Healthy Christian Minds (eBook)

A Biblical, Practical, and Sometimes Philosophical Exploration of Intellectual Virtues and Vices

Elmer John Thiessen (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
224 Seiten
Wipf and Stock Publishers (Verlag)
9798385211142 (ISBN)

Infos

We live in polarizing times. In this book Elmer Thiessen dares to suggest that the solution to the deep divides in our contemporary world and in the church is not to be found in more information, more education, more rationality, or more critical thinking. Instead, we need to cultivate intellectual virtues, such as the love of knowledge and truth, intellectual humility, and committed openness. The penultimate chapter treats intellectual virtues that are more relational in nature--intellectual forbearance, fairmindedness, and intellectual courage.
The book explores the biblical and theological grounding of each intellectual virtue and reveals its practical importance for our fractious times, making use of concrete examples throughout. Each of the central chapters begins with a questionnaire aimed at promoting self-examination and stimulating reflection about the virtues and vices under consideration. This is a book for the thoughtful Christian reader aimed at transforming the way we think.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.9.2024
• Verlagsort: Eugene
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: Christianity • Christian theology • committed openness • Elmer John Thiessen • Epistemology • ethics • Healthy Christian Minds • Intellect • Intellectual Virtues and Vices • Knowledge • overcoming polarization • Philosophical theology • Philosophy • Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge • Philosophy of Religion • recovery of truth • Religious Ethics • Theory of • Vices • Virtue epistemology • Virtues
• ISBN-13: 9798385211142 / 9798385211142