Category: book reviews
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a purple state of mind
Aside from the content of Craig Detweiler’s latest book, the best reason to read A Purple State of Mind is the fatigue many of us experience with today’s polarized politics. We are 40 days away from the election, the presidential debates haven’t even begun, and I for one am ready for this mess to be…
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the jesus way (1)
Won and I met for burritos last week as we talked through the first four chapters of Eugene Peterson’s The Jesus Way. Those of you who have read Peterson know that it’s a good idea to read him slowly. Slowly because he wades into some deep waters. In The Jesus Way Peterson sets out to…
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then the whisper put on flesh
First, a question raised by Then the Whisper Put on Flesh: How well can we read the Bible when we’re limited to our own cultural and historical context? It’s a bit embarassing to see that it’s been over two months since I posted some initial thoughts about Brian K Blount’s Then the Whisper Put on…
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the new friars
Scott Bessenecker doesn’t mince words in his 2006 book, The New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World’s Poor. Never have there been thousands of people dying because they are dangerously overfed sharing the planet with billions who are dying because they cannot get enough calories to sustain life. (41) In this book Bessenecker is…
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“then the whisper put on flesh”
A few days back I mentioned that my friend (and now co-worker) Michael and I were beginning to read Then the Whisper Put on Flesh: New Testament Ethics in an African American Context by Brian K Blount. Dr Blount is the new president of Union Theological Seminary after teaching New Testament ethics at Princeton Seminary…
David W. Swanson 