Perhaps
Reclaiming the Space Between Doubt and Dogmatism

Ein recht ausgewogenes Buch, das für sich beansprucht, einen dritten Weg zwischen Dogmatismus und Skeptizismus gefunden zu haben. Im ersten Teil wirbt McNall dafür, Spekulation nicht als ein schambesetztes Wort anzusehen, sondern als eine wichtige Voraussetzung Theologie zu betreiben. Teil 2 wendet......more

In this timely book, Joshua McNall (theology professor at Oklahoma Wesleyan University) argues that contemporary American Christianity too often polarizes people into one of two camps: either a shrill and angry dogmatism that pushes away honest questioners, or else a pervasive doubt and skepticism t......more

‘Deconstruction’ seems to be on many Christians’ minds at the moment, with varying results. This book is an interesting look at how fostering a ‘sanctified imagination’ can help Christians avoid both unrestrained doubt and shrill dogmatism. McNall provides guidelines (or ‘guardrails’) for our ‘sacre......more

Summary: Advances the idea of “perhapsing” that allows for the exploration of the space between doubt and dogmatism through close reading of scripture, asking hard questions, exercising imagination, and the practice of holy speculation. Many of us feel pulled apart by the discourse of our times. On o......more

In my circles, I hear a lot about both doubt and dogmatism. Doubt (deconstruction) is good. Dogmatism is bad. To be honest I don't live at either end of the spectrum and haven't in a very long time. But the idea of perhaps, now that's more my style. Joshua McxNall's book suggests that this is a good......more