Minority report

Unpopular thoughts on everything from early Christianity to Zen Calvinism

Foundational collection for historical interpretation.

Is it possible to analyze contemporary culture using some of the great paradigms of history? How does the past help us understand, analyze, and criticize our present to shape the future? Minority Report does exactly all this and much more! The book consists of a collection of scholarly essays, written in an engaging and entertaining way by one of the most renowned thinkers of our time.

Trueman masterfully analyzes some of the main cultural and intellectual currents of our time, identifying their roots and dangers. However, Trueman's critique also extends to the church and contemporary evangelicalism. This collection of essays will not only entertain you while teaching you, but will also challenge you and help you develop the use of historical and biblical paradigms for contemporary cultural analysis.

“Books that are essay collections depend less on the topic than on the author to attract our interest. I cannot think of an evangelical writer and theologian whose works I read with more eagerness than those of Carl Trueman.” Mark Dever - Senior Pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.

"Carl Trueman affirms the historical evangelical faith with great strength and clarity and with excellent judgment. The inspiration and authority of the Scriptures, atonement, justification, the importance of systematic theology, and the historical creeds and confessions of faith receive a resounding affirmation here. Dr. Trueman fears that at a time when our crazy world needs the full Gospel more than ever, it is being seriously weakened by the influence of postmodernism, consumerism, and the loss of a sense of history, both in the church and in Christian academia. The author will be glad if these essays make you think, but he will be even happier if they convince you to think—and act—as an evangelical without shame or complexes." Paul Helm - Teaching Fellow, Regent College, Vancouver.

Carl R. Trueman (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College. He is an esteemed Church historian and was formerly the William E. Simon Fellow in Religion and Public Life at Princeton University, and a senior lecturer at Westminster Theological Seminary. Trueman is the author or editor of more than a dozen books. Trueman is a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) and is one of the most respected Christian historians and thinkers today.