The Other Calling: Theology, Intellectual Vocation and TruthISBN: 978-1-4051-5766-7
Hardcover
248 pages
January 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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What is the true calling of the intellectual? In this provocative
new book, Andrew Shanks presents a distinctive fresh answer. The
Other Calling is a systematic riposte both to the elitism of
philosophy in the heritage of Plato, and to the typical
individualism of Plato's philosophic opponents. Here, instead,
intellectual integrity is identified with a form of priesthood.
- Asserts that intellectuals are critical to bringing together the common aspirations of a community
- Offers a strikingly original approach to the moral and
political aspects of theology’s relationship with philosophy,
exploring the perspectives of both disciplines
- Draws on the work and thought of Christians, Muslims, Hindus,
Buddhists, Agnostics, and Atheists
- Argues for a new, religiously multicultural “priesthood
of all thinkers”, considering how once, all intellectuals
were as a matter of course also priests
- Published in the new and prestigious Illuminations series