The Other Calling: Theology, Intellectual Vocation and Truth

by Andrew Shanks

What is the true calling of the intellectual? In this provocative new book, Andrew Shanks presents a distinctive fresh answer. The Other Calling is a systematic riposte both to the elitism of philosophy in the heritage of Plato, and to the typical individualism of Plato's philosophic opponents. Here, instead, intellectual integrity is identified with a form of priesthood.

Asserts that intellectuals are critical to bringing together...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405157666
• ISBN13: 9781405157667
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"