Qanon, Chaos, and the Cross: Christianity and Conspiracy Theories

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$24.99  $23.24
Publisher
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Pages
300
Dimensions
6.0 X 8.9 X 0.9 inches | 0.95 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780802882653

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About the Author
Michael W. Austin is Foundation Professor of Philosophy at Eastern Kentucky University and Bonhoeffer Senior Fellow of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning and Leadership of Hebrew College. He has published twelve books, including Being Good: Christian Virtues for Everyday Life (Eerdmans, 2012), Humility and Human Flourishing (Oxford University Press, 2018), and his latest, God and Guns in America (Eerdmans, 2020). Gregory L. Bock is assistant professor of philosophy and religion and program director for the philosophy, religion studies, and Asian studies at the University of Texas at Tyler. He also serves as director for UT Tyler's Center for Ethics. He is editor of volumes 3 and 4 of The Philosophy of Forgiveness (Vernon, 2018, 2019) and coeditor of Righteous Indignation: Christian Philosophical and Theological Perspectives on Anger (Fortress, 2021).
Reviews
Publishers Weekly
"A fascinating, timely outing."

"This is a long overdue book for Christians around the world. It should be widely read, studied, and preached from the pulpit. I have been frustrated that the media has largely made the disinformation worse. We need more clear-headed scholars to be heard. Faith and not coercion is a believer's walk. Humility and integrity are vital. Love and Truth are the paths forward."
--Steve Hassan, author of The Cult of Trump and Combatting Cult Mind Control

"Christians believe in the literal embodiment of truth, Jesus Christ. We also confess the One who is Truth to be the creator and sustainer of all things, including the human faculty of reason. Editors Michael Austin and Gregory Bock have assembled an outstanding collection of essayists who help us use these epistemological anchors and others to recenter our faith, worldview, and interpretation of reality. During a time of competing fantasies and deceptive and destructive conspiracy theories that play on our hearts and minds, this book is a gift to the people of God. Individuals, churches, schools, and denominational bodies will find QAnon, Chaos, and the Cross an effective tool to protect themselves and their communities from falling prey to a real and present danger while deepening their relationship to what is ultimately and consummately true and good."
--Rob Schenck, president of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute

"This collection of essays, largely from evangelical Christian scholars, offers a generous and substantive engagement with the problem of conservative Christian susceptibility to conspiracy theories. Most essays appear to be written by authors who live within contexts in which conspiracy theories such as QAnon have been fairly widely embraced. Thus, the book is interesting both for the virulent conspiracy thinking that it addresses and for the rhetorical and reasoning strategies now being attempted by scholars within such contexts."
--David Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University