Minority Report : Unpopular Thoughts on

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!

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

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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Minority Report : Unpopular Thoughts on Everything from Ancient Christianity to Zen-Calvinism

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