The September 5 edition of Christian Century magazine has an interesting review by David Heim of the now infamous book by David Ray Griffin, Christian Faith and the Truth Behind 9/11, titled Whodunit?. Heim is no apologist for the administration. In fact he says,
Yeah, WJK press, WHY????? That question is still not answered satisfactorily, and now it's being asked by a liberal as well as conservatives!
P.S. On page 10 of this issue there is an article titled "RevGals Online" written by one of the members of the RevGalBlogPals webring which just happens to mention a certain " southern-lawyer-turned-Christian-educator."
" The disastrous overreach in Iraq was fueled by imperialist delusions about remaking the Middle East. But tying that critique of U.S. policy to an outlandish theory about U.S. complicity in 9/11 can only invite ridicule. The question arises: Why did a Presbyterian publishing house sign up this corrosive and monomaniacal book?"
Yeah, WJK press, WHY????? That question is still not answered satisfactorily, and now it's being asked by a liberal as well as conservatives!
P.S. On page 10 of this issue there is an article titled "RevGals Online" written by one of the members of the RevGalBlogPals webring which just happens to mention a certain " southern-lawyer-turned-Christian-educator."
As of the writing of this post the CC website did not provide any links to these articles or to this issue yet, but you can check back later and possibly they will be available.
I wondered about this, too.
ReplyDeleteMy CC hasn't arrived. I wonder who the attorney turned Christian educator is. I'm racking my brainage.
If there is a 'nice and refreshing' angle to this debacle of a story it is this: Here is one thing on which ALL 'sides' can agree!
ReplyDeleteProgressives, Moderates, Evangelicals and Everybody-Else can agree that this book should not have been published by a church publishing house.
It makes me ask--What else might we agree on that is wrong with the modern church?
Maybe its a start..
And not only did they publish it, but they're advertising it and pushing it like this is the latest and greatest scholarly work around. eeeesh. I'm no conservative, but I'm embarassed.
ReplyDelete...what becky said...
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