{"product_id":"christianity-for-young-intellectuals-warm-up-exercises-for-big-thinkers-9798385222025","title":"Christianity for Young Intellectuals: Warm-Up Exercises for Big Thinkers","description":"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert 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 \u003ci\u003eTropical Gangsters\u003c\/i\u003e, named one of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times'\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Contributors to Christianity for Young Intellectuals include: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Annie Dillard, Author and novelist. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Adam Gopnik, Staff writer for The New Yorker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e William James (1842-1910) Professor\/founder Harvard University Department of Psychology. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Paul Kingsnorth, poet and novelist. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Leszek Kolakowski (1927-2009) Philosopher and historian of ideas -- McGill, Chicago, Yale, and Oxford. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tom McLeish (1962-2023), Theoretical physicist. Chair of Natural Philosophy University of York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wipf \u0026 Stock Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50871268278546,"sku":"9798385222025","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_050fda59-d7b2-4075-b2b6-1946bbee9389.jpg?v=1737830676","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/christianity-for-young-intellectuals-warm-up-exercises-for-big-thinkers-9798385222025","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}