Official Presbyterian Publisher Issues 9/11 Conspiracy Book
Process theologian David Ray Griffin is among the most prominent proponents of theory that Bush administration, not Al Qaeda, was behind attacks.
Jason Bailey | posted 7/31/2006 12:00AM
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Some Christians, however, think it is foolish for Westminster to give Griffin a platform.
Earl Tilford, a professor of history at Grove City College who specializes in the military and war, said it is dangerous for people who study religion to comment about national security and that Griffin "obviously knows very little about conspiracy theories."
"It does not surprise me that the PC(USA) press would publish his work," said Tilford, the former director of research at the U.S. Army's Strategic Studies Institute. "They are very anti-Israeli and very much inclined to anything that speaks ill of the administration."
James Berkley, the director of Presbyterian Action for Faith and Freedom, said that Westminster's decision to publish Griffin's book "is both laughable and pathetic" and that the publishing company is not ideologically in line with most Presbyterians.
"Their choice to print this seems to be pretty idiosyncratic and kooky," Berkeley said. "What a waste of pages and ink that could have been promoting the Christian gospel and contributing to the health and vitality of the Presbyterian church."
Griffin's next book, 9/11 and American Empire: Intellectuals Speaking Out, will not be published by Westminster but by Olive Branch Press, which published his first two books about September 11. It is scheduled for a late August release.
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Related Elsewhere:
Christian Faith and the Truth Behind 9/11 is available from Christianbook.com and other book retailers.
Westminster John Knox has more information about the book.
Some of Griffin's free writings on 9/11 include:
9/11, American Empire, and Christian Faith (911Truth.org)
9/11: The Myth and the Reality (Mindfully.org)
Interviews and profiles have been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Bohemian.com, and elsewhere.
Other news on Griffin, from a supportive view, is available at 911Blogger.com. There's also a Wikipedia entry.
Popular Mechanics has one of the more popular conspiracy debunking articles.
Science and Theology News examined Griffin's "naturalistic theism" argument, that God never interrupts "the world's most fundamental patter of causal relations."
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