One might think an attack on Aquinas from a conservative Christian would at least have the merit of being more interesting than the same old same old coming from the likes of Richard Dawkins. Unfortunately, despite being more civil than Dawkins, Johnson is only slightly more competent as a reader of St. Thomas.
Saturday, February 12, 2022
Getting it wrong …
… Doubting Thomas by Edward Feser | Articles | First Things. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Perry Miller wrote that Aquinas fascinated at least one of the early New England Puritan theologians.
ReplyDeleteEdward Feser: The failure of Johnson’s critique of natural theology
ReplyDelete“At the Reformed Baptist Blog, Jeffrey Johnson has responded to my First Things review of his book The Failure of Natural Theology: A Critical Appraisal of the Philosophical Theology of Thomas Aquinas. He makes nine points, none of which is any more convincing than the book itself is. What follows is a point-by-point reply.”