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A Place for Truth: Leading Thinkers Explore Life's Hardest Questions
Many today pursue knowledge and even wisdom. But what about truth? In an age that disputes whether truth can be universalized beyond one's own personal experience, it seems quaint to speak of finding truth. But whether in the ivory towers of the academy or in the midst of our everyday lives, we continue to seek after the true, the beautiful and the good. Since its founding at Harvard in 1992, The Veritas Forum has provided a place for the university world to explore the deepest questions of truth and life. What does it mean to be human? Does history have a purpose? Is life meaningful? Can rational people believe in God? Now gathered in one volume are some of The Veritas Forum's most notable presentations, with contributions from Francis Collins, Tim Keller, N. T. Wright, Mary Poplin and more. Volume editor Dallas Willard introduces each presentation, highlighting its significance and putting it in context for us today. Also included are selected question and answer sessions with the speakers from the original forum experiences. Come eavesdrop on some of today's leading Christian thinkers and their dialogue partners. And consider how truth might find a place in your own life.
Truth. Is there life after truth? / Richard John Neuhaus ; Time for truth / Os Guinness ; Reason for God : the exclusivity of truth / Timothy J. Keller --
Faith and science. The language of God : a scientist presents evidence for belief / Francis S. Collins ; The new atheists and the meaning of life / Alister McGrath and David J. Helfand ; A scientist who looked and was found / Hugh Ross --
Atheism. The psychology of atheism / Paul C. Vitz ; Nietzsche versus Jesus Christ / Dallas Willard --
Meaning and humanity. Moral mammals : does atheism or theism provide the best foundation for human worth and morality? / Peter Singer and John Hare ; Living machines : can robots become human? / Rodney Brooks and Rosalind Picard ; The sense of an ending / Jeremy S. Begbie --
Christian worldview. Simply Christian / N.T. Wright --
Social justice. Why human rights are impossible without religion / John Warwick Montgomery ; Radical Marxist, radical womanist, radical love : what Mother Teresa taught me about social justice / Mary Poplin ; The whole gospel for the whole person / Ronald J. Sider
Truth. Is there life after truth? / Richard John Neuhaus ; Time for truth / Os Guinness ; Reason for God : the exclusivity of truth / Timothy J. Keller --
Faith and science. The language of God : a scientist presents evidence for belief / Francis S. Collins ; The new atheists and the meaning of life / Alister McGrath and David J. Helfand ; A scientist who looked and was found / Hugh Ross --
Atheism. The psychology of atheism / Paul C. Vitz ; Nietzsche versus Jesus Christ / Dallas Willard --
Meaning and humanity. Moral mammals : does atheism or theism provide the best foundation for human worth and morality? / Peter Singer and John Hare ; Living machines : can robots become human? / Rodney Brooks and Rosalind Picard ; The sense of an ending / Jeremy S. Begbie --
Christian worldview. Simply Christian / N.T. Wright --
Social justice. Why human rights are impossible without religion / John Warwick Montgomery ; Radical Marxist, radical womanist, radical love : what Mother Teresa taught me about social justice / Mary Poplin ; The whole gospel for the whole person / Ronald J. Sider
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Dallas Willard
119 books1,138 followersDallas Willard was a widely respected American philosopher and Christian thinker, best known for his work on spiritual formation and his expertise in phenomenology, particularly the philosophy of Edmund Husserl. He taught philosophy at the University of Southern California from 1965 until his death in 2013, where he also served as department chair in the early 1980s. Willard held degrees in psychology, philosophy, and religion, earning his PhD in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a focus on the history of science. He was recognized as a leading translator and interpreter of Husserl's thought, making foundational texts available in English and contributing significantly to the fields of epistemology, philosophy of mind, and logic.
