The Right Questions: Truth, Meaning & Public Debate

by Phillip E. Johnson, Nancy R. Pearcey (Foreword)

Book by Johnson, Phillip E.

Genres: Philosophy, Theology, Nonfiction

180 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2002

About the author

Johnson is an American born-again Christian lawyer and creationist.

Reviews

[Tosh Demsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a thought-provoking blend of countercultural opinions with a personal memoir. Johnson asserts that in order to discover what is right and true, we need to ask difficult questions that are often left unasked. Here are a few of the questions that Johnson proposes that I think are important: Is it wrong to mix science and religion or is such mixing inescapable? Should a college education prepare students to understand the ultimate purpose or meaning for which life should be lived and to choose rightly from among the available possibilities? What is the chief end of man, and why do we need to know? Both this book and the one I just read "In, But Not Of," discuss the influence of the Russian writer, Alexander Soltzhenitsyn, who resisted the tyranny of Communism and helped bring about the collapse of the Iron Curtain. Soltzhenitsyn warned that freedom can foster evil when all the problems of life are blamed on misguided social systems rather than mankind's sinful nature.

[Larry Dehaan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Phillip E. Johnson encourages christians to think. They need not fear, but should prepare themselves to present their beliefs to the world. According to Johnson, the church has been way to passive in the debate of science vs christianity. This has to change! Christians need to defend their faith by asking people the right questions.

[Rod Innis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book on intelligent design

[肥啾 H · Rating 4 out of 5]

A thoughtful and provocative book.

[RJ Slater · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the thought that it doesn’t matter so much the answer if you are not asking the right question. Probably best takeaway from the book, made some good points but biases took away from some arguments

[Jessica · Rating 1 out of 5]

The one star is not an accident. I'll hold back on what I think of the author's style... The overarching issue I have with his book is that he seems to want those who are without Christ to live by Christian principles. It's as if he's blaming the world for living in darkness, when, perhaps the issue has more to do with whether or not Christians are living well in the light--an issue he never addresses. He intellectualizes faith, which can't be done. [But, he does it poorly...]