Behr’s monograph offers a distinct perspective that situates John’s Gospel unequivocally within the Eastern Orthodox Paschal feast: “Pascha . . . is the starting point and register in which to hear the Gospel of John and also its Prologue” (ix).
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[This is pt 4 of a 4 part review. See here for part 1, part 2, and part 3] My review of…
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Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo: A Biography, Forty-Fifth Anniversary Edition (University of California Press, 2000, originally published in 1967), pp. 548. Steve…
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[This is part 3 of a 4 part review of Boyd’s book. HERE is part 1, and HERE is part 2] In…
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In the previous post I noted several of Boyd’s hermeneutical starting points, as well as his expressed and tacit assumptions about Scripture….
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Gregory A. Boyd. Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Interpreting the Old Testament’s Violent Portraits of God in Light of the Cross. Minneapolis:…
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You may not have heard of Katharine or Kate Bushnell or her book, God’s Word to Women described by Du Mez as ‘one of the most innovative and comprehensive feminist theologies ever published.’
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Kevin Madigan, Medieval Christianity: A New History (Yale University Press, 2015). 544 pages. Dr Steven Watts teaches Church History and History of…
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In my view it is time to properly give place to prophetic ways the Spirit uses Scriptures precisely out of their original context but with staggering accuracy and insight in the contemporary context…
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Sibling Rivalry and Reconciliation Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks has a truly ambitious vision of interfaith respect, peace, and mutual blessing in his…
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