Sunday 8 April 2018

Beyond Realism, Maybe; Beyond People Saying Nice Things, No Way!

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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