Beschreibung:
As human beings, we are created with desires. We all long for meaningful relationships, lives that reflect goodness, engagements with beauty, and the freedom to pursue our lives with integrity. But where can our restless hearts find fulfillment for these universal longings? Philosopher and apologist Greg Ganssle argues that our widely shared human aspirations are best understood and explained in the light of the Christian story. With grace and insight, Ganssle explains how the good news of Jesus Christ makes sense of-and fulfills-our deepest desires. It is only in the particular claims of the Christian faith, he argues, that our universal human aspirations can find fulfillment and our restless hearts will be at peace.
As human beings, we are created with desires. We all long for meaningful relationships, lives that reflect goodness, engagements with beauty, and the freedom to pursue our lives with integrity. But where can our restless hearts find fulfillment for these universal longings? Philosopher and apologist Greg Ganssle argues that our widely shared human aspirations are best understood and explained in the light of the Christian story. With grace and insight, Ganssle explains how the good news of Jesus Christ makes sense of—and fulfills—our deepest desires. It is only in the particular claims of the Christian faith, he argues, that our universal human aspirations can find fulfillment and our restless hearts will be at peace.
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Making Sense of Our Desires
Part I: Persons
1. Persons and Happiness
2. People Matter Most
3. We Flourish in Relationships
Part II: Goodness
4. Looking for Goodness
5. Goodness Is Primary
6. Goodness Is Good for Us
Part III: Beauty
7. The Startling Presence of Beauty
8. The Artist
9. Beauty Points the Way Home
Part IV: Freedom
10. Personal Freedom
11. Freedom and Truth
12. Freedom and Hope
Epilogue: Human Aspiration and the Christian Story
General Index
Scripture Index