tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22560219.post2119393426452283513..comments2023-12-07T20:31:28.197-05:00Comments on Islands of Joy: Evangelicals, Faith, and the Life of the Mind (WSJ)Sørina Higginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10907200327850346539noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22560219.post-71351800694035527942009-12-18T23:11:04.666-05:002009-12-18T23:11:04.666-05:00Great thoughts. Don't worry about the label, j...Great thoughts. Don't worry about the label, just do the good work of the mind. However, I can think of one advantage to choosing to call oneself a Christian intellectual (OK, two): first, stating one's intention to join with and engage with the life of the mind from the vantage point of faith. Second, calling other Christian to leave their emotionalism and so on and to investigate reason and writing. To fight against the stereotype of Christians as dummies by raising the collective educational experience of the Church.Sørina Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907200327850346539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22560219.post-1259677431062557752009-12-18T15:12:34.649-05:002009-12-18T15:12:34.649-05:00Jim Hagan (a friend of a friend on Facebook) had t...Jim Hagan (a friend of a friend on Facebook) had this excellent comment about the article:<br /><br />"Years ago during a Q and A someone praised Os Guiness for being a Christian intellectual. He didn't claim the title. In one sense the world has an interest in labeling evangelicals as 'anti-intellectual.' I think Os's response was correct. We don't need to enter the public square and say 'look at me, I'm brainy too!' Anyone who self-styles themself 'an intellectual,' evangelical or not, may have a problem. I think the answer is to engage culture with our gifts and as proverbs says, 'let another praise you and not your own mouth.'"Rosie Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09554035581795923555noreply@blogger.com