Reviews

An Expansive and Insightful Read!


A Review by Prof. Dr. Ronald T. Michener, BELGIUM

Philanthropist Daofeng He takes us on a vast 3000 year journey through Eastern and Western history, philosophy, and religion. The Human Calling is an extremely informative and insightful overview that stems from his personal biographical narrative combined with and supported by a breadth of academic research in both Asian and Western intellectual thought.


Any sweeping account of intellectual history will approach such a task from a perspective or grid that governs the mode of inquiry. Daofeng He’s sweeping narrative is robustly Christian, but by no means sectarian.

Using the provocative lens of “human calling,” he reveals how, through the centuries, humanity has grappled with what it truly means to be human in view of “human requirement” (laws, government, etc.) and “human ability” (such as technological and economic “progress”), themes he returns to consistently throughout the book. The “human calling” is that which calls humans beyond their own selfish ambitions and arrogant aspirations to that which they are called by their Creator. He deftly brings to light the “charitable welfare” provided by those heeding the “human calling,” to spread “God’s goodness and love for people in places where government and market fail to work” (p. 432). The reader will discover these insights, along with many other compelling observations, when reading The Human Calling.