Wesley J. Wildman

WESLEY J. WILDMAN {[email protected]} teaches philosophy, theology, and ethics in Boston University’s School of Theology. He is co-author of Lost in the Middle? and Found in the Middle!, two books that aim to help Christian moderates find their voice and become articulate in their faith. He is ordained in the Uniting Church of Australia and has served churches in Sydney and California

Narnia’s Aslan, Earth’s Darwin, and Heaven’s God

Articles/Essays – Volume 43, No. 1

I consider myself an evangelical Christian of the liberal sort, but I have many evangelical Christian relatives, friends, and students who are extremely conservative. Despite mutual respect, it appears that I have little in common with them theologically. My outlook on life and faith leaves me feeling dismayed by what strikes me as their doctrinal and moral rigidity, appalled by their dismissal of the wisdom of other religions, and a little frightened by their willingness to vest absolute authority in an allegedly plain reading of the Bible.