What Does It Mean to be a Christian? – A Debate
The debate between the two friends is presented here in the form of a correspondence they conducted over a period of two years (and did not originally intend for publication). It has undergone very little editing and revision; the authors have wanted to preserve the spontaneous give and take of their exchange. Together they have produced a work of philosophical dialogue that is unusually fruitful in its ability to clarify some fundamental issues of religion.
John Crosby is Professor of Philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville, and is known for his writings on Christian personalism and the philosophy of religion.
Stafford Betty is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University, Bakersfield, and specializes in Asian religious thought and the mind-body problem as it relates to death and the afterlife.