Quote by Peter Kreeft
“Gimli’s story is different. Beginning from a similarly prideful starting point, the process of change is long, slow, and far from smooth. But it is a path walked with courage. From Dwarf-only upringing to cross-cultural bridge-builder, and from obstinate and stubborn to humbly teachable, his is a journey that is completely alien to his people. Seen in this light, engaging and honouring the distrusted and unknown is in itself an act of courage, and undergoing an existential journey of self-discovery requires strength of character. Gimli never becomes less a dwarf—strength and courage are still at the heart of all he does—but he reapplies those traits in a wiser way.”
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Peter John Kreeft is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King's College, and author of numerous books as well as a popular writer on Christian theology, and specifically Roman Catholic apologetics. He also formulated together with Ronald K. Tacelli, SJ, "Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God".
Kreeft took his A.B. at Calvin College (1959), and an M.A. at Fordham University (1961). In the same university he completed his doctoral studies in 1965. He briefly did post graduate studies at Yale University. He joined the Philosophy faculty of the Department of Philosophy of Boston College in 1965. In 1994 he was a signer of the document Evangelicals and Catholics Together.