Though a serious academic, Willard became even more widely known for his books on Christian living, including The Divine Conspiracy and Renovation of the Heart, both of which earned major awards and helped shape the modern spiritual formation movement. He believed that discipleship to Jesus was an intentional process involving not only belief but transformation through spiritual disciplines like prayer, study, solitude, and service. For Willard, spiritual growth was not about earning God’s favor but about participating in the divine life through active cooperation with grace.
His teachings emphasized the concept of apprenticeship to Jesus—being with him, learning to be like him—and his influence extended to ministries such as Renovaré, the Apprentice Institute, and the Dallas Willard Center for Spiritual Formation. He served on the boards of organizations like the C.S. Lewis Foundation and Biola University, and his intellectual and spiritual legacy continues through Dallas Willard Ministries and academic institutions inspired by his work.
Willard was also a deeply personal writer who shared candidly about the challenges of balancing academic life with family. Despite his own admitted shortcomings, those closest to him regarded him as a man of deep love, humility, and grace. His enduring impact can be seen in the lives and works of many contemporary Christian thinkers and writers, including Richard J. Foster, James Bryan Smith, and John Mark Comer. As both philosopher and pastor to the mind, Dallas Willard remains a towering figure in the dialogue between rigorous thought and transformative Christian practice.
Though a serious academic, Willard became even more widely known for his books on Christian living, including The Divine Conspiracy and Renovation of the Heart, both of which earned major awards and helped shape the modern spiritual formation movement. He believed that discipleship to Jesus was an intentional process involving not only belief but transformation through spiritual disciplines like prayer, study, solitude, and service. For Willard, spiritual growth was not about earning God’s favor but about participating in the divine life through active cooperation with grace.
His teachings emphasized the concept of apprenticeship to Jesus—being with him, learning to be like him—and his influence extended to ministries such as Renovaré, the Apprentice Institute, and the Dallas Willard Center for Spiritual Formation. He served on the boards of organizations like the C.S. Lewis Foundation and Biola University, and his intellectual and spiritual legacy continues through Dallas Willard Ministries and academic institutions inspired by his work.
Willard was also a deeply personal writer who shared candidly about the challenges of balancing academic life with family. Despite his own admitted shortcomings, those closest to him regarded him as a man of deep love, humility, and grace. His enduring impact can be seen in the lives and works of many contemporary Christian thinkers and writers, including Richard J. Foster, James Bryan Smith, and John Mark Comer. As both philosopher and pastor to the mind, Dallas Willard remains a towering figure in the dialogue between rigorous thought and transformative Christian practice.
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January 14, 2011
Any book that includes contributions from Tim Keller, Francis Collins, Alister McGrath, Dallas Willard and NT Wright is a must-read. As I read, I was pleasantly surprised by some other authors that I had not heard of. This book consists of highlights from Veritas Forum gatherings on campus over the past fifteen years. Like most books where each chapter is a different author it is somewhat uneven. Some chapters were brilliant, others were forgettable.
The first three chapters are on the subject of truth and each is solid, with Keller's being the highlight. Collins' chapter was also well-done, though if you have read his book The Language of God there is not much in the chapter that he does not say there. Next Alister McGrath and David Helfand give the first chapter in debate format. These chapters all similarly offered good interchange and dialogue, but were clearly too brief. Perhaps too much was lost in the editing.
The chapter by Hugh Ross was my least favorite. In it he shares how he came to believe in Jesus Christ. He speaks a lot about searching the Bible for errors and being amazed by the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. But some of the "prophecies" he mentioned seem suspect, he speaks of King David predicting the rebirth of the nation by those who escaped the death camps. Really? That seems more of a twisted interpretation than any sort of real prophecy; why would David be concerned with the rebirth of a nation he did not know would disappear anytime soon anyway? But most frustrating is that there were no footnotes. Which scripture verse exactly is Ross referring to? I am not sure if this is a fault with the editor or with Ross. Either way, it seems too sloppy. The same problem came up in a few other chapters, but was clearest in Ross'. You cannot publish an apologetics book where authors make claims about Biblical prophecies being fulfilled (to name one thing) without any sort of reference to the Biblical verse.
