Until Our Minds Rest in Thee: Open-Mindedness, Intellectual Diversity, and the Christian Life
Ebook
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.
“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.”
—John Bowlin, Princeton Theological Seminary
“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.”
—Jed Atkins, Duke University
Product Details
- Title : Until Our Minds Rest in Thee: Open-Mindedness, Intellectual Diversity, and the Christian Life
- Author: Rose, John
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Publication Date: 2019
- ISBN: 9781532662560
John Rose is an Instructor at Duke University's Kenan Institute for Ethics.