Beyond the Wager: The Christian Brilliance of Blaise Pascal (audio)
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In this accessible and well-documented study, philosopher Douglas Groothuis introduces listeners to Blaise Pascal’s life as well as the breadth of his intellectual pursuits, including his contributions to mathematics, science, ethics, and theology. Groothuis overviews the key points of Pascal’s Pensees, which captures his thoughts about God, humanity, and Jesus Christ. Listeners will also explore Pascal’s views on a range of topics, including culture, politics, Islam, and miracles. Blaise Pascal, the seventeenth-century French philosopher and scientist, is perhaps best known for his “wager,” an argument about the existence of God. But there was much more to Pascal and his brilliance. In this accessible and well-documented study, philosopher Douglas Groothuis introduces listeners to Pascal’s life as well as the breadth of his intellectual pursuits, including his contributions to mathematics, science, ethics, and theology. Groothuis overviews the key points of Pascal’s Pensees, which captures his thoughts about God, humanity, and Jesus Christ. Listeners will also explore Pascal’s views on a range of topics, including culture, politics, Islam, and miracles. Often quoted and often misunderstood, Pascal is a complex figure whose writings have charmed, puzzled, and inspired readers across the centuries. With guidance from a leading Christian thinker and longtime student of Pascal, Beyond the Wager takes you on a journey to discover the riches Pascal has to offer today.
- Title: Beyond the Wager: The Christian Brilliance of Blaise Pascal (audio)
- Author: Douglas Groothuis
- Publisher: christianaudio.com
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Audio
- Subjects: Biography & Autobiography › Science & Technology; Pensées; Denver Seminary; christian philosopher
- ISBNs: 9781545926277, 1545926271
- Resource ID: LLS:9781545926277
- Resource Type: Media
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-06-10T17:27:13Z
Douglas R. Groothuis (PhD, Philosophy, University of Oregon) is professor of philosophy at Denver Seminary in Denver, Colorado. He has also been a visiting professor or adjunct faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary (Colorado Springs extension), Metropolitan State College of Denver, Westminster Theological Seminary (California campus), University of Oregon, New College Berkeley and Seattle Pacific University. His articles have been published in professional journals such as Religious Studies, Sophia, Theory and Research in Education, Philosophia Christi, Themelios, Think: A Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, Christian Scholar's Review, Inquiry and Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. He has written several books, including Truth Decay, In Defense of Natural Theology (coeditor), Unmasking the New Age, Jesus in an Age of Controversy, Deceived by the Light, The Soul in Cyberspace, and, in the Wadsworth Philosophers Series, On Pascal and On Jesus.
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