Caught Between Truths

Barry L. Callen

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The paramount need of contemporary Christianity lies in the field of clear thinking. The Christian faith cannot endure by mere organization or by emphasis upon feeling, and little else. I commend to readers everywhere, and of all persuasions, this book of Dr. Callen that deals honestly and skillfully with the nature of Christian faith.
   --David Elton Trueblood, Professor of Philosophy at Earlham  School of Religion (now deceased)

After reading an early draft of this book three decades ago, I was struck by Dr. Callen’s forthright questioning of propositional theology, which held the field of Christian faith long before the term postmodernism had entered intellectual discourse. I am glad to see that his ideas have been further developed and his book is now being published. Truly, its time has come.

--Joseph D. Allison, Coordinator of Communications and Publishing, at Church of God Ministries, Inc.

This book reflects the mature wisdom of a veteran scholar and highly respected theologian on a topic that is much debated across the university curriculum. Avoiding the extremes of modernist and postmodernist notions of truth, Dr. Callen proposes that truth is a continuum that spans a spectrum of diversity and yet entails multidimensional unity. This work shows that either/or thinking is too simplistic and that Christian faith appropriately appreciates the nature of paradoxical thinking without succumbing to logical contradictions. This work is both philosophical and pastoral, theological and personal, and is lucidly written.

—Laurence W. Wood, Frank Paul Morris Professor of Theology, Asbury Theological Seminary
 

About the Author:

Barry L. Callen holds earned doctoral degrees from Chicago Theological Seminary and Indiana University and masters degrees from Anderson University School of Theology and Asbury Theological Seminary. He currently is University Professor Emeritus of Christian Studies at Anderson University. He has been editor of the Wesleyan Theological Journal since 1992 and is the founding editor of Anderson University Press. He has written or edited more than thirty books.