Learning to Listen, Ready to Talk: A Pilgrimage Toward Peacemaking - Softcover

Heie, Harold

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595455468 ISBN 13: 9780595455461

Verlag: iUniverse, 2007

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A gifted story teller, Harold Heie narrates the experiences of a lifetime ascollege teacher and administrator that taught him the way of peaceful andrespectful conversation. His story is fascinating, his wit and wisdompriceless, his advice seasoned and sane. Inviting us into conversations hecreates, he shows how it is done, and pleads with us to do likewise.-Arthur Holmes, professor of philosophy emeritus, Wheaton College"Harold Heie treats us to an always-engrossing personal tale that speaksto everyone. Heie has a dream (we see it take shape), but he convinces usthat openness to other visions-respectful conversation among us all-isvital for any earthly good that lies ahead. Heie's eloquent plea forcommitment and openness will prove contagious and revolutionary."-Paul Borgman, professor of English, Gordon College"Harold Heie writes with conviction, clarity, grace and humility, blendingrich personal narrative with intellectual and spiritual force. This bookshould be required reading for all faculty, administrators, staff andtrustees who are leaders in Christian higher education. Beware! It maychange your view of leadership."-Ronald Mahurin, vice president,Council for Christian Colleges & Universities"Truth be told, the Truth is not in us. But it has found a good home in itsservant, Harold Heie. He embodies his own teaching."-From the Forward, Stan Gaede, scholar-in-residence,Gordon College. President, 2001?2006, Westmont College

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Harold Heie is a Senior Fellow at The Colossian Forum. He previously served as Founding Director of the Center for Christian Studies at Gordon College (now the Center for Faith and Inquiry) and as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Messiah College and Northwestern College in Iowa after teaching mathematics at Gordon College and the King's College. He holds a PhD in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University and served as a trustee for the Center for Public Justice and as a Senior Fellow at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). His publications include Learning to Listen, Ready to Talk: A Pilgrimage Toward Peacemaking (2007), Mutual Treasure: Seeking Better Ways for Christians and Culture to Converse (2009), and Evangelicals on Public Policy Issues: Sustaining a Respectful Political Conversation (2014).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: iUniverse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0595455468
• ISBN 13: 9780595455461
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 254
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