The Less Traveled Road and the Bible: A Scriptural Critique of the Philosophy of M. Scott Peck (Paperback)

~ H. Wayne House (Author), Richard Abanes (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Horizon Books Publishers (August 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0889651175
• ISBN-13: 978-0889651173
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,396,280 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good first part, let down by poorly thought out conclusions., August 30, 1998

By A Customer

This book is in two sections, written by two authors.

As a summary of Peck's work, the first section of this book is extra-ordinary. Even after much editing, Peck sometimes can be found wandering in his dialog. Never before have I seen such a concise explanation of the key ideas and principles that Peck puts forward. I think Scotty himself would be pleased!.

Sadly though, the second section of this book starts with preconceptions about the "unbiblical" views of Peck. It then rambles on through various excerpts of Pecks writings to point out the error of his ways."Peck distorts this", "Peck fails to see this" etc.

Without a thorough understanding of issues such as love, self love, narcisissm etc, Dr. Wayne House slates each idea he comes across, and then adds a 3 point gospel sermon to the end which is so narrow-minded, its like being back in an old charismatic church where the preacher has gone on too long about eternal damnation, and is making his appeal.

The snide remarks about how much he earns as a professional psychotherapist are uncalled for, and show that Dr. House has lost his own argument a long time ago.

All credit to Richard Abnes for his first section. Clearly an intelligent concise thinker at work here - Maybe ask Amazon if ya can buy the first half of this book at half price?! Even at full price, his summaries are worth their weight in gold..

Mark.

7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A sad useless book, June 27, 2003

By A Customer

Right from the beginning this book is not REALLY ment to be a critique of Peck's work.

It tries to take him apart(in very poor fashion)personally and professionally. It is truely MENT to be MEAN spirited. It is written is a way that the authors take his concepts out of context. It took a LOT of work to twist the meaning of the quotes that they took from Peck, then TOLD US THAT "THIS IS WHAT PECK MEANS".

It smacks of writing with a "righteous" attitude. The whole book reeks of the attitude that "only us who read the bible can make an interpretation of "Grace" or anything to do with GOD, AND ONLY WE KNOW THE TRUE DEFINITION OF LOVE", and we(the authors)need to remind you that our interpretation is the "only correct one".

The one thing I am sure about this book is; that God is truely sad that these people have used the bible in such a wrong manner to further their own cause.