Groeschel, Craig. The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living as if He Doesn't Exist. Zondervan, 2010. ISBN: 9780310327899. Meet the Author Craig Groeschel is the founding pastor of LifeChurch.tv, which has grown from a single campus in 1996 to a multi-campus church with over eighty weekly worship experiences in fourteen locations including an online campus. Groeschel has written five books: Confessions of a Pastor: Adventures in Dropping the Pose and Read More …
Books
Review of Radical (#0122)
Platt, David. Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream. Multnomah, 2010. ISBN: 9781601422217. Meet the Author At age 28, David Platt became the youngest American megachurch pastor when he accepted the call to be the pastor of The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama. Now 31, he continues to serve as pastor of this 4000 member congregation affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and recently published his first book. Read More …
Review of New Ecclesiology & Polity (#0108)
Steckel, Clyde J. New Ecclesiology & Polity. Pilgrim Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780829818574. Meet the Author Clyde J. Steckel is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. From 1970 to 1993, he was on the faculty of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities as associate professor of theology and psychology and then as academic vice president. In retirement he retains the position of emeritus professor of theology. Additionally, he has served Read More …
Reflections on 50 Recently Published Books (#0106)
Over the last year, I have posted my reflections on 50 recently published books (all but a handful were published between 2007 and 2010). I encourage you to browse the list. By clicking on a title, you will be linked to my review. Title Author Year A Multitude of Blessings: A Christian Approach to Religious Diversity Cynthia M. Campbell 2007 After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings are Shaping the Future of American Religion Robert Read More …
Review of God is Not One (#0104)
Prothero, Stephen. God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World - and Why Their Differences Matter. HarperOne, 2010. ISBN: 9780061571275. Meet the Author Stephen Prothero is professor of religion at Boston College and the author of six books including God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World - and Why Their Differences Matter and Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know - and Doesn't. He writes and reviews for the Read More …
Review of Putting Away Childish Things (#0103)
Borg, Marcus. Putting Away Childish Things: A Tale of Modern Faith. HarperOne, 2010. ISBN: 9780061888144. Meet the Author Marcus Borg is Canon Theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. He is also professor emeritus in the philosophy department at Oregon State University, where he was the Hundere Chair in Religion until his retirement in 2007. Borg is among the most widely known and influential voices in progressive Read More …
Review of Christianity’s Family Tree (#0091)
Hamilton, Adam. Christianity's Family Tree: What Other Christians Believe and Why. Abingdon Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780687481162. Meet the Author Adam Hamilton is the founding pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, which has grown from four members in 1990 to over 12,000 members today. Hamilton's parish is currently the largest in his denomination with an average weekly worship attendance of over 7400. He was named by Religion and Ethics Read More …
Review of After the Baby Boomers (#0090)
Wuthnow, Robert. After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings are Shaping the Future of American Religion. Princeton University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780691146140. Meet the Author Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard Andlinger Professor of Social Sciences and Director of the Center for the Study of American Religion at Princeton University. Wuthnow is widely published in the areas of sociology of religion, culture and civil society. His recent books Read More …
Review of The Unity of the Church (#0089)
Pope Benedict XVI. Joseph Ratzinger in Communio, Volume 1: The Unity of the Church. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2010. Meet the Author Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Alois Ratzinger, is the 265th and reigning pope of the Roman Catholic Church. After being ordained in 1951 and earning his doctoral degree in 1953, he spent many years in academia. During that time, together with Hans Urs von Balthasar, Henri de Lubac and other important theologians, he initiated the Read More …
Review of ReJesus (#0085)
Frost, Michael and Hirsch, Alan. ReJesus: A Wild Messiah for a Missional Church. Hendrickson Publishers, 2009. 9781598562286. Meet the Authors Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch have collaborated on numerous projects and are leading voices in the missional church movement. Together, they have co-authored two books: The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21st Century Church and ReJesus: AWild Messiah for a Missional Church. Michael Frost (pictured at Read More …