LEADER 03200nam 2200661 450 001 9910830077003321 005 20230819122710.0 010 $a1-281-31062-X 010 $a9786611310622 010 $a0-470-77410-X 010 $a0-470-77548-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000412406 035 $a(EBL)351585 035 $a(OCoLC)476172845 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000216663 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11912294 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216663 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10201531 035 $a(PQKB)10888285 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC351585 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7235429 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7235429 035 $a(OCoLC)1376193477 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000412406 100 $a20230819d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe other calling $etheology, intellectual vocation and truth /$fAndrew Shanks 210 1$aMalden, MA :$cBlackwell Publishing Ltd,$d[2007] 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (226 p.) 225 1 $aIlluminations--theory and religion 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4051-5767-4 311 $a1-4051-5766-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Introduction: Why Theology?/What is an Intellectual?; Part I: Philosophy; 1 The Incompleteness of Philosophy Alone; 2 Philosophy and Folk Religion: Two 'Forms' for a Single 'Content'; 3 'Philosophic Politics' (I): Strauss among the 'Moderns' and the 'Postmoderns'; 4 'Philosophic Politics' (II): Strauss and the 'Ancients'; 5 Anti-Philosophical Philosophy (I): Koje` ve's Critique of the 'Cloistered Mind'; 6 Anti-Philosophical Philosophy (II): Epicurus, Rousseau; Part II: Theology; 7 Beyond Metaphysics: 'The Science of the Sacralization of Honesty, in Theist, Catholic Form' 327 $a8 Coleridge's Notion of the 'Clerisy'9 Sacramentally Rooted Thought; 10 'The Conflict': From Amos to Hegel, and Girard; 11 What is an Intellectual?/Why Theology?; Index; 330 $aWhat is the true calling of the intellectual? In this provocative new book, Andrew Shanks presents a distinctive fresh answer. The Other Calling is a systematic riposte both to the elitism of philosophy in the heritage of Plato, and to the typical individualism of Plato's philosophic opponents. Here, instead, intellectual integrity is identified with a form of priesthood.:.; Asserts that intellectuals are critical to bringing together the common aspirations of a community.; Offers a strikingly original approach to the moral and political aspects of theology's relationship with philosophy, expl 410 0$aIlluminations--theory and religion. 606 $aPhilosophy and religion 606 $aReligious thought 606 $aIntellectuals 615 0$aPhilosophy and religion. 615 0$aReligious thought. 615 0$aIntellectuals. 676 $a201/.61 700 $aShanks$b Andrew$f1954-$0775911 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910830077003321 996 $aThe other calling$92288688 997 $aUNINA