Longing to Know

This is an excellent book. It does what it says on the tin. I read it at l'Abri, a Christian residential study centre in beautiful rural Hampshire.

It's full of fun stories and illustrations (a marrow that fell off the windowsill into the sink in the middle of the night; downhill skiing; learning to play the piano; the geeky guy in the Matrix who watches the numbers on the screen; and an extended illustration that runs through the book about what it is to know and trust Jeff, the car mechanic). It was written by a philosophy professor at an American seminary who realised that her students had big, personal struggles with epistemology and needed a small, readable book....

It gave me some new hope that we can grow in confidence in our knowledge of stuff, (in general, and in our knowledge of God in particular). Has anybody else read it? Or possibly even better - has anybody else read Michael Polanyi (on whom Meek says she has based much of her thought)? If so, please can you explain to me what the role of Special Revelation is in this model of knowledge? If you haven't read this book, please could you read it and then tell me...