A healthy dose of Christian disbelief or «holy
skepticism» would serve as a
much - needed antidote to the soft - core spirituality that saps
much of
contemporary Christianity, especially in its evangelical expression.
And if anyone is afraid that he is in for some kind of esoteric rigmarole, may I try to alleviate his fears by remarking that the lecturers are all children of the twentieth century as
much as they are professing Christians, alive to the astounding advances of
contemporary science and technology, alive also to the deep — seated moral and cultural
skepticism which has developed side by side with an increasing moral passion and sensitivity.