Loving to Know by Esther Lightcap Meek

This book proposes that we take as a paradigm, of all acts of knowing, the unfolding, covenantally constituted, interpersonal relationship. (Location 104)

Conversations are interpersonal exchanges typified by deep, indwelling listening, and then by a response in which the thoughtful participant creatively melds insights gleaned with others previously acquired. (Location 110)

I have in mind conversations in which the participants assume the posture of mutual submission with a loved and trusted friend whom each invites to speak into their lives. (Location 112)

Knowing, like any semi-automatic aptitude, can be misdirected, or, with practice, can become a fine-tuned skill. (Location 203)

Whatever is on the petals is not in the sphere of knowledge: belief, opinion, values, morals, faith, religion, emotion, art, body, practical application, imagination, authority, femaleness. (Location 322)

Interpretation stands in the way of facts. We see training in interpretation as important for getting beyond bias to facts. If interpretation were to be part of knowledge, knowledge would no longer be knowledge, people think. Nowadays it is widely held that everybody “has a perspective.” But what is generally (Location 334)