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A review by loganmhurley
Forsaken: The Trinity and the Cross, and Why It Matters by Thomas H. McCall
fast-paced
3.5
This is a helpful book for the most part. It is written for those who are in fundamental assent to the Christian tradition but who maybe has questions on how the cross actually works to bring about salvation in any helpful way that doesn't turn the Father into what Dawkins calls a " cosmic child abuser." It answers the objection by diving into the Bible and the Christian theological tradition to see how what Christianity claims is fundamentally unrelated to the possibility of that or similar claims.
That said, it is written from a very singular perspective (Protestant Wesleyan) and wastes several pages towards the end basically arguing against the Reformed tradition by asserting that they don't have very good answers to a specific objection about the atonement. It is a weird note to end on in what is otherwise a helpfully ecumenical book, and least persuasive on those points.
Nevertheless, I found it helpful and could recommend it to anyone uninterested in the specific issue in which I think it errs.
That said, it is written from a very singular perspective (Protestant Wesleyan) and wastes several pages towards the end basically arguing against the Reformed tradition by asserting that they don't have very good answers to a specific objection about the atonement. It is a weird note to end on in what is otherwise a helpfully ecumenical book, and least persuasive on those points.
Nevertheless, I found it helpful and could recommend it to anyone uninterested in the specific issue in which I think it errs.