What is an intellectual? How can we learn to think well? What does it mean to love God with our minds? Can Christians legitimately aspire to becoming intellectuals? And can intellectual life indeed be a Christian calling for some - if not for all?

James Sire puts his supple mind to these questions and offers an unusual insider's view of learning to think well for the glory of God and for the sake of his kingdom. In particular he shows us how to cultivate "habits of the mind" that will strengthen us in the pursuit of our goal. Because Jesus was the smartest man who ever lived, he argues, we can and should accept the challenge to think as well as we can.

"Few contemporary evangelical writers have so profitably explored the meaning and implications of the Christian worldview and mind as Jim Sire. Now his wise, well-informed and witty work Habits of the Mind puts us even further in his debt." Douglas Groothuis, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Denver Seminary, and author of Truth Decay (IVP)

"This may be Dr. Sire's best book yet! He has introduced us to many fellow travelers on the road to wisdom who are great discoveries in themselves. He helpfully points us to all the important links--mind and heart, passion for holiness and passion for truth--links that should be indissoluble, but alas are not." Terry Morrison, Director Faculty Ministries, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

"Over the last twenty-five years, no one has written so widely and helpfully about the challenge facing Christian students as James Sire. Page upon page, year after year, he has set before a generation the meaning of the Christian faith--intellectually rich and profoundly true. Now in Habits of the Mind one hears countless conversations and a lifetime of listening in this call to love what we believe, to live the truth even as we learn to probe and ponder it." Steven Garber, Scholar-in-Residence, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities