Comments on: Book Review: Whatever Happened to Truth?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:07:41 +0000

Dr. K

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:16:43 +0000

I appreciate your review of the book. You raise some good points, and of course every review is the personal opinion of the reviewer. I hope you don't mind if I subject your review to a review of my own, however.
First, the phrase “rambling mesh,” in my view, is not worthy of a serious review. I would encourage you to treat the scholarly work of others with proper respect and with the care you would want extended to your own work.
Also, the reason why the summaries of Vanhoozer's chapter are longer may be because his essay is longer than some of the others and because his argument is more complex, not because he is incoherent.
You don't say anything about the introduction and the epilogue of the book. Since the book is a compilation of four essays of as many authors, it is in those sections that the essays are related. Any comments on these?
And what about your passion for the truth of Christ being proclaimed in today's postmodern culture? Are you satisfied with being critical of the work of others or do you have constructive proposals of your own? I'm sure you do. What are they?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:52:32 +0000

I found the repeated usage of "cowardly" in describing postmodernism a bit sensational, as well as the last bit where he charges it with playing backgammon during battle, the cure that kills the patient, etc. He had already made his point but continued to rail. Though I agree with his position, I'm not sure piling on so much rhetoric is really helpful. For those who haven't read, a version of Moreland's paper is available on STR's site: http://www.str.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5682

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:25:41 +0000

Hey Roger, quick question: which parts of Moreland's essay did you find “sensational?”