Overview
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.
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Author: Joseph B Onyango Okello
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Imprint: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.449kg
ISBN: 9798385213641
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 22 May 2025
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
""As someone who has taught undergraduate and graduate level philosophy and theology for decades, Dr. Okello's stellar Judeo-Christian Appraisal . . . of Truth truly is a must read for professors and advanced students. This generative work has been tested in classroom dialog; assesses countless perspectives in a clear and concentrated fashion; derives much wisdom from church history and historical theology; makes the case for an omniscient being, the deity of Christ, and the existence of objective truth ontologically independent of finite human knowers; properly classifies perspectives likes postmodernism and the views of scholars such as Richard Rorty; and advocates for a biblical, personal, Trinitarian, christological and integrative view of truth. In the spirit of the apostle John and biblical revelation, Okello artfully grounds and underscores the centrality of the personal Logos for any defensible, meaningful, and practicable approach to truth. Kudos!"" --Doug Matthews, Former Senior Vice President, Asbury Theological Seminary ""The Roman governor Pontius Pilate famously asked Jesus, 'what is truth?' Also, one of the most important claims Jesus of Nazareth made about himself was identifying himself with the truth when he said, 'I am the way and the truth and the life.' After presenting, discussing, and critically and insightfully evaluating major theories of truth, Joseph Okello offers an informative elucidation of how to understand Jesus's claim that he is the truth and what the Bible appears to teach about truth and how truth relates to God. One crucial upshot of this book is an argument from the nature of truth for the existence of God, which Okello calls alethic ontological argument for God's existence. This book will be of general interest to anyone who wants to learn something valuable about various theories of truth. Christian readers, in particular, can gain insightful ways of thinking about God and truth."" --Tedla Woldeyohannes, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Huntington University
Author Information
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.
