Contents
A Personal Note to the Reader.....................................xiii
BOOK ONE: AN ANCIENT HERITAGE
PART I. THE WAY OF PROPHETS: A HIGHER AUTHORITY
1. From Seer to Prophet: Moses' Test of Obedience................5
2. A Covenanting God: Isaiah's Test of Faith.....................8
3. Struggles of the Believer: Job...............................11
4. A World Self-Explained: Evil in the East.....................14
PART II. THE WAY OF PHILOSOPHERS: A WONDROUS INSTRUMENT WITHIN
5. Socrates' Discovery of Ignorance.............................21
6. The Life in the Spoken Word..................................33
7. Plato's Other-World of Ideas.................................37
8. Paths to Utopia: Virtues Writ Large..........................43
9. Aristotle: An Outsider in Athens.............................47
10. On Paths of Common Sense....................................51
11. Aristotle's God for a Changeful World.......................57
PART III. THE CHRISTIAN WAY: EXPERIMENTS IN COMMUNITY
12. Fellowship of the Faithful: The Church......................63
13. Islands of Faith: Monasteries............... ... read full excerpt from: The Seekers ebook