by Simon Smith
Apropos yesterday’s post
regarding my step up into the paperback leagues –
because my book,
Beyond Realism: Seeking the Divine Other
IS OUT IN PAPERBACK NOW!
Apropos, as I say, my sharing of this
most excellent news: some readers’ comments from some actual readers, quite
illustrious ones at that, which I would also like to share.
Praise for Beyond Realism:
This is a very interesting book.
Its strength lies in articulating a non-realist (I hesitate to say
‘anti-realist’, since this has different connotations) theory of God. [...] The
result is a very rich text, which both proposes a new theory of the religiosity
of consciousness per se, as well as
shedding new light on Farrer, reinstating him as a major thinker of the
twentieth century.
Dr. Karl Simms,
University of Liverpool, UK.
In seeking to recover Austin
Farrer’s metaphysical personalism, Beyond Realism is the natural successor of
Charles Conti’s Metaphysical Personalism (1995). [...] We need tough and
intelligent books like this in both philosophy and religion. Whether it will
attract a wide readership in our time of sad theological decline is another
matter. It should.
The Revd Canon Professor David Jasper DD FRSA FRSE,
Professor Emeritus, University of Glasgow, UK.
Nota bene, both Dr. Simms and Prof. Jasper are real people, not
made up, and neither of them were bribed or blackmailed or in any way forced to
write these comments.
Needless to say, I’m very
grateful to Dr. Simms and Prof. Jasper for their kind words. But that’s not
all. Yet another philosopher of considerable renown, a most venerable sage among
the American Personalists, Richard Prust, has published a review of Beyond Realism. Prof. Prust’s review can
be read here, at the
And don’t forget, Beyond Realism is now available in PAPERBACK from Vernon Press:
At the checkout, just enter the code
EWTRHLTCRT
For a solid 30% off!
Beyond Realism: Seeking the Divine Other
Now in PAPERBACK!
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