The Other Calling : Theology, Intellectual Vocation and Truth Paperback / softback
by Andrew Shanks
Part of the Illuminations: Theory & Religion series
Paperback / softback
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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
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- Pages:248 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:18/12/2006
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- ISBN:9781405157674
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:248 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:18/12/2006
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- ISBN:9781405157674
