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Redeeming Reason: The Battle for Faith, Rationality, and Truth, Part 1 by Eduardo J. Echeverria
Redeeming Reason: The Battle for Faith, Rationality, and Truth, Part 1
by Eduardo J. Echeverria
Redeeming Reason shows how faith and rational inquiry belong together, challenging secular autonomy and fideism. Eduardo J. Echeverria—Roman Catholic Kuyperian—engages Bavinck, Kuyper, and Vatican II on nature and grace, common grace, natural theology, ecclesial unity, and Christian philosophy. Through ecumenical essays, he defends realism about truth, acknowledges sin’s noetic effects, and calls for cultural renewal under Christ’s kingship. Rigorous yet accessible, this volume equips scholars, pastors, priests, seminarians, and students to think faithfully with confidence.
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TESTIMONIALS
“Few works should attract our attention more than Redeeming Reason. The reasons for this surely need amplifying, given our post-everything cultural environment: faith is viewed as irrational, and truth is utterly offensive. As a non-Roman-Catholic Kuyperian who has appreciated Abraham Kuyper’s emphasis on common grace, I too can insist with Professor Echeverria, who is a self-professed Kuyperian Roman Catholic, that our witness to the world has ecumenical implications. Having been “converted” to “Catholic social thought” and natural-law thinking as an orthodox Protestant through the writings of John Paul II, I am well aware that the church’s demonstrable and visible unity in a hostile cultural context is imperative. Creedal issues bring us to our knees, both at the altar and in our hearts, as we attempt with the early Christian fathers – fides quaerens intellectum – to utilize everything in the created order to glorify God. None, whether Catholic or Protestant, is better equipped to argue for the rationality of the Christian faith than Ed Echeverria.” – J. Daryl Charles, senior fellow, Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy
“For some time now Eduardo Echeverria has been at the forefront of ‘redeeming reason’ for use in Christian theology. Unmatched in his knowledge of Catholic and Reformed theology, Echeverria in this work shows how ecumenical engagement in the spirit of ‘receptive ecumenism’ that seeks an ‘exchange of gifts’ can enable us all to grasp more fully the doctrines of the Christian faith.” – Daniel Keating, Professor of Theology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary
“Anyone who is familiar with the work of Dr. Echeverria knows that he is an incisive and compelling defender of reason, truth and Catholic doctrine. The penetrating essays in this volume reveal the depths of Echeverria’s erudition, his ability to tackle knotty theological problems, and his unwavering commitment both to the Catholic faith and to ongoing ecumenical dialogue. May readers enjoy feasting at this rich banquet of deep-seated faith and profound learning.” ~ Thomas G. Guarino, Emeritus Professor of Theology, Seton Hall University
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Eduardo Echeverria (PhD, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam; S.T.L., University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum) is a retired Professor of Philosophy and Systematic Theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. He is the author of numerous books, including Roman Catholicism and Neo-Calvinism: Ecumenical and Polemical Engagements (2024), Are We Together? A Roman Catholic Analyzes Evangelical Protestants (2022), Pope Francis: The Legacy of Vatican II, 2nd edition (2019), Revelation, History, and Truth: A Hermeneutics of Dogma (2017), and Jesus Christ, Scandal of Particularity: Vatican II, a Catholic Theology of Religions, Justification, and Truth (2024). He is a member of the American ecumenical initiative, Evangelicals and Catholics Together.
Dr. Mary Kloska, Th.D., is from Elkhart, Indiana. She was raised in a huge Polish family (12 brothers and sisters) along with a lot of foster babies and other needy people in and out of the house. She presently has 70+ nieces and nephews. She has lived a very unique life. Upon graduating from Notre Dame in 1999 she spent almost 20 years in the missions serving the poor (including orphanages) as well as praying as a consecrated hermit all over the world –Siberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa, Philippines, Mexico, the Holy Land and all over Europe as well. Although she spent a lot of time away in silence praying, ironically she loves children and is very fun and outgoing when it comes to serving young adults, as well as the little ones. She also spent her time in the missions giving retreats, doing simple catechesis, leading prayer groups, giving spiritual direction, helping in deliverance, changing diapers, feeding babies and cleaning floors. After spending intense time serving in a mission she would withdraw for periods of ‘retreat’ as a hermit (including three years as an official diocesan hermit with vows under a Bishop.) The last few years she has spent as a fulltime nanny to infant triplets, twins and several large families. She speaks many languages (poorly) and enjoys playing guitar, painting icons, baking, gardening, reading, writing and simply filling in where there is the greatest need in the Church. Her WCAT Radio program, “The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love,” may be found 
