Reason in the Balance - by Phillip E Johnson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Phillip E. Johnson exposes the flawed underpinnings of naturalism in this discussion of evolution, sex education, abortion, God, the search for a grand unified theory in physics, what our public schools should teach, the basis of law and more.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><ul> <li>Voted one of <em>Christianity Today's</em> 1996 Books of the Year</li> </ul> <p>In his first book, <em>Darwin on Trial, </em> Berkeley law professor Phillip E. Johnson took on the heavyweights of science. And he got their attention, even provoking a response from neo-Darwinist Stephen Jay Gould in the pages of <em>Scientific American.</em> Now Johnson's back with a book that expands his critique from science to law, education and today's culture wars.<br /> Is God unconstitutional?<br /> Why is morality forced out of public school curriculum?<br /> Can Christians believe in God and evolution?<br /> Why aren't we getting anywhere in the debate over abortion?<br /> Will the Grand Unified Theory solve the riddle of the universe?<br /> Johnson dares to answer these and other tough, touchy questions. He reveals why naturalism (the philosophy that the material world is all there was, is and will be) has become "the established religious philosophy of America," supplanting Judeo-Christian belief. He shows how naturalism undergirds science, law, education and popular culture. And he argues that naturalism has even infiltrated the church--marginalizing opposition as irrational, and encouraging Christians to adopt a more "reasonable" stance.<br /> In <em>Reason in the Balance, </em> Johnson writes energetically and persuasively--chapter by chapter zeroing in on the chinks in the argument for naturalism. He explores nearly every acre of today's cultural battlefield: God, sex education, evolution, abortion, cosmology and particle physics, what our public schools should teach, the basis of law, the meaning of reason and a few other things that matter. Armed with biblical truth, common sense and a clear understanding of his foe, he steps out like David to fell the intellectual Goliath of our day.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Clear and accessible. . . . Johnson shows how naturalistic precommitments influence the search for a grand, comprehensive vision of all reality."--Journal of Church and State<br><br>"Having demolished the scientific case for Darwinism in his first book, Phillip Johnson now answers the question 'So what?' In a brilliant analysis, he shows how Darwinist assumptions underlie current controversies in ethics, law, education and public policy."--Chuck Colson<br><br>"In a brilliantly controversial polemic, Johnson fires an intellectual broadside against what he sees as the marginalization of theism in public life and explores its implications for society and religion. . . . Well argued and astute, this critical work makes an exciting contribution to contemporary scientific and cultural debate."--Kirkus Reviews<br><br>"Johnson fires a major salvo in the culture wars with this sweeping critique of the reigning materialist philosophy."--Publishers Weekly<br><br>"No scholar has more courageously and more competently challenged the reigning naturalistic presupposition and antisupernatural hostility that dominate contemporary science. Darwinian evolutionists have been unable to ignore him--and more significantly--unable to refute him."--Carl F. H. Henry, in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society<br><br>"Phillip Johnson is an author who is simply to be read, and closely studied, by all who wish to understand the forces that actually govern the intellectual world in the United States today."--Dallas Willard, professor of philosophy, University of Southern California<br><br>"Recommend this book as one of the valuable apologetic contributions of our day."--Bookstore Journal<br><br>"There are plenty of critics of 'Godless science, ' but few are more intelligent (or better writers) than Johnson."--Booklist<br><br>"What distinguishes Johnson is his penetrating understanding of science and its limits. For that reason, he stands in the great tradition of Blake and Swift, companion skeptics of Enlightenment hype."--Commonweal<br>
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