Until Our Minds Rest in Thee
Open-Mindedness, Intellectual Diversity, and the Christian Life
- Philosophy
- Publisher: Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2019
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Publisher's Description
Open-mindedness is often celebrated in our modern world--yet the habit of open-mindedness remains under-defined and may leave Christians with many questions. Is open-mindedness a virtue? What is the value of intellectual diversity, and how should Christians regard it? Is it a threat or an asset to the church and its tradition? Drawing on sources across time--from Aristotle to Augustine, Aquinas, and Wittgenstein--this book explores these questions from the perspectives of philosophy and the Christian faith.
Endorsements (2)
“Our lives, reading lists, and conversation partners are increasingly sorted and segregated. . . . In universities and colleges, moral and intellectual diversity are increasingly uncommon, friendships across important divides increasingly rare. In response to these ills—to these undemocratic times—John Rose offers us a philosophically chastened open-mindedness, a virtue that is also a moral calling and an intellectual ideal. Even those inclined to resist what Rose says about normative arguments based on human nature, or about the folly of radical fallibilism and the merit of a Christian virtue ethics, will have to wonder whether they can discount the open-mindedness that he so ably defends.”
“Drawing on virtue ethics and a rich repository of exempla, John Rose offers a compelling analysis of the neglected but desperately needed virtue of ‘open-mindedness.’ Like any good virtue ethicist, John practices what he preaches: in Until Our Minds Rest in Thee, readers will find the intellectual recipe for his wildly popular courses on ethics and politics at Duke University, courses which offer students the rich fruits of an open-mindedness that welcomes intellectual diversity.”
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