When public intellectuals spar about religion, stalemate is often the result; atheists ignore liberal elements within religious traditions, and liberals don’t do justice to difficult truth-claims, like the divinity of Jesus. Critic James Wood has had it with both camps—but does his “third way” make sense?
Nancy Frankenberry
Nancy Frankenberry is the John Phillips Professor of Religion at Dartmouth College. She has recently edited The Faith of Scientists: In Their Own Words