Mark F. Fischer

The Accountant’s Tale

Theology

“At the heart of The Accountant’s Tale is the distinction between the social construction of reality and the existence of an ‘Other’ who cannot be reduced to a social construction. Andrew Porter is wary of the ‘social construction of reality’ thesis, affirming that belief in God is neither a purely logical construction nor the conclusion of a chain of reasoning. Our power to construct reality is limited, and the book acknowledges the dimension of transcendence.”

Unanswerable Questions

Philosophy

“Unanswerable Questions does not raise questions about God that have no answer. Andrew Porter argues that answers are less important than relating to God as a person, and that this way of relating constitutes our identity as human beings. Such an ‘answer’ is provisional and may not be completely satisfying because it has to do with a relationship rather than an object. But even an incomplete answer does not prevent people from relating to God.”