A Little Manual for Knowing

A Little Manual for Knowing

In refreshing challenge to the common presumption that knowing involves amassing information, this book offers an eight-step approach that begins with love and pledge and ends with communion and shalom. Everyday adventures of knowing turn on a moment of insight that transforms and connects knower and known. No matter the field--science or art, business or theology, counseling or athletics--this little manual offers a how-to for knowing ventures. It offers concrete guidance to individuals or teams, students or professionals, along with plenty of exercises to spark the process of discovery, design, artistry, or mission.<br /><br />"Readers of this <i>Little Manual for Knowing</i> are embarking on an adventure that may make a decisive difference in their learning and in all of their lives."<br />Gideon Strauss, Executive Director, Max De Pree Center for Leadership, Fuller Theological Seminary <br /> <br />"With this pearl of great value, Esther Meek lovingly and confidently shepherds us on a pilgrimage, a reconsidering and recovery of what it means to know. For those who commit to the journey, the hoped-for gifts await."<br />Bruce A. Vojak, Associate Dean of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and author of <i>Serial Innovators</i><br /> <br />"This brilliant little manual captures the depth and simplicity of Esther Meek's work and invites the reader to apply wisdom to real-life complexities and problems."<br />Dan B. Allender, Professor of Counseling Psychology and Founding President, The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology<br /><br />"Esther Meek distills deep wisdom with a care scholarly and pastoral at once. Any who wish to see the world more truly will be grateful for her illuminating intervention."<br />Eric Miller, Professor of American History, Geneva College, and award-winning author of <i>Hope in a Scattering Time: A Life of Christopher Lasch</i><br /><br />"<i>A Little Manual for Knowing</i>--essential reading for every university, every business, every church, and every home."<br />Makoto Fujimura, artist<br /><br />Esther Lightcap Meek is Professor of Philosophy at Geneva College in western Pennsylvania, and Instructor of Apologetics at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas. She is author of <i>Longing to Know: The Philosophy of Knowledge for Ordinary People</i> (2003) and <i>Loving to Know: Introducing Covenant Epistemology</i>(2011).