Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind
Overview
Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind shows how the orthodox Christology confessed in the ancient Christian creeds, far from hindering or discouraging serious scholarship, can supply the motives, guidance, and framework for learning. Christian faith, Noll argues, can richly enhance intellectual engagement in the various academic disciplines. Noll demonstrates how this is true by applying his insights to the fields of history, science, and biblical studies.
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- Explores orthodox Christology confessed in the ancient Christian creeds
- Disccuses the relationship of Chrisitan faith and intellectual engagement in academic disciplines
- Applies insights into the fields of history, science, and biblical studies
- A Place to Stand . . . from Which to See
- Jesus Christ: Motives for Serious Learning
- Jesus Christ: Guidance for Serious Learning
- The Atonement: A Theological Principle to Frame Scholarship
- Christology: A Key to Understanding History
- “Come and See”: A Christological Invitation for Science
- Christology: The Foundation of Biblical Study
- The Way Ahead
Top Highlights
“The message in this book for my fellow evangelicals can be put simply: if what we claim about Jesus Christ is true, then evangelicals should be among the most active, most serious, and most open-minded advocates of general human learning. Evangelical hesitation about scholarship in general or about pursuing learning wholeheartedly is, in other words, antithetical to the Christ-centered basis of evangelical faith.” (Page x)
“The claims are striking and bear repeating. The apostle says, in effect, that if we study anything in the realms of nature or the realms of the spirit, we study what came into existence through Jesus Christ.” (Page 28)
“ It rather speaks of everything indirectly, because it speaks of the origin, redemption, and final purpose of all things” (Page 128)
“First, in Scripture God is pictured both as personal and as the source of all truth” (Page 80)
“The specific requirements for Christian scholarship all grow naturally from Christian worship inspired by such love: confidence in the ability to gain knowledge about the world because the world was brought into being through Jesus Christ; commitment to careful examination of the objects of study through ‘coming and seeing’; trust that good scholarship and faithful discipleship cannot ultimately conflict; humility from realizing that learning depends at every step on a merciful God; and gratitude in acknowledging that all good gifts come from above.” (Page 149)
By drawing constructively on poets, theologians, philosophers—and especially on the great historic creeds and confessions of the faith—Noll has crafted a challenging, inspiring christological philosophy of Christian education for the twenty-first century. This is a major contribution.
—David Lyle Jeffrey, distinguished professor of literature and humanities in the Honors Program, Baylor University
Noll draws on an impressive breadth of material from sources as diverse as B. B. Warfield and Vatican II. This accessible book will appeal to those interested in the idea of Christian learning and in the relationship between Christian faith and the liberal arts and sciences. . . . Recommended.
—Choice
A must-read for all Christian scholars.
—Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
- Title: Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind
- Author: Mark A. Noll
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Publication Date: 2013
- Pages: 192
- Christian Group: Evangelicals
- Resource Type: Topical
- Topic: Church History