Meet the Author and Translator Meir Shalev is well-know internationally for his writing. He is a columnist for the most widely circulated Israeli daily newspaper: Yedioth Ahronoth. Shalev has authored six novels, including the Brenner Prize winning A Pigeon and a Boy (2009). Additionally, Shalev has written five works of nonfiction, including Beginnings: Reflections on the Bible's Intriguing Firsts (2011). His writings have been translated into more than twenty Read More …
Books
Review of Engaging the Culture, Changing the World (#0470)
Meet the Author Since 1996, Philip W. Eaton has served as the President of Seattle Pacific University, an Evangelical Protestant school of around 4,000 students. Earlier in his career, he spent eight years as a professor of English and American literature followed by eight years in business as a commercial and industrial property developer. Eaton has served on many boards, including the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, the National Association of Read More …
Review of Missional Church in Perspective (#0467)
Meet the Authors Craig Van Gelder (at right in the lighter jacket) serves as tenured professor of congregational mission at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN, having taken this position in 1998 following ten years as professor of domestic missiology at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, MI. He holds two earned Doctor of Philosophy degrees: Mission (Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) and Administration in Urban Affairs (University of Texas at Arlington). Read More …
Review of Upside (#0463)
Meet the Author Bradley Wright is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. After keeping quiet about his Christian faith early in his career, Wright became more open after gaining tenure. His specialties include religion, social psychology and crime. Wright’s two most recent books are Christians are Hate-Filled Hypocrites . . . and Other Lies You’ve Been Told: A Sociologist Shatters Myths From the Secular and Christian Media (included Read More …
Review of Introducing the Practice of Ministry (#0456)
Meet the Author Kathleen A. Cahalan is an associate professor of theology at St. John's University School of Theology-Seminary, which is a Catholic and Benedictine school that educates both ordination candidates and lay ecclesiastical ministers. Previously, she taught at Christian Theological Seminary and as an evaluation coordinator for the religion division of the Lilly Endowment. Cahalan is the author of three books: Introducing the Practice of Ministry Read More …
Review of The End of Christianity (#0452)
Meet the Editor and Contributing Authors John W. Loftus is a former Christian minister who earned graduate theological degrees from Lincoln Christian Seminary and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and started, but never completed, a Ph.D. program in theology and ethics at Marquette University. He is the founder of the Debunking Christianity blog and the author of Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity (2008). He is the editor of The Read More …
Review of Dilemma: A Priest’s Struggle with Faith and Love (#0449)
Meet the Author Father Albert Cutié served as a Roman Catholic priest from his ordination in 1995 until 2009. During those years he served several parishes, but was best known for his work in media, which earned him the nickname "Padre Oprah." He was the first clergy-person to host a daily talk-show on a major network on international secular television. After his relationship with a woman was made public, he left the Roman Catholic church, married, and was ordained as an Read More …
Review of A Public Faith (#0445)
Meet the Author Miroslav Volf is the Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture and Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School. He was born in Croatia, and studied at Evangelical-Theological, Osijek, Fuller Theological Seminary and received his doctoral degree from the University of Tübingen, where he studied under Jürgen Moltmann. As “a member of the Episcopal Church in the Read More …
Review of Veneer (#0442)
Meet the Authors Jason Locy is founder and Creative Director of FiveStone, a multidisciplinary design studio whose client list includes MTV, Chick-fil-A, Q, and Catalyst. Timothy Willard is a full-time writer who earned a Master of Arts in Christian Thought from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Veneer: Living Deeply in a Surface Society (2011), which they co-authored, is each author's first book. Book Basics Jason invited Tim to join his men's Read More …
Review of I Knew Jesus Before He Was a Christian . . . (#0439)
Meet the Author Rubel Shelly is the President of Rochester College (Rochester, MI), a school affiliated with a student body of approximately 900. Previously, he served as the Senior Minister of Woodmont Hills (Nashville, TN) from 1978 to 2005. Shelly is the author or co-author of over 30 books including The Jesus Proposal: A Theological Framework for Maintaining the Unity of the Body of Christ (2006 with John O. York), What Would Jesus Do Today (2008 with Read More …