A Reflection on Sacred Ritual
As the Christmas season approaches, it is easy to become entangled in the thorny briar patch of a thousand to-dos. "I've got to find the Christmas tree stand in the…
The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience, by Ronald Sider
The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience: Why Are Christians Living Just Like the Rest of the World? By Ronald Sider. Baker Books, 2005. 144 pp. $15.00. If Christians are called…
The Politics of Jesus, by John Howard Yoder
The Politics of Jesus: Behold the Man! Our Victorious Lamb. By John Howard Yoder. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans, 1994. Are the ethics that Jesus and the early church relevant…
Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism, by George Marsden
Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism. By George Marsden. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans, 1991. There is a great divide in this country between Fundamentalist, Evangelicals, and Liberals within Christianity. Understanding Fundamentalism…
Speaking My Mind, by Tony Campolo
Speaking My Mind. By Tony Campolo. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2004. 239 pages. Tony Campolo, renowned evangelical speaker and prolific writer, maintains in Speaking My Mind what he has been convicted…
Christianity for the Rest of Us, by Diana Butler Bass
Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church is Transforming the Faith. By Diana Butler Bass. HarperOne, 2006. 278 pages. $13.95. If change is central to Christ's message,…
Fidelity With Plausibility, by Wesley J. Wildman
Fidelity With Plausibility: Modest Christologies in the Twentieth Century. By Wesley J. Wildman. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. 441 pages. "The message of the cross is foolishness…