That was my biggest critique with the book: the editing. It seemed like they just took the speeches and threw them into a book. Perhaps it would have been asking too much for the speakers to edit their own speeches and include footnotes, but something was needed. Also, too much colloquial language was kept in. If a speaker says "you know" in the middle of a sentence so be it, but that should be edited out of the book.
Anyway, the next chapter was by Paul Vitz titled "The Psychology of Atheism." This was one of my favorite chapters, as Vitz turned some atheist critiques of religious belief back on them. Many atheists attribute religious belief to psychological factors, such as wish fulfillment. Vitz argues that by such standards, then there are also psychological reasons for atheists not to believe (if some people believe in God because they wish there were a God, well then it seems obvious that some do not believe in God because they wish there were no God). Vitz points out the many famous atheists who had either absent fathers or bad fathers.
Dallas Willard compares Nietszche and Jesus Christ in a solid chapter. Next comes the best of the debate chapters, with Peter Singer and John Hare debating whether atheism or theism provides the best foundation for morality and human worth. The next chapter was interesting as Rodney Brooks and Rosalind Picard debated whether robots can become human. At first this seemed almost out of place, but with the advances in technology it is a question that Christians need an answer for.
Jeremy Begbie's offering was one of the best. He used music theory to show the necessity of stories to have endings. Such endings are provided by the Christian narrative but absent from the secular world. Next up, NT Wright spoke on themes from his book Simply Christian. Like Collins' chapter, there is not much here if you have read Wright's book.
The book ends with a few chapters on justice. John Warwick Montgomery then writes about how human rights are impossible without religion. A key point in his argument is that when a nation's law becomes the highest law available, human rights are easily squashed. Mary Poplin shares how she became a Christian, largely due to the influence of Mother Theresa and Christian ministry to the poor and weak. Finally, Ron Sider's chapter is call to the church to not just focus on otherwordly spiritual things but to engage in social justice.
Overall, this is a good book. If you have read the work of the contributors you may find their chapters to be disappointing. I most appreciated discovering the work of people I never heard of such as Vitz, Begbie and Montgomery. This is not the kind of apologetics book that first gives arguments for God's existence, then speaks of evil, then whether we can trust scripture and so on. It is focused on the issues that are at the forefront of our culture: is there truth? is religion a force for Good?
The one thing I was struck with, perhaps more than anything else, was how many of the authors spoke of being atheists, or at least non-religious, as young people and then coming to faith somewhat later in life. This was true of Collins, McGrath, Poplin and many others, at least half of them. If nothing else then, the contributors in this book show that to be a Christian does not preclude on from being intellectual.
The first three chapters are on the subject of truth and each is solid, with Keller's being the highlight. Collins' chapter was also well-done, though if you have read his book The Language of God there is not much in the chapter that he does not say there. Next Alister McGrath and David Helfand give the first chapter in debate format. These chapters all similarly offered good interchange and dialogue, but were clearly too brief. Perhaps too much was lost in the editing.
The chapter by Hugh Ross was my least favorite. In it he shares how he came to believe in Jesus Christ. He speaks a lot about searching the Bible for errors and being amazed by the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. But some of the "prophecies" he mentioned seem suspect, he speaks of King David predicting the rebirth of the nation by those who escaped the death camps. Really? That seems more of a twisted interpretation than any sort of real prophecy; why would David be concerned with the rebirth of a nation he did not know would disappear anytime soon anyway? But most frustrating is that there were no footnotes. Which scripture verse exactly is Ross referring to? I am not sure if this is a fault with the editor or with Ross. Either way, it seems too sloppy. The same problem came up in a few other chapters, but was clearest in Ross'. You cannot publish an apologetics book where authors make claims about Biblical prophecies being fulfilled (to name one thing) without any sort of reference to the Biblical verse.
