Fish and Eagleton

The recent God-debates (Hitchens, Dawkins, D'souza et al.) have, if nothing else, raised again the question: what is Christianity good for? And that is a question any of us who claim the faith ought care about.

Stanley Fish's recent piece in the NY Times, God Talk, interacts with Terry Eagleton's book, Reason, Faith and Revolution. Without adhering to any version of Christian orthodoxy, Eagleton has little patience for the triumphant, absolutist proncouncements of those who dismiss faith to the i