The Bible admonishes Christians to love God with the mind as well as with the heart. Engaging God's WorldEngaging God's World clearly links this scriptural mandate with the pursuit of academic life, extolling the crucial role of Christian higher education in the intellectual and spiritual formation of believers.
Chiefly intended to serve as a primer for students beginning college careers but valuable to thoughtful Christians at every stage of life, this volume spells out the central themes of the Christian faith from a Reformed perspective. More important, however, the book shows how Christian higher education fits inside a view of the world and of human life that is formed by these ideas.
"Learning," Cornelius Plantinga writes, "is a spiritualspiritual calling; properly done, it attaches us to God." Approaching the topic of education from a variety of angles, Plantinga shows that Christ-centered learning teaches people to correctly see the world as God's creation, to see providence in history, to handle secular knowledge critically, to develop good judgment and, ultimately, to use faith-filled learning in the service of God's kingdom.
Cornelius "Neal" Plantinga, Jr. is the president of Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he is professor of systematic theology. He is a preacher, speaker,and award-winning author.
He was born in Jamestown, ND and was ordained in 1971. He is the brother of philosopher Alvin Plantinga,music historian Leon Plantinga, and former CBS news producer Terry Plantinga. He is the uncle of theologian Amy Plantinga Pauw. Plantinga married Kathleen Talsma in 1967 and has two children with her.
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