A place for truth :

A place for truth : leading thinkers explore life's hardest questions / edited by Dallas Willard ; assistant editors, Daniel Cho and Sarah Park. - Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, c2010. - 321 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

"Highlights from the Veritas Forum."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [318]).

Truth. Is there life after truth? / Time for truth / Reason for God : the exclusivity of truth / Faith and science. The language of God : a scientist presents evidence for belief / The new atheists and the meaning of life / A scientist who looked and was found / Atheism. The psychology of atheism / Nietzsche versus Jesus Christ / Meaning and humanity. Moral mammals : does atheism or theism provide the best foundation for human worth and morality? / Living machines : can robots become human? / The sense of an ending / Christian worldview. Simply Christian / Social justice. Why human rights are impossible without religion / Radical Marxist, radical womanist, radical love : what Mother Teresa taught me about social justice / The whole gospel for the whole person / Richard John Neuhaus ; Os Guinness ; Timothy J. Keller -- Francis S. Collins ; Alister McGrath and David J. Helfand ; Hugh Ross -- Paul C. Vitz ; Dallas Willard -- Peter Singer and John Hare ; Rodney Brooks and Rosalind Picard ; Jeremy S. Begbie -- N.T. Wright -- John Warwick Montgomery ; Mary Poplin ; Ronald J. Sider.

Since its founding at Harvard in 1992, The Veritas Forum has provided a place for the university world to explore the deepest questions of truth and life. Now gathered in one volume are some of The Veritas Forum's most notable presentations. Volume editor Dallas Willard introduces each presentation, highlighting its significance and putting it in context for us today. Also included are selected question and answer sessions with the speakers from the original forum experiences. --from publisher description

9780830838455 (pbk. : alk. paper) : $25.00 0830838457 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Theology.
Truth
Faith and Science
Atheism
Meaning and Humanity
Christian Worldview
Social Justice

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