Mind Your Faith
David A. Horner (IVP Academic: Aug 5, 2011), 272 pages.The university world can be a confusing place, filled with many competing worldviews and perspectives. Beliefs and values are challenged at every turn. But Christians need not slip into the morass of easy relativism. David Horner restores sanity to the collegiate experience with this guide to thinking and flourishing as a Christian. Carefully exploring how ideas work, he gives you essential tools for thinking contextually, thinking logically and thinking worldviewishly. Here Horner meets you where faith and reason intersect and explores how to handle doubts, with an eye toward not just thinking clearly but also living faithfully. This is the book every college freshman needs to read. Don’t leave home without it. ~ Book Description
Table Of Contents
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- Preface
- 1 Sanity in the University: Getting Started Part One: Mind
- 2 Loving God with Your Mind Clarifying Concepts
- 3 The Truth About Truth
- 4 The Truth About Belief and Knowledge Cultivating Skills
- 5 Thinking Contextually: Find Common Ground
- 6 Thinking Logically: Ask Good Questions and Give Good Reasons
- 7 Thinking Wordviewishly: Connect the Dots Part Two: Faith
- 8 The Nature of Faith: Getting it Clear
- 9 The Necessity of Faith: Faith and Reason
- 10 Challenges to Faith: Handling Doubts and Objections
- 11 The Credibility of Faith: Thinking Worldviewishly Part Three: Character
- 12 College Life and the Good Life: A Moral Vision
- 13 Lessons from Le Chambon: A Moral Example Appendices