by Robert Klitgaard (Editor)
If you're like many young intellectuals, Christianity may seem quaint at best, or even a sign of an anti-intellectual worldview. The doors of your mind and heart may shut prematurely. If so, this anthology may blow those doors open wide. Some of the world's most intriguing authors appear here, often in essays without wide circulation. They tackle big, often unspoken questions that resonate deeply. What if you could figure out everything--then what? Where do both science and the humanities stop short? What is a truly fulfilled life? Several chapters describe Jesus's profound impact on history and philosophy. Many signs point to something more. What might it mean to say that it is Jesus? This collection isn't about converting minds but energizing them--a set of ""intellectual calisthenics"" designed to invigorate and strengthen your academic and personal development.
Author Biography
Robert Klitgaard is a university professor at Claremont Graduate University. Formerly a professor at Harvard and Yale and dean at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, his fourteen previous books include Tropical Gangsters, named one of the New York Times' Books of the Century.
Contributors to Christianity for Young Intellectuals include:
Annie Dillard, Author and novelist.
Adam Gopnik, Staff writer for The New Yorker.
William James (1842-1910) Professor/founder Harvard University Department of Psychology.
Paul Kingsnorth, poet and novelist.
Leszek Kolakowski (1927-2009) Philosopher and historian of ideas -- McGill, Chicago, Yale, and Oxford.
Tom McLeish (1962-2023), Theoretical physicist. Chair of Natural Philosophy University of York.