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The worlds of wonder that Nicholas Wolterstorff opens up in this affecting memoir include rural Dutch-America, a Kuyperian mind-set, analytical philosophy, humane pedagogy, art understood as craftsmanship, the deep realities (joy and sorrow alike) of family, and more. This book is as deeply moving as it is beautifully understated.

Mark A. Noll

University of Notre Dame

This marvelous memoir embodies everything I admire about Nick Wolterstorff. It is wise, humane, and beautiful, infused with love and a passion for justice. It is also wonderfully witty in a way befitting someone who taught us that Gods shalom is a world bursting with delight. I was absorbed by it, and when I put it down, I was grateful and inspired.

James K. A. Smith

Calvin College

I never took a course from Nick Wolterstorff, but he has been my teacher for the past half-century. The range of his contributions to the Christian life of the mind is amazing. But now, in this fine memoir, we get an even richer picturea portrait of what it means to journey through life as an integrated person who exhibits in a very personal way a profound commitment to truth, beauty, and justice.

Richard Mouw

Fuller Theological Seminary

Nicholas Wolterstorffs memoir is a treasure. I literally could not stop reading it. Readers will find deep insights into such diverse worlds as small-town life, philosophy, the academic world, and the world of family and friends that we all inhabit. Wolterstorff provides a rich account of a life of Christian faith lived with integrity, an attractive picture of a version of Christianity that is open-minded and warm-hearted, rooted in gratitude and love for Gods creation and redemption.

C. Stephen Evans

Baylor University

This colorful, revealing memoir defies stereotypes of analytic philosophers and modest Calvinists alike. It may not surprise those familiar with the life and work of Nicholas Wolterstorff, the leading light of a remarkable renaissance of Christian learning, that he could write such a moving book. But what a feast awaits readers old and new, religious and secular, academic or not. Opinionated but not grumpy, personal but not egocentric, Wolterstorff weaves his many lovesintellectual perplexity, politics, art, music, architecture, education, nature, and even the intricacies of Japanese ceramics and Danish furnitureinto a compelling narrative of philosophical wonder and divine grace. Vintage Wolterstorff, In This World of Wonders bears witness to a generous Christian humanism sorely needed today.

Eric Gregory

Princeton University

Nicholas Wolterstorff is best known as one of the leading figures in the revival of Christian philosophy. But to those who have had the good fortune to meet him, he is even more remarkable for his open-minded readiness to engage with anyone, to learn from anything, and to bring his keen critical intelligence to bear on the most unlikely subjects. This memoir reflects that open-minded spirit, as it brings out the many communities, events, and relationships that have shaped him. Warmly recommended.

Jean Porter

University of Notre Dame

Wolterstorffs memoir is a window into the recent history of modern philosophy, a light on the tangled engagement of Christianity with the late modern world, andabove alla lens into a life and calling lived within and out of community. In This World of Wonders is a joy to readilluminating, wise, and gracious as the man himself.

James Davison Hunter

University of Virginia

How should one live? The question sounds abstract, as if a treatise were the expected answer. But the life for which you actually bear responsibility is your response, as the particular person you are, to the wonders and horrors in your midst, in a world that will not let you wait until all the evidence is in. This memoir by Nicholas Wolterstorff invites us to listen in while he reflects on what he has experienced and done. Here are the births, deaths, relatives, loves, associates, schools, churches, injustices, homes, struggles, projects, ideals, and patches of sedge that have mattered to him. If you have found any of his other books rewarding, you should certainly read this one.

Jeffrey Stout

Princeton University

Nicholas Wolterstorff has contributed so much over the course of his life, and this memoir, told with incredible grace, humility, and charm, gives us a fascinating look at how his faith, theology, and commitment to justice have been shaped and put to use. Nicks emphasis on learning and listening has blessed him with an incredible wealth of knowledge, from which we can all learn something that will in turn deepen our own faith, understanding, and love for the world in which we live. His is a life worth reading about, and he is someone I deeply admire.

Jim Wallis

Sojourners

If you ever thought philosophy dull, read this book and think again. Nick Wolterstorff describes the rich landscape of his lifeart, music, love, grief, the academy, houses, travel, family, furniture, and much morein a vivid, fast-paced, and deeply moving account. From these foothills there rise up the mighty peaks of his lifes work: justice, liturgy, peace, divine discourse, lament, politics, Reason, Being, Knowing. Seeing these in the context of Wolterstorffs remarkable life, we see in new ways why they matter for all of us.

N. T. Wright

University of St. Andrews

Nicholas Wolterstorffs fingerprints are all over the better sort of American evangelicalism, from the revival of Christian philosophy to a reawakening of passion for social justice to the renewal of interest in liturgy and the arts. If you lived through these things, as I did, this book is for you.

David Neff

Christianity Today

No one in recent times has contributed more to more areas of Christian philosophy than has Nick Wolterstorff. He is a sort of Thomas Jefferson in the range of his interests and mastery. In his memoir he puts his thinking and activities in personal contexts. The story of the modest circumstances of his early years is particularly fascinating, especially in light of the richness of the experiences that follow.

George Marsden

University of Notre Dame

Nick Wolterstorffs memoir demolishes common stereotypes of academics. The role of the ivory tower pales in significance in comparison to his Dutch immigrant community in Minnesota. This would be a compelling story even if it were not a first-person eyewitness account of the extraordinary twentieth-century renaissance of Christian philosophy. Beyond that, it is a moving reflection on a life marked by grace, grief, and gratitude.

Kevin J. Vanhoozer

Trinity Evangelical
Divinity School

Always poignant, evocative, and honest, Wolterstorff leads us through one remarkable vignette after another with the deftness of a master. When you have finished reading, you will feel pain that its time to leave his world of wonders.

Cornelius Plantinga Jr.

Calvin Institute of Christian Worship

In This World of Wonders

Memoir of a Life in Learning

Nicholas Wolterstorff

WILLIAM B. EERDMANS PUBLISHING COMPANY

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