Douglas Henry

An Invitation to the Liberal Arts

Discipleship & Christian Education

“Guided by biblical wisdom and grounded in Christian conviction, Ben’s cri de coeur for true liberal arts education is elegant and thoughtful. Evocatively and expertly, he draws readers into an exhilarating world in which hard-won wisdom is met with reverence and thanks. Indeed, his vision of Christian liberal arts beautifully suits us, for it is God in Christ who invites us to know, love, and delight in the fulness of truth.”

Divine Abundance

Philosophy

“In Divine Abundance, Elizabeth Newman establishes anew her place among today’s outstanding theologians. Here, one finds patient exposition of the plenitude of divine abundance, probing critique of impoverished academic culture, and joyful reimagination of universities as communities of wonder and gratitude rooted in God’s invitation to share in the divine life. Through genuine leisure—a profoundly Christian response to God’s inexhaustible generosity—the modern university might be saved from itself. Beth’s book shows the way.”

Making Room for Mystery

“For all its admirable accomplishment, modern science too often serves up drearily prosaic descriptions and points us toward flattened horizons. Without gainsaying science’s explanatory uses, Making Room for Mystery reminds us of the shadowy fathoms and sky-piercing peaks of human experience that science, for now and perhaps always, cannot elucidate. Although there are superstitions to reject and riddles to unravel, Holley invites curiosity, wonder, and reverence at real mystery without which real wisdom falters.”

Muted Cry

Philosophy

“Redolent of Will Campbell's Brother to a Dragonfly and C. S. Lewis's A Grief Observed, Caroline Simon's Muted Cry unites memoir, prose elegy, and Christian meditation in touching witness to her brother Bill's affliction. Her truth-telling--about Bill, herself, their trials, and God's love in Christ--bears the marks of anguish and heroism, and also of hard-won wisdom and abiding faith. Muted Cry is a rare gift in its honesty and a moving invitation to see, really see, affliction even when it frightens and dismays.”