Roger Duncan

Truth and Politics

Theology

“Truth and Politics, by its sharp contrast of Benedict and Milbank on the nature of truth, manages to open an important dialogical moment in Plato’s war between the poets and the philosophers. Quite apart from political ramifications, the question is whether Christianity, by favoring practical intellect in the divine creation, doesn’t introduce an inescapably creative dimension into the human expression of 'eternal' truths of any sort. We are pointed intriguingly beyond Milbank and Ratzinger, and I recommend this book as a first step.”