THE INTOLERANCE OF TOLERANCE
By D.A. Carson
IVP. 200 pages. £12.99
ISBN 978 1 844 744 053
This book is a ‘must’ for Christian leaders — especially those who hear that line all the time.
Not because of its author — though Carson is always worth reading. It is a ‘must’ because of the staggering importance of its subject and because few evangelical scholars have Carson’s competence to tackle it. ‘Staggering’ is actually one of Carson’s own repeated words to describe what he’s observing in Western culture. It is not just that we are destroying our freedoms, but that this self-destruction is now celebrated, and it is the one thing that no one must criticise. What is it? Tolerance.