That was my biggest critique with the book: the editing. It seemed like they just took the speeches and threw them into a book. Perhaps it would have been asking too much for the speakers to edit their own speeches and include footnotes, but something was needed. Also, too much colloquial language was kept in. If a speaker says "you know" in the middle of a sentence so be it, but that should be edited out of the book.
Anyway, the next chapter was by Paul Vitz titled "The Psychology of Atheism." This was one of my favorite chapters, as Vitz turned some atheist critiques of religious belief back on them. Many atheists attribute religious belief to psychological factors, such as wish fulfillment. Vitz argues that by such standards, then there are also psychological reasons for atheists not to believe (if some people believe in God because they wish there were a God, well then it seems obvious that some do not believe in God because they wish there were no God). Vitz points out the many famous atheists who had either absent fathers or bad fathers.
Dallas Willard compares Nietszche and Jesus Christ in a solid chapter. Next comes the best of the debate chapters, with Peter Singer and John Hare debating whether atheism or theism provides the best foundation for morality and human worth. The next chapter was interesting as Rodney Brooks and Rosalind Picard debated whether robots can become human. At first this seemed almost out of place, but with the advances in technology it is a question that Christians need an answer for.
Jeremy Begbie's offering was one of the best. He used music theory to show the necessity of stories to have endings. Such endings are provided by the Christian narrative but absent from the secular world. Next up, NT Wright spoke on themes from his book Simply Christian. Like Collins' chapter, there is not much here if you have read Wright's book.
The book ends with a few chapters on justice. John Warwick Montgomery then writes about how human rights are impossible without religion. A key point in his argument is that when a nation's law becomes the highest law available, human rights are easily squashed. Mary Poplin shares how she became a Christian, largely due to the influence of Mother Theresa and Christian ministry to the poor and weak. Finally, Ron Sider's chapter is call to the church to not just focus on otherwordly spiritual things but to engage in social justice.
Overall, this is a good book. If you have read the work of the contributors you may find their chapters to be disappointing. I most appreciated discovering the work of people I never heard of such as Vitz, Begbie and Montgomery. This is not the kind of apologetics book that first gives arguments for God's existence, then speaks of evil, then whether we can trust scripture and so on. It is focused on the issues that are at the forefront of our culture: is there truth? is religion a force for Good?
The one thing I was struck with, perhaps more than anything else, was how many of the authors spoke of being atheists, or at least non-religious, as young people and then coming to faith somewhat later in life. This was true of Collins, McGrath, Poplin and many others, at least half of them. If nothing else then, the contributors in this book show that to be a Christian does not preclude on from being intellectual.
June 19, 2018
Excellent collection representing some great Christian writers and thinkers.
December 31, 2023
Finally (as in I finally finished this book)! Dallas Willard (1935-2013) serves as editor of this collection of talk from the Veritas Forum. Impressive insights from impressive minds.
December 26, 2011
The Veritas Forum is a group of leading Christian thinkers who explore issues of truth (and its relevancy) at college campuses such as Harvard and Yale. A Place For Truth: Leading Thinkers Explore Life’s Hardest Questions is a collection of those speeches from 1995 to 2009. Given the medium jump (clearly this would make for a great set of podcasts) some of the speeches lose a little of their impact in the transition to the written word. Then again, since N.T. Wright’s piece quotes from his book and seems to work better as a written piece, I wonder if it was one of the weaker speeches given. That said, I appreciate the Christian appeal to what has become an increasingly secular institution in higher education. The foreword from the former dean of Harvard, Harry Lewis, notes a similar appreciation, as he couldn’t care less that God has gone out of university, but laments that the ability to talk about life issues went with Him (since you can’t grade someone on whether or not they believe the 10 Commandments are true, or if they believe in good and evil).
