The Hunger for Significance

  • Year 1983
  • Type Book
  • Genre practical theology
  • Tradition Reformed
  • Original language English

For For readers who want to think about human worth and dignity in daily life from a Christian view; not for those wanting a theological anthropology.

Should I read this?

For the general reader
3 of 5 worth your time
For the researcher
2 of 5 useful
Difficulty
1 of 5 light

Human dignity grounded in the image of God and applied to everyday institutions.

How it proceeds
  • Philosophic 2 of 5
  • Scriptural 3 of 5
  • Experiential 2 of 5
  • Sociological 4 of 5
  • Historical 1 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

Published by Regal in 1983 and republished by P&R as The Hunger for Significance: Seeing the Image of God in Man (2001, 2020). Sproul examines the search for personal worth and the obstacles to dignity in the home, school, hospital, prison, church and workplace, and grounds human dignity in the image of God.

Catalog IDW.JE6ERK.6

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