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Last Fall, the Associated Press reported a church in South Carolina that was having a book burning for Halloween.  What books?  Any version of the Bible that was not the King James Version since their pastor considers it to be the only infallible version!  They were also burning books by authors who used other versions—including books by Billy Graham.  While there are many things one could say about this, I’ll just say: such action is just not reasonable.

Marcus Borg reminds us in an autobiographical note in this little book that Martin Luther, while on the one hand suspicious of reason, on the other also valued it.  Borg goes on to tell us that there was a time in his life when he worried that reason was leading him away from faith.  However, he finally concluded that reason and faith don’t have to clash.  He goes on to say, “Faith without reason can become fantasy, and, at its extreme, fanaticism.  [See above.]  Reason without faith can become arid and amoral.  This book…illustrates the fruit that reason and faith as partners can produce.” [p. xiv]  I agree with his assessment of the book and the interplay of faith and reason.  If for no other reason than that you might be in a faith/reason struggle, you will want to read this book.