Tag Archives: Book Review

The Theology of Scientific Naturalism

Book Review When I picked up Cornelius Hunter’s Science’s Blind Spot: The Unseen Religion of Scientific Naturalism, I expected the “unseen religion” of the title to refer in some way to atheistic naturalism itself. Whether naturalism is a form of religion depends on definitions. If religion is defined as a system of beliefs involving the …

January 5, 2010 – 10:43 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , , | Comments (34)

Review: God’s Philosophers by James Hannam

Book Review A few weeks ago when I had lunch with Bradley Monton, his colleague and friend Robert Pasnau came along as well. Pasnau introduced himself to me as a philosopher specializing in medieval philosophy. I tried to think of something intelligent to say to that, and I have to admit nothing came out. It …

September 25, 2009 – 12:23 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged | Comments (40)

“The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is” by N.T. Wright

Book Review I should have anticipated it from the title, but N.T. Wright’s The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is presented me with an unexpected personal challenge. Wright is an historian of the New Testament era, and in this book heset out to accomplish two historical purposes. The first was what one …

July 3, 2009 – 11:26 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , | Comments Off

As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation From Rwanda

This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series As We Forgive

Book Review “One of the most haunting things about living in Rwanda after the genocide is that killers still walk among the survivors.” (From page 249.) I have just experienced one of the most remarkable books of my life: As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation From Rwanda, by Prison Fellowship senior writer and editor Catherine …

April 25, 2009 – 9:04 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Service, The Faith | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)

The Late Great Ape Debate by Bayard Taylor

Book Review Bayard Taylor has a knack for explaining issues for teens and college students, and doing it clearly, with a refreshing sense of humor. He did it previously with Blah, Blah, Blah, an excellent guide to worldviews (and yes, that’s its title, or at least part of it). He has done it again with …

April 2, 2009 – 3:18 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

Slaughter of the Dissidents–Book Review

Book Review I suppose I ought to start this review on a more positive note, but here I go anyway: If you didn’t like the movie Expelled, you are really not going to like Jerry Bergman’s Slaughter of the Dissidents: The Shocking Truth About Killing The Careers Of Darwin Doubters. It’s one thing to sit …

December 18, 2008 – 6:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, The Faith, Unfiled | Tagged , , , | Comments (3)

No One Sees God: The Dark Night of Atheists and Believers by Michael Novak

Book Review Michael Novak is convinced that Atheists and believers in God can and should open civil, reasoned conversations about questions important to each. Who really are we? What may we hope? How ought we to live? In the face of such questions, both the atheist and the theist stand in similar darkness. The atheist …

December 8, 2008 – 3:30 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences, New Atheism | Tagged | Comments (3)

Timothy Keller’s Talks on “The Reason for God”

Many people have commented on Timothy Keller’s book The Reason for God. I thought I had done a review myself, but I can’t find it! That’s what happens when you blog for a while–it’s hard to keep track of what you’ve done. Here’s the short, better-late-than-never version: it’s one of the best books written lately …

December 3, 2008 – 8:02 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences | Tagged | Comments (8)

A New Earth, an Old Deception

Book Review Richard Abanes takes a thorough and critical look at Eckhart Tolle’s latest book, in his 2008 Bethany House book, A New Earth, An Old Deception: Awakening to the Dangers of Eckhart Tolle’s #1 Bestseller. It’s a study primarily aimed (through most of its length) toward Christian believers, drawing on Christians’ shared trust in …

September 30, 2008 – 9:00 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Age | Tagged , | Comments (4)

Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics

Book Review Readers of this blog may be familiar with Dr. William Lane Craig’s work; we’ve discussed him more than once. A prolific author, Craig is Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology and a frequent debater on the truth of Christianity. His recent revision of Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics (Third …

August 25, 2008 – 3:19 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences | Tagged , , | Comments (3)