Book Review: “The Journey to Truth” by George Garlick Ph.D.
I previewed “The Journey to Truth” by George Garlick in my previous post. I recently finished reading it, here are my thoughts.
The book begins with an autobiography of George Garlick’s childhood and his developing curiosity in scientific and theological topics. As the book progresses, George attempts to weave together the two topics into a unified perspective.
I thought the book started off fairly slow. I am generally indifferent to autobiographies and I was unfamiliar with the author. I also found his initial discussions on scientific and theological topics to be fairly standard. Still, there was some insight and I continued with my reading.
It is fortunate that I persisted, because the initial chapters were clearly just building the foundation. Beginning with chapter five, the book suddenly delves deeper and begins to discuss scientific and mathematical concepts on dimensions, light, and time. The topics were freshly unfamiliar.
I found his correlation of these scientific concepts to theological concepts insightful and fascinating. It spurred me to take notes and do further research. These chapters occasionally get bogged down with complex scientific terminology and mathematical equations. Some of the more complex material may have been better served in an appendix.
In the end I found the book insightful, but there could be a bit more balance. I found the book initially too straightforward, while the later half is occasionally too complex. Never-the-less, it is a worth reading.
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