The first half of the book is geared towards head essays on truth, faith and science, and atheism, whereas the second part is geared towards heart issues on meaning and humanity, Christian worldview, and social justice. Although the first half is solid, with a standout essay from Tim Keller, “Reason for God: The Exclusivity of Truth,” that part didn’t quite get its hooks in. That said, I think many people would be fascinated as to what a guy like Francis S. Collins has to say, as he worked on the Human Genome Project, believes in the Judeo-Christian God, yet still believes in evolution. Interestingly enough, other essays present different opinions and theologies—from catholic priests, protestant pastors, atheists, astrophysicists, professors, authors, astronomists and activists—making it so you can’t agree with everyone. Three of the essays are debates, and though my favorite is easily the debate between Rodney Brooks and Rosalind Picard (beautiful sense of humor on that woman) about whether robots can become human, I appreciate that even the atheists have a diversity that separates them, at least on some issues, from Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens (who are often cited as the baseline for modern, atheist thinking). This consistent diversity is what gives the book its strength.
Although I think the order of the essays is important and intentional in moving from head issues to heart issues, it wasn’t until those latter issues showed up that I really began to connect with the read (though I imagine plenty of readers felt the opposite). If Tim Keller’s essay is the standout of the head essays, Mary Poplin’s essay, “Radical Marxist, Radical Womanist, Radical Love: What Mother Teresa Taught Me About Social Justice,” leads the heart essay pack, but overall, this final section on social justice is the best. Admittedly, some of the middle essays—such as Jeremy Begbie’s essay on finding God in the build of music and Dallas Willard’s essay on comparing Nietzsche’s views with Jesus Christ’s—didn’t sink deep enough for me, whereas for many other readers, anything by a scholar like Dallas Willard (who edited the collection) is an auto-win. Despite the monotony of the initial essays, A Place for Truth ends up as a solid collection for Christians and non-Christians alike. Three stars and reaching higher.
The first half of the book is geared towards head essays on truth, faith and science, and atheism, whereas the second part is geared towards heart issues on meaning and humanity, Christian worldview, and social justice. Although the first half is solid, with a standout essay from Tim Keller, “Reason for God: The Exclusivity of Truth,” that part didn’t quite get its hooks in. That said, I think many people would be fascinated as to what a guy like Francis S. Collins has to say, as he worked on the Human Genome Project, believes in the Judeo-Christian God, yet still believes in evolution. Interestingly enough, other essays present different opinions and theologies—from catholic priests, protestant pastors, atheists, astrophysicists, professors, authors, astronomists and activists—making it so you can’t agree with everyone. Three of the essays are debates, and though my favorite is easily the debate between Rodney Brooks and Rosalind Picard (beautiful sense of humor on that woman) about whether robots can become human, I appreciate that even the atheists have a diversity that separates them, at least on some issues, from Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens (who are often cited as the baseline for modern, atheist thinking). This consistent diversity is what gives the book its strength.
Although I think the order of the essays is important and intentional in moving from head issues to heart issues, it wasn’t until those latter issues showed up that I really began to connect with the read (though I imagine plenty of readers felt the opposite). If Tim Keller’s essay is the standout of the head essays, Mary Poplin’s essay, “Radical Marxist, Radical Womanist, Radical Love: What Mother Teresa Taught Me About Social Justice,” leads the heart essay pack, but overall, this final section on social justice is the best. Admittedly, some of the middle essays—such as Jeremy Begbie’s essay on finding God in the build of music and Dallas Willard’s essay on comparing Nietzsche’s views with Jesus Christ’s—didn’t sink deep enough for me, whereas for many other readers, anything by a scholar like Dallas Willard (who edited the collection) is an auto-win. Despite the monotony of the initial essays, A Place for Truth ends up as a solid collection for Christians and non-Christians alike. Three stars and reaching higher.
May 24, 2012
Originally posted at Honey and Locusts.
