Habits of the Mind : Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling

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Habits of the Mind : Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版/ページ数 263 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780830822737
  • DDC分類 230

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A 2001 Christianity Today Book of the YearWhat is an intellectual?How can you learn to think well?What does it mean to love God with your mind?Can the intellectual life be a legitimate Christian calling?Is the intellectual life your calling?James Sire brings wit and wisdom to bear on these questions and their possible answers. And he offers an unusual "insider's view" of learning how to think well for the glory of God and for the sake of his kingdom. In Habits of the Mind Sire challenges you to avoid one of the greatest pitfalls of intellectual life--by resisting the temptation to separate being from knowing. He shows you how to cultivate intellectual virtues and disciplines--habits of mind--that will strengthen you in pursuit of your calling. And he offers assurance that intellectual life can be a true calling for Christians: because Jesus was the smartest man who ever lived, Sire argues, you can and should accept the challenge to think as well as you are able.

Contents

Preface1. Confessions of an Intellectual Wannabe2. John Henry Newman As an Intellectual3. The Perfection of the Intellect4. How Thinking Feels: What Is an Intellectual?5. The Moral Dimension of the Mind: What Is a Christian Intellectual?6. Perfecting the Intellect: The Intellectual Virtues7. Perfecting the Intellect: The Intellectual Disciplines8. Thinking by Reading9. Jesus the Reasoner10. The Responsibility of a Christian IntellectualNotesIndex