Perhaps - by Joshua M McNall (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Christians are sometimes faced with uncertainty. But is all uncertainty bad? Theologian Joshua McNall encourages readers to reclaim the little word perhaps as a sacred space between the warring extremes of unchecked doubt and zealous dogmatism. Learn how to exercise a hopeful imagination, ask hard questions, return once again to Scripture, and reclaim the place of holy speculation.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p> <strong>The Christian life requires <em>faith</em>.</strong> That means that believers are sometimes faced with uncertainty. But is all uncertainty bad?</p><p>Theologian Joshua McNall encourages readers to reclaim the little word perhaps as a sacred space between the warring extremes of unchecked doubt and zealous dogmatism. To say perhaps on certain contested topics means exercising a hopeful imagination, asking hard questions, returning once again to Scripture, and reclaiming the place of holy speculation as we cling to a faith that stands distinct from both pervasive skepticism and abrasive certainty.</p><p>In this day especially, it's time Christians learned to say perhaps.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Drawing on the best insights from believers, thinkers, and artists of the past, <em>Perhaps</em> demonstrates that the brightest future of the church will be cultivated through the kind of theological imagination modeled here. Such an imagination--robust and inviting, informed and inquisitive--encourages a confidence in Christian belief that, paradoxically, can come only with a willingness to wonder what might be. <em>Perhaps</em> is one of the most faith-building books I've read in a long time.</p>--Karen Swallow Prior, author of On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books and Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me<br><br><p>Faith is not knowing all truth. And faith is not making it up as you go along either. McNall presents faith as an expedition into the unknown led by a known God. This is a hope-filling book that intentionally does not give you all the answers. Pilgrims: take this book with you on your journey.</p>--Nijay K. Gupta, professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary<br><br><p>In a polarized world with the rigidity of fundamentalisms on the one hand and the nihilism of skepticisms on the other, McNall enters to sketch a way forward for the holiness of intellectual humility. This is a creative book that not only argues winsomely from Scripture, theology, and literature, but also invites the reader into a narrative that portrays how the weight of its claims press on everyday life. <em>Perhaps</em> will be especially helpful for the student wrestling with the challenges of Christian orthodoxy, and all looking for breathing room to wonder, hope, and ultimately, trust.</p>--James M. Arcadi, associate professor of biblical and systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School<br><br><p>Perhaps a meadow exists between dogmatism and skepticism, a fruitful space for cultivating beautiful truth. Perhaps Origen, Augustine, and Edwards can converse there with Flannery O'Connor and Cormac McCarthy. Perhaps instead of rehearsing or debunking information, we can foster theological imagination. Perhaps Joshua McNall's wit and wisdom has pointed the church toward a better future. Perhaps we should listen.</p>--Matthew W. Bates, author of Gospel Allegiance and associate professor of theology at Quincy University<br>
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