CHRISTIANITY & WESTERN THOUGHT (vol. 3)
Journey to postmodernity in the 20th century
By Alan G. Padgett & Steve Wilkens. IVP. 388 pages. £22.99
ISBN 978-1-84474-388-9
As you may have guessed from the title, this is not a bedtime read!
For the non-specialist, the sheer volume of unfamiliar names and ideas can make reading hard going. A glossary would have been a big help — for example, chapter 1 is concerned with ‘the demise of idealism’, yet idealism is never clearly defined. This book is designed to be a ‘narrative introduction’ to the history of 20th-century philosophy — its philosophers, ideas and movements — coming from a Christian viewpoint.
