Longing to Know: The Philosophy of Knowledge for Ordinary People
“Knowing God is like knowing your auto mechanic.”
A popular, playful, read.
Short chapters, for busy people. |
A book for people considering Christianity who wrestle with questions about knowing—truth, faith, doubt, and certainty.
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Loving to Know: Covenant Epistemology
“We do not know in order to love; we love in order to know.”
For the thoughtful inquirer. A seminar text suited to a semester study.
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My case for covenant epistemology and its healing vision of life. Let’s replace our defective idea of knowledge as information with the recognition that our knowing is an unfolding interpersonal relationship between the knower and the yet-to-be-known.
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A Little Manual for Knowing
“Our knowing ventures are ‘pilgrimage to gift.’”
For anyone or any group pursuing any kind of knowing venture.
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A how-to for knowing ventures in any field. It offers a brief entree into the key motifs of covenant epistemology. Designed for freshman orientation, business and entrepreneurship seminars, design teams.
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Contact with Reality: Michael Polanyi's Realism and Why It Matters
"Real is that which manifests itself indeterminately in the future." — Michael Polanyi
A philosophical monograph that also makes a difference in everyday life.
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A formal exposition of the work of this important 20th century scientist turned public intellectual and philosopher. Michael Polanyi’s innovative philosophical proposals subvert the myopic but strident presumptions of our age about knowledge and the real to reveal what discoverers actually do.
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Doorway to Artistry: Attuning your Philosophy to Enhance Your Creativity
"A doorway is a hospitable invitation to a farther world, and to a more deeply integrative shalom. It beckons beyond; it beckons within."
Playful, everyday philosophizing for your inner artist.
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Doorway to Artistry offers a playful, everyday philosophical approach necessary for life, integration, healing and thriving in artistry. Doorway reflects on the real and how we are involved with it, especially in our creative effort. In short, the real hospitably welcomes us, and in our artistry we reciprocate in noble courtesy. Human persons were made for this communion with the real.
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Knowing as Loving: Philosophical Grounding for Charlotte Mason’s Expert Educational Insights (Charlotte Mason Centenary Series)
We come together to propose and demonstrate that covenant epistemology accords fundamentally with Mason’s innovative and effective theory for educating children, thus giving expression to the philosophical grounding of her approach.
Thoughtful philosophical grounding for educator Mason’s expert insights.
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Charlotte Maria Shaw Mason’s theses enact an alternative philosophical vision which correctly diagnoses and healingly subverts modernity’s skewed and damaging claims. We propose and show that philosopher Esther Lightcap Meek’s “covenant epistemology” accords profoundly with Charlotte Mason’s innovative and effective vision for educating children, giving expression to the philosophical grounding of her approach. This alignment serves to confirm Mason’s insights and expand our grasp of how to implement them.
Coauthored with Mason expert Lisa Cadora, this monograph is one of the Charlotte Mason Centenary Series, Deani Van Pelt, Series editor, produced in honor of the 2023 Mason Centenary, by the Charlotte Mason Institute. Click here to learn more about Knowing as Loving. |
“With directness and a beguiling simplicity, Esther Meek takes the reader into the heart of the postmodern malaise regarding truth and knowledge not to linger there, but to emerge with a delightfully assured sense that knowing God is part of a real and unfolding relationship. A tour de force.” — David F. Wells, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |
“In an era of ‘post-truth’ and ‘alternative facts,’ this account of how we may discover the real is very welcome indeed.” — Murray Rae, University of Ontago, New Zealand “When I read anything Esther Meek writes I find myself with holy envy longing to be a wiser man.” — Dan B. Allender, The Allender Center, The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology |
Essays in Other Books
Speaking the Truth in Love: The Theology of John M. Frame
Edited by John J. Hughes
Collected essays honoring the thought and legacy of theologian John Frame. Dr. Frame was Esther’s professor for theology and apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary in 1976, and a formative influence in her thought. Esther’s contribution is titled “Servant Thinking: Polanyian Workings of the Framean Triad.”
