At the centre of this book is Barr's broadside against Barth's rejection of natural theology. Positively, Barr argues cogently that the Bible itself contains natural theology and therefore any dogmatic rejection of natural theology is a rejection to some extent of Biblical authority.

Barr also rejects the 'fashion' at the time of drawing a strong contrast beween Hebrew and Greek thought. In this he has won the day in serious scholarship, but the idea is still prevelant in sermons and talks by those who had their theological education over 20 years ago and have not read much since.

A very imprtant book, and well written too! My only minor gripe is that Barr could have perhaps given some space to theologies that take both natural theology and biblical authority seriously. ( )