A Place for Truth: Leading Thinkers Explore Life's Hardest Questions
Many today pursue knowledge and even wisdom. But what about truth? In an age that disputes whether truth can be universalized beyond one's own personal experience, it seems quaint to speak of finding truth. But whether in the ivory towers of the academy or in the midst of our everyday lives, we continue to seek after the true, the beautiful and the good.Since its founding at Harvard in 1992, The Veritas Forum has provided a place for the university world to explore the deepest questions of truth and life. What does it mean to be human? Does history have a purpose? Is life meaningful? Can rational people believe in God? Now gathered in one volume are some of The Veritas Forum's most notable presentations, with contributions from Francis Collins, Tim Keller, N. T. Wright, Mary Poplin and more. Volume editor Dallas Willard introduces each presentation, highlighting its significance and putting it in context for us today. Also included are selected question and answer sessions with the speakers from the original forum experiences.Come eavesdrop on some of today's leading Christian thinkers and their dialogue partners. And consider how truth might find a place in your own life.

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A Place for Truth: Leading Thinkers Explore Life's Hardest Questions
Many today pursue knowledge and even wisdom. But what about truth? In an age that disputes whether truth can be universalized beyond one's own personal experience, it seems quaint to speak of finding truth. But whether in the ivory towers of the academy or in the midst of our everyday lives, we continue to seek after the true, the beautiful and the good.Since its founding at Harvard in 1992, The Veritas Forum has provided a place for the university world to explore the deepest questions of truth and life. What does it mean to be human? Does history have a purpose? Is life meaningful? Can rational people believe in God? Now gathered in one volume are some of The Veritas Forum's most notable presentations, with contributions from Francis Collins, Tim Keller, N. T. Wright, Mary Poplin and more. Volume editor Dallas Willard introduces each presentation, highlighting its significance and putting it in context for us today. Also included are selected question and answer sessions with the speakers from the original forum experiences.Come eavesdrop on some of today's leading Christian thinkers and their dialogue partners. And consider how truth might find a place in your own life.

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A Place for Truth: Leading Thinkers Explore Life's Hardest Questions

A Place for Truth: Leading Thinkers Explore Life's Hardest Questions

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Overview

Many today pursue knowledge and even wisdom. But what about truth? In an age that disputes whether truth can be universalized beyond one's own personal experience, it seems quaint to speak of finding truth. But whether in the ivory towers of the academy or in the midst of our everyday lives, we continue to seek after the true, the beautiful and the good.Since its founding at Harvard in 1992, The Veritas Forum has provided a place for the university world to explore the deepest questions of truth and life. What does it mean to be human? Does history have a purpose? Is life meaningful? Can rational people believe in God? Now gathered in one volume are some of The Veritas Forum's most notable presentations, with contributions from Francis Collins, Tim Keller, N. T. Wright, Mary Poplin and more. Volume editor Dallas Willard introduces each presentation, highlighting its significance and putting it in context for us today. Also included are selected question and answer sessions with the speakers from the original forum experiences.Come eavesdrop on some of today's leading Christian thinkers and their dialogue partners. And consider how truth might find a place in your own life.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780830838455
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 07/29/2010
Series: Veritas Books
Pages: 323
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Dallas Willard (1935–2013) was a renowned teacher, an acclaimed writer and one of our most brilliant Christian thinkers. He was as celebrated for his enduring writings on spiritual formation as he was for his scholarship, with a profound influence in the way he humbly mentored so many of today's leaders in the Christian faith. His books include The Divine Conspiracy (a Christianity Today Book of the Year), The Spirit of the Disciplines, Hearing God, Renovation of the Heart, and others.

Table of Contents

Foreword Harry Lewis Harvard University 7

Preface Daniel Cho, Executive Director, The Veritas Forum 11

Introduction Dallas Willard 15

Truth

1 Is There Life After Truth? Richard John Neuhaus 23

2 Time for Truth Os Guinness 39

3 Reason for God: The Exclusivity of Truth Timothy J. Keller 55

Faith and Science

4 The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief Francis S. Collins 72

5 The New Atheists and the Meaning of Life Alister McGrath David J. Helfand 99

6 A Scientist Who Looked and Was Found Hugh Ross 122

Atheism

7 The Psychology of Atheism Paul C. Vitz 135

8 Nietzsche Versus Jesus Christ Dallas Willard 153

Meaning and Humanity

9 Moral Mammals: Does Atheism or Theism Provide the Best Foundation for Human Worth and Morality? Peter Singer John Hare 169

10 Living Machines: Can Robots Become Human? Rodney Brooks Rosalind Picard 195

11 The Sense of an Ending Jeremy S. Begbie 216

Christian Worldview

12 Simply Christian N. T. Wright 239

Social Justice

13 Why Human Rights Are Impossible Without Religion John Warwick Montgomery 259

14 Radical Marxist, Radical Womanist, Radical Love: What Mother Teresa Taught Me About Social Justice Mary Poplin 279

15 The Whole Gospel for the Whole Person Ronald J. Sider 300

Notes 318

Contributors 319

Photo Credits 322

What People are Saying About This

from the foreword by Harry Lewis

"These essays, mostly by Christian thinkers, are serious dialogue about important questions. Whether you find in them enlightenment and encouragement, or much to challenge, I hope you will agree that The Veritas Forum has done a service to the academy by encouraging the discussions."

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