Collected essays honoring the thought and legacy of theologian John Frame. Dr. Frame was Esther’s professor for theology and apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary in 1976, and a formative influence in her thought. Esther’s contribution is titled “Servant Thinking: Polanyian Workings of the Framean Triad.”
Liberal Learning and the Great Christian Traditions
Edited by Gary W. Jenkins and Jonathan Yonan
This book's essays explore how the various Christian Traditions have taken up the question of liberal learning by setting it within the context of their own peculiar idioms and histories. Esther's contribution is titled "A Reformed View of Life and Learning: Covenant Epistemology."
This book's essays explore how the various Christian Traditions have taken up the question of liberal learning by setting it within the context of their own peculiar idioms and histories. Esther's contribution is titled "A Reformed View of Life and Learning: Covenant Epistemology."
The Gospel and Pluralism Today: Reassessing Lesslie Newbigin in the 21st Century
Edited by Scott W. Sondquist and Amos Yong
By looking backward, this volume recommends and advances a vision for Christian witness in the pluralistic world of the twenty-first century. Contributions from leading missiologists and theologians, including William Burrows, John Flett, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Esther Meek, and Wilbert Shenk. Esther's contribution is titled "Honoring True Otherness in a Still-Antipluralist Culture."
By looking backward, this volume recommends and advances a vision for Christian witness in the pluralistic world of the twenty-first century. Contributions from leading missiologists and theologians, including William Burrows, John Flett, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Esther Meek, and Wilbert Shenk. Esther's contribution is titled "Honoring True Otherness in a Still-Antipluralist Culture."
Michel Foucault
By Christopher Watkin
After walking us through key elements of Foucault’s thought, Watkin both critiques and answers Foucault through the Bible’s teaching on history, power, and identity. His insights are necessary reading for anyone who wants to engage thoughtfully with the ideas of our culture. Forward by Esther.
After walking us through key elements of Foucault’s thought, Watkin both critiques and answers Foucault through the Bible’s teaching on history, power, and identity. His insights are necessary reading for anyone who wants to engage thoughtfully with the ideas of our culture. Forward by Esther.
Firstfruits of a New Creation: Essays Honoring Jerram Barrs
Edited by Doug Serven
Collected essays honoring the thought and legacy of Jerram Barrs. Known for ties with the ministry of Francis Schaeffer and L’Abri, Jerram has been Professor of Practical Theology and Culture and Director of the Francis Schaeffer Institute at Covenant Theological Seminary. Jerram and Esther were colleagues and neighbors at Covenant Seminary. Esther’s contribution is titled “Love, the Final Epistemology (and Ontology, too).”
Collected essays honoring the thought and legacy of Jerram Barrs. Known for ties with the ministry of Francis Schaeffer and L’Abri, Jerram has been Professor of Practical Theology and Culture and Director of the Francis Schaeffer Institute at Covenant Theological Seminary. Jerram and Esther were colleagues and neighbors at Covenant Seminary. Esther’s contribution is titled “Love, the Final Epistemology (and Ontology, too).”
Advancing the Vision: Essays in Honor of John H. White
Edited by Jonathan Watt and Bruce Backensto
Collected essays honoring the thought and legacy of Dr. John White. Jack was President of Geneva College, instrumental in Esther’s joining the faculty in 2004. He was a creatively influential leader in the Pittsburgh region and beyond. Esther’s contribution is titled “The Indissoluble, Unformalizable Primacy of the Person in the Digital Age.”
Collected essays honoring the thought and legacy of Dr. John White. Jack was President of Geneva College, instrumental in Esther’s joining the faculty in 2004. He was a creatively influential leader in the Pittsburgh region and beyond. Esther’s contribution is titled “The Indissoluble, Unformalizable Primacy of the Person in the Digital Age.”
The Practices of a Healthy Church: Biblical Strategies for Vibrant Church Life and Ministry
By Donald J. McNair with Esther Meek
Timeless and fresh insights into the priorities, practices, and strategies of vibrant, ministering churches.
Timeless and fresh insights into the priorities, practices, and strategies of vibrant, ministering churches.