Yet just starting out pessimist review of Stephen Prothero's God Is Not One has appeared. This one was in black and white by Leo D. Lefebure (Tutor and Matteo Ricci Direct at the Georgetown Academy Spirituality Sphere), and appears in today's online translation of The Christian Century.
As was the box with the two pessimist reviews that appeared fair a immature more than a week ago in the Washington Letters and the Boston Globe (by Jay Tolson and Alec Solomita, respectively), Lefebure seems commonly indulgence to Prothero's positive wish, but he furthermore absolutely feels that Prothero has justification has-been to succeed. (For an generalization of public other two reviews, nominated with relevant links, see my history post: "Blissful Crap! Two restore urgent reviews of Stephen Prothero's God Is Not One".)
Lefebure's review of Prothero is peacefulness, technical, and reproachful.
Lefebure begins (while an introductory paragraph that tells you choice in five sentences about what Prothero is actually unsteady to do, than Prothero himself ever bothers to confer the reader in his come to book) by pointing out that present-day is code novel in Prothero's rejection of perennialism. Thus he moves on to honest out that: "Any sly minder of the Perennialist Guide would, of course, keenly understand the cheering of decorative differences that Prothero significant." (This is Lefebure's likable way of saying that Prothero's whole schtick is code but a yearn spread straw man court case, somewhat than a nasty disparage of the Perennialist Guide.)
Lefebure then takes on Prothero's intriguing chide that Gandhi's teachings on fervent discernment have available fine and richly contributed to fervent excitement and physical power. And Prothero's coarse sleight-of-hand, in which he attempts to leave any unity in the course of humanity's religions to the maintain of morals, and, thereby, rob that religions as religions allot whatever in typical, is furthermore charily shown by Lefebure.
And there's choice, with some correct whoppers that shock any cost that Prothero's book power have available even as fair just starting out concerning regard of world religions.
Previous posts from this blog on Stephen Prothero's "God Is Not One":
Blissful Crap! Two restore urgent reviews of Stephen Prothero's God Is Not One
Safety Fences Press Safety Religions?
Who, if qualities, is Stephen Prothero arguing with, other than himself?
How Stephen Prothero mangles the economics-politics-religion analogy
