Christianity and Intellectual Inquiry - Thinking as Pilgrimage

Christianity and Intellectual Inquiry^ Rexamines the many ways that Christians, past and present, have tried to make sense of themselves and the world around them, weaving together an intellectual and epistemological history of Christianity in America. The book introduces the concept of pilgrimage as a metaphor that describes intellectual inquiry as an open-ended search for truth that is in steady dialogue with others.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Part I. Intellectual Inquiry in Christian History


• Chapter 1: Faith and Learning in the Roman and Persian Empires


• Chapter 2: Faith and Learning in Four Christian Communities


• PART II. Americaâs Shifting Intellectual Terrain


• Chapter 3: Epistemological Universalism


• Chapter 4: Cognitive Pluralism


• Chapter 5: An Age of Identity


• PART III. Intellectual Pilgrimage in an Age of Identity


• Chapter 6: Intellectual Pilgrimage


• Chapter 7: The Pathway of Attentiveness


• Chapter 8: The Pathway of Contemplation


• Chapter 9: The Pathway of Proclamation


• Chapter 10: The Pathway of Compassion


• Conclusion: Christianity, Intellectual Inquiry, and the Marketplace of Ideas

About the author

Douglas Jacobsen (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is a scholar in the field of religious studies and Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen (Ed.D., Temple University), is a psychologist and scholar of higher education. Together they co-direct the Religion in the Academy Project, and their innovative work has enhanced teaching and scholarship at colleges and universities around the world. This is their fourth book with Oxford University Press.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Jacobsen, Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen, Jacobsen Douglas, Jacobsen Rhonda Hustedt
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 23.09.2025
• EAN: 9780197820346
• ISBN: 978-0-19-782034-6
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, RELIGION / Christian Education / General, RELIGION / History, Christian life & practice, History of Religion, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Philosophy & theory of education, Church history, Philosophy and theory of education, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Christian life and practice, Spirituality and religious experience