Many today pursue knowledge and even wisdom. But what about truth? In an age that disputes whether truth can be universalized beyond one's own personal experience, it seems quaint to speak of finding truth. But whether in the ivory towers of the academy or in the midst of our everyday lives, we continue to seek after the true, the beautiful and the good.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. What does it mean to be human? Does history have a purpose? Is life meaningful? Can rational people believe in God? Now gathered in one volume are some of The Veritas Forum's most notable presentations, with contributions from Francis Collins, Tim Keller, N. T. Wright, Mary Poplin and more. 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 thespeakers from the original forum experiences.Come eavesdrop on some of today's leading Christian thinkers and their dialogue partners. And consider how truth might find a place in your own life.



Dallas Willard (1935–2013) was a renowned teacher, an acclaimed writer and one of our most brilliant Christian thinkers. He was as celebrated for his enduring writings on spiritual formation as he was for his scholarship, with a profound influencein the way he humbly mentored so many of today's leaders in the Christian faith. His books include The Divine Conspiracy (a Christianity Today Book of the Year), The Spirit of the Disciplines, Hearing God, Renovation of the Heart, and others.



Foreword By Harry Lewis, Harvard University

Preface By Daniel Cho, Executive Director, The Veritas Forum

Introduction By Dallas Willard



Truth

1. Is There Life After Truth?

Richard John Neuhaus



2. Time For Truth

Os Guinness



3. Reason for God: The Exclusivity of Truth

Timothy J. Keller



Faith and Science

4. The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief

Francis S. Collins



5. The New Atheists and the Meaning of Life

Alister McGrath and David J. Helfand



6. A Scientist Who Looked and Was Found

Hugh Ross



Atheism

7. The Psychology of Atheism

Paul C. Vitz



8. Nietzsche Versus Jesus Christ

Dallas Willard



Meaning and Humanity

9. Moral Mammals: Does Atheism or Theism Provide the Best Foundation for Human Worth and Morality?

Peter Singer and John Hare



10 .Living Machines: Can Robots Become Human?

Rodney Brooks and Rosalind Picard



11. The Sense of an Ending

Jeremy S. Begbie



Christian Worldview

12. Simply Christian

N. T. Wright



Social Justice

13. Why Human Rights Are Impossible Without Religion

John Warwick Montgomery



14. Radical Marxist, Radical Womanist, Radical Love: What Mother Teresa Taught Me about Social Justice

Mary Poplin



15. The Whole Gospel for the Whole Person

Ronald J. Sider



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