The Journey: A Spiritual Roadmap for Modern Pilgrims

by Kreeft, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780830816828
• ISBN10: 0830816828
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-12-01
• Publisher: Ivp Books

Summary

Open this book and begin an epic human journey--the journey toward truth.Enjoy a delightful and imaginative allegory of timeless wisdom as you travel along the road of true knowledge. Socrates, the thoroughly reasonable and wise philosopher of Athens, will accompany you much of the way. With sharp questions and canny wit he will coach you past the winsome, the wily and the half-wise spin-doctors of error posted along the ancient byways. Every tempting path will be exposed as a road best not taken.The Journeyis an animated and topographical roadmap for modern pilgrims walking the ancient paths in search of reality. Crucial questions present decisive turns in the road:Is there truth?Does meaning exist?Is there right and wrong?Does God exist, and if so, what is he like?These and other essential questions provide guidance that delightfully entertains while directing your mind and spirit on the journey toward the freedom of truth.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(4)
The Beginning	13	(12)
To Question or Not to Question, That Is the Question
The Skeptic	25	(14)
Is It True That There Is No Truth?
The Cynic	39	(14)
Can't We Be Cynical About Cynicism?
The Nihilist	53	(6)
Is the Meaning of Life That Life Is Meaningless?
The Materialist	59	(8)
What's the Matter with ``Nothing But Matter''?
The Relativist	67	(16)
Is It Really Wrong to Think There's a Real Right & Wrong?
The Atheist	83	(8)
Can There Be a Moral Law Without a Moral Lawgiver?
The Pantheist & The Deist	91	(8)
Is God Everywhere or Nowhere?
The Jew	99	(14)
Could His-Story Be a Non-Prophet Organization?
The Messiah	113	(14)
Is Jesus Lord, Liar or Lunatic?
Epilogue	127