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Richard T. Hughes's highly praised book on the relationship between Christian faith and secular learning — originally published as "How Christian Faith Can Sustain the Life of the Mind" — is now available in a revised edition that brilliantly incorporates recent interest in the topic of vocation.

While the vocational dimensions of the earlier book were implicit, this revised edition makes them explicit. In the first of two completely new chapters, Hughes recounts his own vocational journey, telling how he drew on Christian theology to discover his talents and how best to use them. The second new chapter focuses on the vocation of Christian colleges and universities, including the purpose and goals of church-related education. The story offered here provides a compelling argument that faith, properly pursued, nourishes the openness and curiosity that make a life of the mind possible.



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Richard T. Hughes is Distinguished Professor of Religion and director of the Center for Faith and Learning at Pepperdine University, Malibu, California.

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  • Paperback: 145 pages
  • Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; Revised edition (May 5, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0802829155
  • ISBN-13: 978-0802829153
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Vocation of a Christian Scholar, September 24, 2009
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3.0 out of 5 stars A Paradox of Vocation, July 3, 2008
Richard Hughes addresses the tension between scholarly teaching according to the canons of secular academia while at the same time holding on to a Christian worldview--even (or especially) within a church-based higher education context. This proves to be a more difficult task than Hughes lets on. He ably demonstrates that the Christian worldview has nothing to fear from pluralism, diversity of thought and healthy skepticism. He also recognizes the significant intellectual contributions of various religious perspectives (Catholic, Reformed, Lutheran, Mennonite). He highly values the concept that individuals should be taught in such a way that they are sympathetic and compassionate to those who are experiencing injustice and suffering. To this concept the institutions of religion and education both give at least lip-service. While the book was well-conceived and well-written, it left this "church-based" reader wondering if Hughes' interpretation of the significant doctrines of justification and sanctification would be embraced by those who take the biblical teachings on those doctrines seriously. This is the linch-pin of Hughes' argument and it does not quite hold together. It will be up to a more "secular-based" reader to say if the book defines a relationship between faith and the academy which they find acceptable.
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