The Veritas Forum began back in 1992 as a way for Christian students at Harvard University to explore questions related to the search for truth through a series of lectures and Q&A sessions. Two decades later, this project has expanded dramatically, with events at more than 100 universities around the world. This book is a collection of transcripts of some of the best talks in the series.
Authors/speakers include Christians from across the Liberal-Conservative spectrum (such as Tim Keller, N.T. Wright, and Francis Collins), as well as many atheists (such as Peter Singer and David Helfand). The lectures cover a broad range of topics, from theology to philosophy to music. As with any collaborative effort, there were strong and weak chapters, but each served as excellent discussion-starters for my Tuesday morning reading group!
Video and audio clips of each chapter/lecture can also be found free online. My personal favorites were the chapter by Jeremy Begbie ("The Sense of an Ending"), which "uses music and theology to explore the fundamental truths of how we understand our place in the world", and the debate between Rodney Brooks and Rosalind Picard ("Can Robots Become Human?"), who dialogue about what it means to be human, and whether we will one day be able to create life from non-life in a godlike manner.
This is not a book that will appeal to everyone, but if you are interested in exploring these sort of hard questions (and getting a very wide range of influences that will force you to think for yourself), this is something you'll enjoy. Buy it here.
The Veritas Forum began back in 1992 as a way for Christian students at Harvard University to explore questions related to the search for truth through a series of lectures and Q&A sessions. Two decades later, this project has expanded dramatically, with events at more than 100 universities around the world. This book is a collection of transcripts of some of the best talks in the series.
Authors/speakers include Christians from across the Liberal-Conservative spectrum (such as Tim Keller, N.T. Wright, and Francis Collins), as well as many atheists (such as Peter Singer and David Helfand). The lectures cover a broad range of topics, from theology to philosophy to music. As with any collaborative effort, there were strong and weak chapters, but each served as excellent discussion-starters for my Tuesday morning reading group!
Video and audio clips of each chapter/lecture can also be found free online. My personal favorites were the chapter by Jeremy Begbie ("The Sense of an Ending"), which "uses music and theology to explore the fundamental truths of how we understand our place in the world", and the debate between Rodney Brooks and Rosalind Picard ("Can Robots Become Human?"), who dialogue about what it means to be human, and whether we will one day be able to create life from non-life in a godlike manner.
This is not a book that will appeal to everyone, but if you are interested in exploring these sort of hard questions (and getting a very wide range of influences that will force you to think for yourself), this is something you'll enjoy. Buy it here.
February 16, 2017
Like most compilations, there are some excellent articles and some not-so-excellent articles. In particular the articles in the first section about truth, by Neuhaus, Guinness, and Keller are very good. Those that are more debates between two sides of an issue are not so good.
August 11, 2011
Theological books aimed at the academic crowd are often written over the heads of the average reader (myself included). A Place for Truth, however, does not fall into that trap, aided by the fact that each chapter was first a speech and the content delivered verbally.
Originally presented for The Veritas Forum on Harvard campus, this book represents almost two decades of talks and lectures from some of Christianity's leading thinkers. Topics range from atheism to faith and science, from social justice to the Christian worldview, and they are addressed by such notables as Os Guinness, Tim Keller, Francis Collins and N.T. Wright. Tim Keller's chapter, "Reason for God: The Exclusivity of Truth", was a personal favorite despite the fact that I'd probably read every word before already in his book by the same name.
Overall, this book handles some weighty material in a much more accessible way than one might expect from the presenter's pulpit at Harvard. I, for one, would not be disappointed if The Veritas Forum and these subsequent printed volumes continued for decades to come.
Originally presented for The Veritas Forum on Harvard campus, this book represents almost two decades of talks and lectures from some of Christianity's leading thinkers. Topics range from atheism to faith and science, from social justice to the Christian worldview, and they are addressed by such notables as Os Guinness, Tim Keller, Francis Collins and N.T. Wright. Tim Keller's chapter, "Reason for God: The Exclusivity of Truth", was a personal favorite despite the fact that I'd probably read every word before already in his book by the same name.
