Confronting the Predicament of Belief
The Quest for God in Radical Uncertainty
Edited by James W. Walters, Philip Clayton and Steven Knapp
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
238 Pages, 5.50 x 8.50 x 0.48 in
- Paperback
- 9781725283602
- Published: September 2020
$30.00 / £27.00 / AU$38.00
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James W. Walters is Professor of Religion and Bioethics at Loma Linda University.
Philip Clayton is the Ingraham Professor of Theology at Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA.
Steven Knapp is the sixteenth president of the George Washington University in Washington, DC, where he is also a professor of English. Before assuming his current position in 2007, he served as dean of arts and sciences and then as provost of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland; before that, he taught English literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of two books and author or co-author of numerous articles and lectures on literature, literary theory, philosophy, and religion. Dr. Knapp earned his bachelor's degree at Yale University and his master's and doctoral degrees at Cornell University. Outside the academy, he has been active in a wide range of community and religious affairs.
“Confronting the Predicament of Belief is an engrossing discussion of the key issues raised by Clayton and Knapp in The Predicament of Belief. It includes eight essays by thoughtful and incisive critics of Predicament who assess Clayton and Knapp’s stand on the possibility that religious, and particularly Christian, beliefs are true.”
- Robert J. Russell, Founder and Director, The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Berkeley, CA
“Getting right to the nitty-gritty of theology, essayists probe and cajole Clayton and Knapp’s proposals in their original book, The Predicament of Belief. All contributors agree that Christians face contemporary predicaments. But not all are convinced of the Predicament’s solutions. The responses Clayton and Knapp give are themselves worth the price of this book!”
- Thomas Jay Oord, author of The Nature of Love
“These eight varied, rigorous, and valuable essays continue a conversation that is immensely important to anyone seriously interested in the idea of God and the credibility of religious belief. The essays will evoke further thoughtful conversation by way of disagreement as well as development—which is what the activity of theology is really all about.”
- Fritz Guy, La Sierra University
“Clayton and Knapp find a way to engage science, philosophy, the challenges to theism, and the richness of religious pluralism, while still writing theology without finger crossing. . . . The encounter is exciting and productive.”
- Trip Fuller, Founder, Homebrewed Christianity Podcast
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