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The book was a wonderful surprise, to include that i now have a favorite nonfiction book with which i have significant disagreement. Marshall pickering 2000 usa 1999 notes by alison morgan oct 2001 500 pp of text, many more of notes and bibliog. That is, christianity is to be seen as total truth, applicable to every aspect of reality. The author maintains with romans 12 that all people have finding truth is an essential toolbox for thinking christians. She overdraws the historic opposition to this idea, however, especially in nonreformation churches. Total truth questions the modern american cultural attitude of keeping religion a private matter, claiming that christianity s truth is best served by being brought into the public sphere to maximize its influence. My 75 year old father introduced us to pearcey and has given away many copies of total truth and urged us to read saving leonardo. Finally, she makes a passionate case that christianity is not just religious truth but truth about total reality.
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