled life? Several chapters describe Jesus's profound impact on history and philosophy. Many signs point to something more. What might it mean to say that it is Jesus? This collection isn't about converting minds but energizing them--a set of ""intellectual calisthenics"" designed to invigorate and strengthen your academic and personal development. Introduction Robert Klitgaard PART I POSING BIG QUESTIONS 1. What If You Could Figure Out Everything? Then What? Annie Dillard 2. Are the Arts and Humanities Your Thing? How about Science? Do They Halt in the Same Way? Wilson Poon and Tom McLeish 3. Why Is Philosophy So Impractical? Roberto Mangabeira Unger 4. We Human Beings Are Vanishingly Small and Impermanent. Life Is Meaningless. Isn't it? William James 5. What Is a Full Human Life? Robert Klitgaard PART II INTRODUCING JESUS 6. What Is Special about Jesus? Adam Gopnik 7. What Does the Crucifixion Signify? Jack Miles 8. What Did Jesus Contribute to Western Philosophy? Leszek Kolakowski 9. How Can One Get from Here to There? Paul Kingsnorth
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Author: Robert Klitgaard
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Imprint: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.263kg
ISBN: 9798385222025
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 23 August 2024
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Format: Paperback
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Robert Klitgaard is a university professor at Claremont Graduate University. Formerly a professor at Harvard and Yale and dean at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, his fourteen previous books include Tropical Gangsters, named one of the New York Times' Books of the Century. Contributors to Christianity for Young Intellectuals include: Annie Dillard, Author and novelist. Adam Gopnik, Staff writer for The New Yorker. William James (1842-1910) Professor/founder Harvard University Department of Psychology. Paul Kingsnorth, poet and novelist. Leszek Kolakowski (1927-2009) Philosopher and historian of ideas -- McGill, Chicago, Yale, and Oxford. Tom McLeish (1962-2023), Theoretical physicist. Chair of Natural Philosophy University of York.
