A Judeo-Christian Appraisal of Major Theories of Truth - Hardcover

by Joseph B. Onyango Okello (Author)

What is truth? How should we define it? Should we define it christologically as Jesus did when he revealed himself to Thomas as the embodiment of truth, or should we appeal to philosophy for help? This book explores possible answers to these questions. More specifically, the book offers a brief survey of how different philosophical theories have attempted to define truth. After finding them somewhat incomplete, the book shows how an adequate account of truth is given by the Judeo-Christian tradition's view of omniscience. By drawing from the rich tradition of the church fathers, the book notes how naturalistic views of truth fail to account for the existence of truth prior to the evolution of the human mind. This problem, however, is a non-issue for a theistic account of truth and makes a strong case for the existence of objective truth even before the human mind was designed.

Author Biography

Joseph B. Onyango Okello is a professor of philosophy at Asbury Theological Seminary. He has authored several books, including A History and Critique of Methodological Naturalism and Evil and Pain. He holds a master of arts and a PhD in philosophy from the University of Kentucky. Joseph and his wife Sophie live in Oviedo, Florida, together with their son Sean.