Is Man the Measure?: An Evaluation of Contemporary Humanism

by Norman L. Geisler

Book by Geisler, Norman L

Genres: Philosophy

Paperback

First published July 1, 2005

About the author

Norman L. Geisler (PhD, Loyola University of Chicago) taught at top evangelical colleges and seminaries for over fifty years and was a distinguished professor of apologetics and theology at Veritas Evangelical Seminary in Murrieta, California. He was the author of nearly eighty books, including the Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics and Christian Ethics. He and his wife lived in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Reviews

[Ben B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Humanism is all around us. In fact, an atheist friend wrote just the other day that he prefers to be called a humanist rather than an atheist, because it is an affirmative, rather than a negative, term. Obviously there is a lot of good in humanism: we are God's creation, and He values us above almost everything else. But humanism can be dangerous. It can mean worshiping the creature rather than the creator (cf. Romans 1).

Norm Geisler is an intellectual of considerable prowess, and his words cannot be taken lightly. He sets forth the shortcomings of a humanism that is not based on the relationship between creator and creature. This book is a necessary part of a basic education in Christian apologetics.