Having said something about Chesterton, in the first part of this review, it is time to turn to the book. It is arranged in nine chapters with a conclusion: first, […]
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Category: Reviews
Review of “G.K. Chesterton” Theologian” by Aidan Nichols (Part One)
Aidan Nichols, G.K. Chesterton, Theologian, Darton, Longman and Todd, London (209 pp. bibliography but no index) This is the first part of a multi-part series. I am going to first […]
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“A Time to Keep Silence,” by Patrick Leigh Fermor
A Time to Keep Silence, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Queen Anne Press, 1953 (reprinted with additions, Penguin, 1982) This is Fermor’s account of his visit to two monasteries, and one burial […]
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Fairbairn, The Typology of Scripture
In 1845, Patrick Fairbairn, Professor of Divinity at the Free Church College, Glasgow, published a massive two-volume work, The Typology of Scripture Viewed in Connection with the Whole Series of […]
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The Genesis of the American Jesus
Further to my favourable review of Stephen Prothero’s American Jesus, it might be useful to consider how the “American Jesus” came to be. The idea of the Lord as a […]
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“American Jesus,” A Book Review
American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon, Stephen Prothero; Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York, 2003 (364 pp., including index) In one of several enlightening passages, […]
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R.H. Benson, “The Queen’s Tragedy”
Robert Hugh Benson, The Queen’s Tragedy, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London, 1906 (382 pages) This much under-rated novel, was written just after The King’s Achievement. It is basically a […]
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Carson’s “Exegetical Fallacies,” (Third and final part)
Perhaps the most important chapter in the book is this one: “Logical Fallacies.” The first error is “false disjunctions.” For example, someone said that where St Matthew follows St Mark […]
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Review of “Exegetical Fallacies,” D.A. Carson, Pt II
We have almost finished chapter 2, on word-fallacies. Carson’s treatment of what I would call the mystical language of St John’s Gospel is worth reading, when one wants to study […]
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Review, Exegetical Fallacies, D. A. Carson
Exegetical Fallacies, 2nd edition, D(onald) A(rthur) Carson, Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1996 (142 pp. + indices) “Exegesis” is the interpretation and explanation of something. It is very often used […]
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