Overall, this book handles some weighty material in a much more accessible way than one might expect from the presenter's pulpit at Harvard. I, for one, would not be disappointed if The Veritas Forum and these subsequent printed volumes continued for decades to come.
October 2, 2011
Displays the Christian Mind at Work for a Wide Audience
I eagerly awaited this book, A Place for Truth, edited by Dallas Willard, and I immediately set to devouring it. On the whole, I thoroughly enjoyed the book and its presentation of Christian Truth but thought that it displayed weaknesses in certain places.
The title, A Place for Truth, comes from Harvard University’s motto, “Veritas,” which is Latin for “Truth.” This volume is a collection of 15 presentations made before the
Veritas Forum, a group originally started at Harvard to help restore to the American university its age-old character as “a place for truth.”
For my complete review, see http://www.giveusthisdaydevotional.co...
I eagerly awaited this book, A Place for Truth, edited by Dallas Willard, and I immediately set to devouring it. On the whole, I thoroughly enjoyed the book and its presentation of Christian Truth but thought that it displayed weaknesses in certain places.
The title, A Place for Truth, comes from Harvard University’s motto, “Veritas,” which is Latin for “Truth.” This volume is a collection of 15 presentations made before the
Veritas Forum, a group originally started at Harvard to help restore to the American university its age-old character as “a place for truth.”
For my complete review, see http://www.giveusthisdaydevotional.co...
February 11, 2011
I found this collection to be a great medium for reflection, on alot of levels. the premise is that our universities have such strong opinions on every topic except "Truth"...with a capital T. It's like we've just left out the most important thoughts and doubts in all of our minds because we're not sure how to deal with it.
This forum, mostly from a Christian perspective, though there are a few debates with atheists and agnostics, deals heavily with the issues that really affect us: meaning, public service, death, etc. i found it profound and thought-provoking.
This forum, mostly from a Christian perspective, though there are a few debates with atheists and agnostics, deals heavily with the issues that really affect us: meaning, public service, death, etc. i found it profound and thought-provoking.
June 14, 2011
A collection of different lectures at a Christian conference discussing varying issues regarding Christianity. It makes for a good discussion, and it at times is thought provoking. I plan on rereading it again, to challenge myself. It's the type of book that is useful when you want to better know where you stand, or improve your understanding.
July 2, 2011
This is a selection of essays based on talked given by the Veritas (Truth) Forum. The majority were outstanding. Some, I needed to re-read almost immediately, so that I could retain a bit more about what was written. If you are a Christian who likes to think about issues, or someone who wants to know what Christian thinkers say about issues, this book is well worth reading.
January 27, 2014
One of my favorites of all time, this book is a transcription and compilation of several lectures and debates delivered on behalf of the Veritas Forum at prominent, secular universities across the country on issues of Christianity and science, social justice, the arts and ethics by leading thinkers and teachers.
February 29, 2012
I really enjoyed this read. An edited book, it provides a glimpse of various author's viewpoints on the nature of truth and its relationship to Faith and Science, Atheism, Meaning and Humanity, Christian Worldview, and Social Justice. Read some of it or all of it, but it's still good.
December 4, 2012
Overall, a phenomenal collection. Some of the essays are of middling quality, but the remainder are well reasoned, presented, and tough of important topics. Consider this a great introduction to some of today's (and yesterday's) greatest religious thinkers.
January 19, 2013
Good introduction to philosophical approaches to truth (does truth exist?). Also opened my eyes about evolution. Written mostly from the Christian perspective, it is an even handed approach to discussing all sides of the matter.
May 2, 2011
Inspiring!
April 29, 2012
Great articles/speeches from prominent Christian thinkers. Definitely worth a read.
September 27, 2013
Great book that covers different perspectives from prominent Christian thinkers. Definitely worth a read.
December 5, 2016
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