Leslie Newbigin
A longtime missionary to India returns to the UK to realize that a bigger missionary challenge lies in the modern West. Newbigin gives a historical account of the roots of the conflict between Christian “liberals” and “fundamentalists,” paving the way for confident affirmation of the gospel as public truth in a pluralistic world. Along the way, he neatly summarizes the work of philosopher of science Michael Polanyi on the fundamentally personal nature of human knowledge. From Ed.