The Cost of Ambition: How Striving to Be Better Than Others Makes Us Worse

Many people believe that ambition—striving to be better than others—improves us and advances society. But what if it actually makes us worse?

The Cost of Ambition, now in paperback, argues that striving for superiority has negative consequences in all domains of life. World-renowned theologian and award-winning author Miroslav Volf explores

· how we can achieve excellence rather than strive for superiority;
· what Søren Kierkegaard, John Milton, and the apostle Paul say about the cost of ambit...