New!Websites for Authors
Tertulia Logo
New!Websites for Authors
The co-op bookstore for avid readers
Book Cover for: Beyond the Wager: The Christian Brilliance of Blaise Pascal, Douglas Groothuis

Beyond the Wager: The Christian Brilliance of Blaise Pascal

Douglas Groothuis

Paperback
Regular price$24.99With free membership trial$12.4950% off your first book+ Free shipping
In Stock– Ships within one business day

Do you recommend this book?

Yes!

No

There was more to Blaise Pascal than his "wager," an argument about the existence of God. In this accessible study, philosopher Douglas Groothuis introduces readers to Pascal's life as well as the breadth of his intellectual pursuits, overviewing the key points of his Pensées and exploring his views on culture, politics, and more.

Book Details

  • Publisher: IVP Academic
  • Publish Date: Apr 2nd, 2024
  • Pages: 224
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.60in - 5.80in - 0.80in - 0.70lb
  • EAN: 9781514001783
  • Categories: • Individual Philosophers• Philosophers• Religious

More books to explore

Book Cover for: Letters of Frithjof Schuon: Reflections on the Perennial Philosophy, Frithjof Schuon
Book Cover for: How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind, Regan Penaluna
Book Cover for: I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche, Sue Prideaux
Book Cover for: Montaigne, Stefan Zweig
Book Cover for: Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality, David Edmonds
Book Cover for: Machiavelli in Hell: Pulitzer Prize Winner, Sebastian de Grazia
Book Cover for: Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life, Jonathan Sperber
Book Cover for: Montaigne in Barn Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy, Michael Perry
Book Cover for: A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy and War at Oxford, 1900-1960, Nikhil Krishnan
Book Cover for: Francis Bacon: Secrets of the Golden Age Prince, Elizabeth Clare Prophet
Book Cover for: Places of Mind, Timothy Brennan
Book Cover for: Private Notebooks: 1914-1916, Ludwig Wittgenstein
Book Cover for: Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are, John Kaag
Book Cover for: Friedrich Nietzsche, Julian Young
Book Cover for: Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power, Ross King

About the Author

Groothuis, Douglas: -

Douglas Groothuis (Ph.D., University of Oregon) is professor of philosophy at Denver Seminary in Denver, Colorado. He has published articles in such professional journals as Philosophia Christi, Themelios, Christian Scholars Review, Inquiry and Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. He is the author of several books, including Unmasking the New Age, Confronting the New Age, Revealing the New Age Jesus, Truth Decay and, in the Wadsworth Philosophers Series, On Pascal and On Jesus.

More books by Douglas Groothuis

Book Cover for: Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith, Douglas Groothuis
Book Cover for: World Religions in Seven Sentences: A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic, Douglas Groothuis
Book Cover for: Philosophy in Seven Sentences: A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic, Douglas Groothuis
Book Cover for: Truth Decay: Defending Christianity Against the Challenges of Postmodernism, Douglas Groothuis
Book Cover for: Walking Through Twilight: A Wife's Illness-A Philosopher's Lament, Douglas Groothuis
Book Cover for: The Knowledge of God in the World and the Word Workbook: An Introduction to Classical Apologetics, Douglas Groothuis
Book Cover for: Unmasking the New Age, Douglas Groothuis
Book Cover for: Philosophy in Seven Sentences: A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic (16pt Large Print Format), Douglas Groothuis
Book Cover for: The Knowledge of God in the World and the Word: An Introduction to Classical Apologetics, Douglas Groothuis

Praise for this book

"I have been reading Blaise Pascal's writings as well as other contemporary writers and apologists who have discussed Pascal and his ideas for at least three decades. Beyond the Wager: The Christian Brilliance of Blaise Pascal is one of the finest introductions to this amazing Christian thinker available. Douglas Groothuis's fine book is both substantive and accessible-a must-read for all of us contemporary Pascalians."
"This is a stunningly good and meticulously researched yet lively look at the work of the pioneering Christian thinker Blaise Pascal. Groothuis masterfully does for a new generation what needs to be done over and over, introducing this creative mind anew to show the importance of his tremendous insights for our time, and all times."
"Philosopher Douglas Groothuis has devoted decades to studying, teaching, and writing about Blaise Pascal, and it shows. Groothuis skillfully addresses Pascal's fascinating life, scientific achievements, theological controversies, apologetic efforts, and more. His adept presentation of Pascal's unique anthropological argument for Christianity is particularly superb. Beyond the Wager is an excellent resource for seasoned Pascal readers and those new to the compelling insights gleaned from the works of the French polymath."
"A fine introduction to the breadth of Pascal's apologetics, Douglas Groothuis's Beyond the Wager is accessible without oversimplification and careful without pedantry. It includes intriguing discussions of little-known or overlooked arguments and ideas in Pascal's thought, such as those concerning the status of messianic prophecies as evidence for the truth of Christianity and the rational appraisal of non-Christian religions."
"Blaise Pascal is a genius for the ages, though he's often misunderstood and sometimes maligned. Douglas Groothuis's treatment is admirable-one of the ablest philosophers of our day writing on one of the ablest of all time. No thoughtful defense of faith today can afford to avoid engagement with the brilliance and the passion of Pascal's Pensées."