Review of "When God Goes To Starbucks", Paul Copan
Books which are written to answer “real” questions with practical, real-life wisdom need to grapple honestly, then, with the kind of authentic issues that cause people concern. Paul Copan’s, “When God Goes To Starbucks” does that admirably.
What are some of those real questions? Well, for example . . .
“Is it okay to lie to Nazis?”
[By the way, according to Copan, the answer is yes, “deception is morally permissible . . . under certain specific conditions.” But you have to read chapter 3 in the book to get the full explanation.]
“Does the Bible condemn loving, committed homosexual relationships?”
“Aren’t the Bible’s ‘Holy Wars’ just like Islamic Jihad?”
“Why are Christians so divided? Why so many denominations?”
[Copan is a very smart and highly educated man, but, he missed the obvious correct answer to these two questions. It’s simple to see that Christians wouldn’t be divided if everyone would just come to see things my way.]
Oh well, he did a pretty good job, other than that.
Copan has written several books along the lines of “When God Goes To Starbucks” and he does a good job of writing in a way that is accessible to regular people and, yet, provides thoughtful answers that are not so lightweight that they lack genuine intellectual substance.
From one of those “regular people” . . .
Dan Marler
Oak Lawn, IL
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