Blogs by Carl Trueman

Follwing up on yesterday's blog and one one I posted a week or so ago, I would want to make the case that the problem with so many postmodern approaches to the world is that they fail to grasp the... continue

I hate to break up the hilarity in which my good friends Messrs Trotter and Plectrum-Smith seem to be indulging, but I just spent a few moments looking at the webpage of a leading Emergent figure.... continue

I found myself in the invidious position of having to issue a clarification and apology for a theological analysis of an American "sport" (sic):... continue

There's a fascinating interview with N T Wright in the latest Christianity Today.  Worth reading as a whole but  I was particularly struck by the following comment:... continue

In addition to Del's suggestions, I recommend Richard J Evans, Lying about Hitler (Basic Books).   Evans, Chair of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, was the expert witness at the Irving-Lipstadt trial in London, where British writer David Irving sued American... continue

Forgot to point out one other obvious matter (implicit in my earlier blog but, on the basis of recent correspondence, I take nothing for granted as being obvious): RJR's point in citing other atrocities in World War Two relates directly... continue

The reaction to my statement that RJR was a Holocaust Denier (and thus either historically incompetent, racist or mentally unhinged) has elicited quite a bit of response, from very polite statements that I have misread him to veritable tirades accusing... continue

At the  end of 2006, as I look back on the year, I repent of my previous view of blogging as a trivial medium.  Here's what I learned from my various correspondents over the year:... continue

Oh, my.  I seem to be being struck off all manner of Xmas card lists which, thankfully, I was probably never on in the first place. Two clarifications (at the risk of repeating myself) and a further comment:1. I did not... continue

My comments on the late RJR have stimulated some feedback.... continue