This
book is a look at the story and the world view in the Gospels,
primarily the gospel of Mark but with some reference to the other
gospels and epistles. It is written written is a simple style and aimed
of the ordinary modern reader with no assumption of previous knowledge of the story made. It still manages to address important points from criticism and scholarship. Even though this is a story I know well
Keller brings new insight as well as bringing renewed energy to older
ideas.
I’ve
been having fun taking some surveys at yourmorals.org .
These are the multiple choice surveys, many of them focusing on what the
respondents base their morals on and what drives them to ethical
actions. (A lot of them are interesting and what I’ve read of Jonathan Haidt’s work seems to point to new and intriguing insights.) But I’ve
found myself unsatisfied at the range of possibilities that seem to be
envisioned by the researchers. I particularly noticed that in a survey
focused on motivations it seemed that the only reasons envisioned for
good behavior were fear of your own feelings of guilt or fear of other
people shaming you. In King’s Cross
Keller does a really good job conveying the underlieing intuition of
another motivation, of a desire to do good based in a positive view of
yourself that is uncontaminated by a fear of guilt and desire to benefit
other that is uncontaminated with pride.
This sense of getting a clear grasp of an idea I had already been
reaching for came to me repeatedly as I listened to this book. I would recommend this book to everyone. This Review is based on the audio version read by Lloyd James
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