Gibbs, Eddie. ChurchMorph: How Megatrends are Reshaping Christian Communities. Baker Academic, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-8010-3762-7. Meet the Author Eddie Gibbs is Director of the Institute for the Study of Emerging Churches at the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology and the Arts. He is partially retired from Fuller Theological Seminary where he retains the position of Senior Professor of Church Growth. In his twenty-five years at Fuller, Gibbs has Read More …
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Review of Marriage at the Crossroads (#0055)
Spencer, William and Aida and Tracy, Steve and Celestia. Marriage at the Crossroads: Couples in Conversation About Discipleship, Gender Roles, Decision Making, and Intimacy. InterVarsity Press Academic, 2009. Meet the Authors This book is co-authored by two couples. William and Aida Spencer are both ordained pastors in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and both serve on the faculty of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Bill is professor of theology and the arts Read More …
Review of Children, Youth, and Spirituality in a Troubling World (#0053)
Moore, Mary Elizabeth Mullino and Wright, Almeda M., eds. Children, Youth, and Spirituality in a Troubling World. Chalice Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-827205-13-0. Meet the Editors Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore is the Dean of the School of Theology and Professor of Theology and Education at Boston University. Previously she served as Assistant Director and Research Coordinator of the Theology and Ministry Program at Candler School of Theology at Emory Read More …
Review of Surprised by Hope (#0052)
Wright, N. T. Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church. Harper One, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-06-155182-6. Meet the Author N.T. (Nicholas Thomas) Wright is the one of the world's top Biblical scholars and has been called "the world's leading New Testament scholar" by Newsweek. He taught New Testament studies for twenty years at Cambridge, McGill, and Oxford Universities. Wright is currently the Bishop of Durham for Read More …
Review of This I Believe and This I Believe II (#0049)
Allison, Jay and Gediman, Dan, eds. This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable American Men and Women. Henry Holt and Company, 2006. ISBN: 978-0-8050-8658-4. Allison, Jay and Gediman, Dan, eds. This I Believe II: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable American Men and Women. Henry Holt and Company, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-8050-8768-0. Meet the Editors Jay Allison is the host and curator of This I Believe and the founder of the public radio stations that Read More …
Review of Boundless Faith (#0048)
Wuthnow, Robert. Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Churches. University of California Press, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-520-25915-7. Meet the Author Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. 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 include Boundless Faith: The Read More …
Review of I Once Was Lost (#0045)
Everts, Don and Schaupp, Doug. I Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus. IVP Books, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-8308-3608-6. Meet the Authors Don Everts (pictured on the left) served as a campus missionary with InterVaristy Christian Fellowship for fourteen years in Washington and Colorado. He currently serves as minister of outreach at Bonhomme Presbyterian Church. Additionally, Everts is the author of eleven books including Jesus Read More …
Review of SimChurch (#0040)
Estes, Douglas. SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World. Zondervan, 2009. ISBN: 978031028741 Meet the Author Douglas Estes is the lead pastor of Berryessa Valley Church, adjunct professor of New Testament at Western Seminary, and is actively engaged in both discussion about and experience of the church in the virtual world. He received his PhD in Theology from the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of The Temporal Mechanics of the Read More …
Review of Fasting (#0039)
McKnight, Scot. Fasting. Thomas Nelson, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-8499-0108-9. Meet the Author Scot McKnight is an Anabaptist theologian and a professor of religious studies at Northpark University. The author of over 20 books, including The Jesus Creed, he specializes in Jesus studies and the New Testament. As an authority in Jesus studies, McKnight has been frequently consulted by Fox News, WGN, US News & World Report, Newsweek, TIME, as well as newspapers Read More …
Review of Promise and Peril (#0037)
Brubaker, David. Promise and Peril: Understanding and Managing Change and Conflict in Congregations. The Alban Institute, 2009. ISBN: 978-1-56699-382-1. Meet the Author Since 2004, David Brubaker has served as Associate Professor of Organizational Studies at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University. Brubaker is a member of the Alban Institute and has 20 years of experience in workplace mediation, training and organizational and Read More …