Habits of the Mind

by Sire, James W.

• ISBN13: 9780830822737
• ISBN10: 0830822739
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Ivp Books

Summary

A 2001Christianity TodayBook of the Year!What is an intellectual?How can you learn to think well?What does it mean to love God with your mind?Can the intellectual life be a legitimateChristiancalling?Is the intellectual life your calling?James Sire brings wit and wisdom to bear on these questions and their possible answers. And he offers an unusual "insider's view" of learning how to think well for the glory of God and for the sake of his kingdom. InHabits of the MindSire challenges you to avoid one of the greatest pitfalls of intellectual life--by resisting the temptation to separate being from knowing. He shows you how to cultivate intellectual virtues and disciplines--habits of mind--that will strengthen you in pursuit of your calling. And he offers assurance that intellectual life can be a true calling for Christians: because Jesus was the smartest man who ever lived, Sire argues, you can and should accept the challenge to think as well as you are able.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(17)
Confessions of an Intellectual Wannabe	17	(12)
John Henry Newman as an Intellectual	29	(23)
The Perfection of the Intellect	52	(19)
How Thinking Feels: What Is An Intellectual?	71	(16)
The Moral Dimension of the Mind: What Is a Christian Intellectual?	87	(19)
Perfecting the Intellect: The Intellectual Virtues	106	(20)
Perfecting the Intellect: The Intellectual Disciplines	126	(21)
Thinking by Reading	147	(31)
Jesus the Reasoner	178	(27)
The Responsibility of a Christian Intellectual	205	(20)
Notes	225	(32)
Index	257