Heart of the Matter: Frank Conversations among Great Christian Thinkers on the Major Subjects of Christian Theology

This book intends to accomplish for students of Christian theology what Steve Allen once tried to do for television viewers. In the 1970s there first aired his successful PBS-TV series called "Meeting of the Minds." It originated with the following perception of Allen, the creative genius behind it: "I see the literary and philosophical tradition of our culture not so much as a storehouse of facts and ideas but rather as a hopefully endless Great Debate at which one may be not only a privileged listener but even a modest participant" (2). Allen wanted to find "a method of imparting education without inducing boredom" (3). That's the goal here exactly-theological education without boredom!