Minority Report : Unpopular Thoughts on Everything from Ancient Christianity to Zen-Calvinism
by Trueman, Carl R.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-02-19
Publisher(s): Stl Distribution North Amer
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Summary
Theological essays are dusty, humourless affairs arent they?Well, they dont have to be! This is the second collection of essays by Carl Truman. His first collection was received with the enthusiasm shown by the reviews opposite.This time Chick Lit, Adolf Eichman, the i-pod, Roger Beckwith, the Blues, Watership Down, American Idol, Nietzsche, zen-calvinism, Augustine and ferrets! all get a mention.If you want to inform your mind and chuckle at the same time Carls your man!
Author Biography
Carl Trueman is the Dean of Faculty and professor of historical theology and church history at Westminster Theological Seminary. He is also the editor of Themelios and has contributed to the Dictionary of Historical Theology; the Dictionary of National Biography; The Cambridge Companion to Reformation Theology, and the Blackwell Companion to Modern Theology
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 7 |
| Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light | p. 13 |
| Uneasy Consciences and Critical Minds: What the Followers of Carl Henry Can Learn From Edward Said | p. 43 |
| The Banality of Evil: From Eichmann to the iPod Generation | p. 69 |
| It Ain't Over Till the Fat Lady Sings | p. 87 |
| The Age of Apathy | p. 103 |
| Breeding Ferrets on Watership Down | p. 109 |
| A Good Creed Seldom Goes Unpunished | p. 119 |
| Is the Devil Really in the Details? | p. 125 |
| I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues | p. 131 |
| Beyond the Limitations of Chick Lit | p. 137 |
| Where is Authenticity to be Found? | p. 149 |
| American Idolatry | p. 157 |
| Thoughts on the Return to Rome of Professor Beckwith | p. 163 |
| The Theater of the Absurd | p. 171 |
| Leadership, Holy Men, and Lessons from Augustine | p. 177 |
| Escaping Vanity Fair-A Word of Encouragement from Nietzsche | p. 189 |
| Death, the Final Boundary | p. 197 |
| A Dangerous Gift for my Wife | p. 203 |
| Zen-Calvinism and the Art of Motorvehicle Replacement | p. 209 |
| Postscript: Sherlock Holmes and the Curious Case of the Missing Book | p. 215 |
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