The Domestication of Transcendence

February 10, 2001Written by Rick Shrader

Author: Placher, William C.
Genre: Theology - General
Tags: Modernism / Postmodernism
Series:

Rick Shrader‘s Review:

The title of this book interested me along with the sub-title: How modern thinking about God went wrong. Placher follows the thinking about God from before the modern period to after the modern period. He agrees with the post-modern refutation of new theology, especially in the area (as the title implies) of reducing God’s awe and wonder to a domesticated, human level. Most of the book is given to reconnecting theology to Reformation roots, and it tries the patience of the reader to follow the thinking through.

Quotes from this book:

No items found

Modernism / Postmodernism

Similar posts

The Gospel and Narrative

October 20, 2011

Long John Silver is a prominent name in the minds of those young (and older) boys who have read Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Throughout the entire story young Jim Hawkins struggles with who the real Long John Silver is and how to understand his actions. Is he the affable, generous sea cook, and friend […]

The Highways and Hedges

June 4, 2011

I found the joy of the salvation of others. Oh, the privilege, the blessed privilege, to be used of God to win a soul to Christ, and to see a man or woman being led out of bondage by some act of ours toward them. To think that God should condescend to allow us to […]

Does Love Win?

May 7, 2011

Recently, there has been an explosion of attention focused on Rob Bell and his new book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived, which was released in March 2011 by HarperOne. The buzz surrounding this book began when Bell posted an introductory video to his book […]