The Truth About Tolerance: Pluralism, Diversity and the Culture Wars

by Brad Stetson

We all want to be tolerant. No one wants to be intolerant. But does that mean we have to accept all truth claims as true? Does this virtue rule out having any strongly held moral convictions? In this book Brad Stetson and Joseph G. Conti explore the use and misuse of this important value in academic circles and popular media. They note that the pursuit of truth and the pursuit of tolerance are often taken to be mutually exclusive, and it ends with truth having to give way to tolerance. Stetson and Conti argue just the that true tolerance requires the pursuit of truth. In the end they demonstrate that Christian conviction about religious truth provides the only secure basis for a tolerant society which promotes truth seeking. Christians can contribute to civil debate without compromising their moral and spiritual convictions.

Genres: Philosophy, Theology

207 pages, Paperback

First published April 30, 2005

Reviews

[Deysi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a great book!! Although a bit hard to read through at some parts, I’d recommend every Christian to digest it. The author lays out very clearly that Objective Truth goes hand in hand with Tolerance even in our modern society, America especially is increasingly more and more committed to the creed of secular liberalism but to be truly tolerant is not what secularists portray in media, culture, or education at all; It is the pursuit of Truth itself (Christ) that lead us to authentic tolerance.

[Levi Price · Rating 4 out of 5]

A difficult read, but very inciteful.

[Douglas Wilson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite good.