Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 175 pages
- Published by: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company February 15, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0802863167
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0802863164
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
- Weighs: 8.8 ounces
Reader Reviews* Chris Emerick, Regent University School of Divinity [from Religious Studies Review, 33 (2007), 120-121.] The essays in this handy volume demonstrate that C. Henry's view of truth is passing away. Henry argued that truth is reducible to true propositions. One of the main thrusts of this book is that truth is not simply (or even significantly) propositional, but entails ethical, existential, and aesthetic dimensions long overlooked. Thus, truth is not merely or even primarily the correspondence of assertions with reality, but involves relational dynamics, which transcend merely ostensive references dependent upon the now superseded subject/object bifurcation. Although there is no mention of him in the index, Brunner's legacy of construing truth as encounter is also advanced in this volume. Originally presented as conference addresses, the nine chapters nicely survey many of the contours of truth, sharpening one's focus upon the biblical text. For some conservative readers, the book is occasionally controversial, such as in Wallace's essay where he suggests that a hermeneutic of love would promote the inclusion of homosexual Christians into the full life and ministry of the church. But because the essays deal with these kinds of challenging topics, the book serves a key role in generating substantive discussion on the Bible and truth in the contemporary milieu. Benefits include essays on preaching and truth and a proposal for theological education, which entails the advance of Christian practices through rhetorical instruction. In sum, this volume points toward reconceiving truth as a way of life, a way of being-in-the-world, while not entirely rejecting more content-centered approaches.
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