The Cost of Ambition
How Striving to Be Better Than Others Makes Us Worse
$36.98
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2026
Summary
New York Times bestselling author Miroslav Volf on why striving for superiority is at odds with the Christian faith
Christianity Today 2025 Book Award Winner (Popular Theology)
”[A] smart take on a world obsessed with forward motion.“–Publishers Weekly
Many people believe that ambition—striving to be better than others—improves us and advances society. But what if it actually makes us worse?
In The Cost of Ambition, world-renowned theologian a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781587437311 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1587437317 |
| Author: | Miroslav Volf |
| Publisher: | Baker Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Brazos Press, Div of Baker Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 223g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
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Miroslav Volf
Miroslav Volf holds a DrTheol from the University of Tübingen. He is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and the founding director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture.
Volf has authored or edited more than two dozen books, including the New York Times bestseller Life Worth Living, A Public Faith, Public Faith in Action, and Exclusion and Embrace. The latter received the Grawemeyer Award in Religion and was recognized by Christianity Today as one of the 100 best religious books of the 20th century.
He lectures internationally on a regular basis.
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