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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
An intriguing combination of apologia, early church history and cultural critique, this deeply personal book attempts to convey the foundations of Christian thought in a way that appeals to modern readers seeking authentic faith in a secular culture. The devotional tone is a distinct departure for Smith, a philosopher and prominent scholar of world religions. This may account for the erudite and occasionally rambling quality of the book's first section, where Smith delineates the "fixed points" of a Christian worldview; he uses science, psychology, the arts, Platonic philosophy and medieval theology to meditate on the nature of reality and the order of the universe. As Smith takes on the "shaky foundation" of modern culture, one of his central tenets is that modern culture has not been able to "distinguish absence-of-evidence from evidence-of-absence." The book's longest section is Smith's summary of the life and significance of Jesus, the history of the early church and various theological matters such as the Trinity and the nature of heaven and hell. While parts are relatively straightforward, Smith's use of anecdotes and willingness to make his own idiosyncratic interpretations of major doctrines of the Christian faith mean that this section cannot be read as a simple digest of previous scholarship. (Sept.)
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From Booklist
Renowned religious scholar Smith believes we are living through the second of two great revolutions. The first, that of the scientific method that emerged in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, he proclaims was disastrous for the human spirit. The current revolution he deems constructive because it allows us to see where secularism went wrong, making the twentieth century an era of violence, not progress, and rendering the institutions of contemporary culture unstable at best. He examines basic Christianity by writing about what Christianity means to him and how it has shaped his life and beliefs in three chapters that eruditely discuss, respectively, the Christian worldview, the Christian story (encompassing the historical Jesus, the Christ of faith, the Resurrection, the Mystical Body of Christ, and the Incarnation, among other topics), and the three branches of Christianity today (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism). In revealing his own religious beliefs, Smith offers a Christian primer filtered through the mind of a brilliant interpreter. June Sawyers
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An intriguing combination of apologia, early church history and cultural critique, this deeply personal book attempts to convey the foundations of Christian thought in a way that appeals to modern readers seeking authentic faith in a secular culture. The devotional tone is a distinct departure for Smith, a philosopher and prominent scholar of world religions. This may account for the erudite and occasionally rambling quality of the book's first section, where Smith delineates the "fixed points" of a Christian worldview; he uses science, psychology, the arts, Platonic philosophy and medieval theology to meditate on the nature of reality and the order of the universe. As Smith takes on the "shaky foundation" of modern culture, one of his central tenets is that modern culture has not been able to "distinguish absence-of-evidence from evidence-of-absence." The book's longest section is Smith's summary of the life and significance of Jesus, the history of the early church and various theological matters such as the Trinity and the nature of heaven and hell. While parts are relatively straightforward, Smith's use of anecdotes and willingness to make his own idiosyncratic interpretations of major doctrines of the Christian faith mean that this section cannot be read as a simple digest of previous scholarship. (Sept.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Renowned religious scholar Smith believes we are living through the second of two great revolutions. The first, that of the scientific method that emerged in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, he proclaims was disastrous for the human spirit. The current revolution he deems constructive because it allows us to see where secularism went wrong, making the twentieth century an era of violence, not progress, and rendering the institutions of contemporary culture unstable at best. He examines basic Christianity by writing about what Christianity means to him and how it has shaped his life and beliefs in three chapters that eruditely discuss, respectively, the Christian worldview, the Christian story (encompassing the historical Jesus, the Christ of faith, the Resurrection, the Mystical Body of Christ, and the Incarnation, among other topics), and the three branches of Christianity today (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism). In revealing his own religious beliefs, Smith offers a Christian primer filtered through the mind of a brilliant interpreter. June Sawyers
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
See all Editorial Reviews
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