Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

In searching out the sense of these new
writings, I have had the benefit of extended
conversations across the years with many
friends and colleagues, especially Robert
Schapiro, Christina Wesson, Crosby Brown,
Luz García and Pedro Chamizo. My long-
term thanks are also due to two of my
undergraduate instructors: the poet Robert
Frost, for his advice to partake only in what
is worthy of one's time; and Prof William E.
Kennick, for his example of the highest
standards in philosophical theology. To
Bertrand Russell, while I was studying in
London and had the opportunity to
demonstrate with him in the Campaign for
Nuclear Disarmament, I am indebted for his
fearless example in confronting the
Establishment— whether political, military
or religious— for the sake of the truth. Much
of the present edition was prepared while I
was a guest of numerous universities both
state and private, as well as seminaries and
religious communities both Catholic and
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