Book Reviews
« Previous Entries Monday, May 12th, 2008Let’s Talk About Sex
Disclaimer – Really long post ahead that is sure to piss at least a few people off. Enjoy.
I’m usually very wary about Christian books that deal with sex for two basic reasons. Generally they so super-spiritualize sex that it becomes nearly indistinguishable from say a prayer meeting or worship service. Secondly […]
Book Review - My Beautiful Idol
So I recently joined the group of Ooze Select bloggers which basically means I get to read cool books and review them here. Works for me. The first selection I was sent was Peter Gall’s My Beautiful Idol. Before I go any further though I do have a confession to make. […]
Monday, February 25th, 2008Good Intentions?
So it is really amusing to hear through the grapevine that Moody Press has just published a book that discusses me and my underwear choices. Apparently chapter 8 of the recently released book Good Intentions uses a poorly (barely) paraphrased version of my “Justice Bra” article from the God’s Politics blog as an extended […]
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008Book Review - The New Christians
I recently read Tony Jones’ new book The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier and I have to say that I thought it was a great book - a needed and welcomed contribution at this stage in the emerging church conversation. This is the book to read to understand the history of […]
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008Book Review - Saving Women from the Church
This seems to be a week for book reviews (which I’ve found fun). I just finished reading a review copy of Susan McLeod-Harrison’s Saving Women from the Church: How Jesus Mends A Divide (Barclay Press, Feb. 2008) and found it to be a beneficial contribution to the conversation about women in the church. […]
Monday, February 4th, 2008Book Review - Looking for God
I recently received a review copy of Nancy Ortberg’s first book Looking for God: An Unexpected Journey Through Tattoos, Tofu & Pronouns (Tyndale, March 2008). Around here (Chicago area) Nancy Ortberg is known from her years of service as a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church where she also led Axis, a […]
Monday, January 21st, 2008Book Review - Rising from the Ashes
I recently finished reading Becky Garrison’s new book Rising from the Ashes: Rethinking Church (we have also been discussing this book over at Emerging Women for this month’s book discussion). This book is different from the typical offering on this subject in that it consists solely of interviews Becky conducted with a wide […]
Sunday, December 30th, 20072007 Books
If you can’t tell, I like making lists. And at the end of the calendar year list making seems to be the thing to do. I’ve been hearing a lot about the best movies of 2007, but I hardly saw any movies this year so I can’t comment in that area. But […]
Monday, November 5th, 2007Everything Must Change
So I am slowly making my way through Brian McLaren’s Everything Must Change and have to this point not engaged in many of the conversations about it. I’ve lurked, but wanted to have actually read the book before I engaged. As usual I am most annoyed with all the people who are upset […]
Saturday, October 27th, 2007Book Review - It’s A Dance
I recently had the opportunity to read a review copy of It’s A Dance written by Patrick Oden. When I first heard about this book I was intrigued - a theology book about the Holy Spirit written in story form. I am aware that the role of the Holy Spirit is not mentioned […]
Friday, October 26th, 2007More Harry Potter
I just stumbled across this article/interview with J.K. Rowling in which she discusses the religious imagery in Harry Potter 7. In it she confirms that the tombstone quotes epitomize the entire series (confirming my theories) and that Harry was a Christ figure overcoming death (sorry Dr. Jacobs).
I thought it was an interesting read […]
Book Review - Inspiration and Incarnation
I just finished reading a book that I highly recommend for others to read. Not because I agreed with everything in it or because it is necessarily spiritually transformative, but because it presents a constructive, faith affirming approach to a topic that is generally written about in destructive ways.
A few months ago […]