Nancy R. Pearcey

Esse livro é para ajudar o cristão se preparar para ministrar aos feridos, cujas vidas foram destruídas pela falsa promessa de liberdade e autonomia. A cultura atual tem cada vez mais menosprezado e banalizado o corpo o tratando apenas como uma simples matéria. Questões como aborto, mal uso do sexo, homossexualidade, entre outras, modificam o corpo e o destroem. Neste livro, Nancy Pearcey mostra de forma abrangente que o corpo humano deve ser amado e respeitado como Templo do Espírito Santo e que o Cristianismo é real, e não apenas palavras, colocando carne e osso nas mensagens de esperança e cura.… (mehr)

Pearcey 's brilliant presentation of modern culture and how Christianity applies to it is (for me) a difficult read, but well worth the effort. Those of you who are more attuned to the world of the arts (most of you) will enjoy this and find it far easier to work through than I. Pearcey is, to my mind, primarily a philosopher as well as a writer. Her writing is clear, incisive and convincing. Upon reading one of her other books, Finding Truth, I thought perhaps I should look into studying philosophy myself. Just before reading Leonardo, I also read her Total Truth...and realized that she is so brilliant, she had made philosophy seem easy to me...and I do not have the patience to read other philosopher's without her saving grace of clarity of thought and economy of expression. Nonetheless, philosophy is an important topic of concern that everyone should look into. I do recommend her as an initiation to it because it is hard to imagine another writer being as easy to follow as her.
Pearcey is heavily influenced by the thought of Francis Schaeffer whose home in Switzerland, L'Abri, was a gathering place for students for many years. Pearcey had the good fortune to visit there and later stay for some time to imbibe more deeply from his thought.
I believe it is as a result of that influence that she gained her clear philosophic position which she communicates so well. Interestingly, L'Abri now has several locations around the world, including 3 in North America, including one in British Columbia. Evangelical Christians ought to take note of this in order to use these facilities and sharpen their own thinking about the issues of faith and culture.
Saving Leonardo is a paperback with glossy paper stock, I believe so that the prints of the artwork copied here show to better advantage. The art is both beautiful and instructive.
Highly recommended.… (mehr)