The Other Calling : Theology, Intellectual Vocation and Truth PDF
by Andrew Shanks
Please note: eBooks can only be purchased with a UK issued credit card and all our eBooks (ePub and PDF) are DRM protected.
Description
What is the true calling of the intellectual? In this provocative new book, Andrew Shanks presents a distinctive fresh answer. The Other Calling is a systematic riposte both to the elitism of philosophy in the heritage of Plato, and to the typical individualism of Plato's philosophic opponents. Here, instead, intellectual integrity is identified with a form of priesthood.
- Asserts that intellectuals are critical to bringing together the common aspirations of a community
- Offers a strikingly original approach to the moral and political aspects of theology s relationship with philosophy, exploring the perspectives of both disciplines
- Draws on the work and thought of Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Agnostics, and Atheists
- Argues for a new, religiously multicultural priesthood of all thinkers , considering how once, all intellectuals were as a matter of course also priests
- Published in the new and prestigious Illuminations series
Information
-
Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Wiley
- Publication Date:15/04/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780470775486
Other Formats
- Paperback / softback from £36.55
Information
-
Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Wiley
- Publication Date:15/04/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780470775486
