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Dawson on How the West Got Saved - Commonplaces

Dawson: Unlike Christian Byzantium, Christian Rome represents only a brief interlude between paganism and barbarism. There were only eighteen years between Theodosius’s closing of the temples and the first sack of the Eternal City by the barbarians. The great age […]

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What Are Christians For?: An Invitation - Commonplaces

We are in a new era of preparation. The deconstructors have come and, mercifully, will soon be gone. The world we have known is at an end. This is true for the church, I think, as many of the defining […]

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Hating God - Commonplaces

In his book on the transformation of sexuality in the Roman world brought about by Christianity, Kyle Harper observes that Christianity was experienced as a deeply liberating force by many in the empire. For Romans, the sexual energy of men […]

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2022 Reading Goals - Commonplaces

I’m following Leah Sargeant’s lead this year and am trying to give myself a list of “goal books” to read for 2022. Thanks to some news I’m going to share in a separate post on the main site, I’m hoping […]

Jake MeadorHistoryBook Reviews

Notes on DeYoung's Review of Thompson and Kwon - Commonplaces

We are going to be reviewing the book in some fashion on the main page (I see you, Sarah). That said, given Kevin DeYoung’s review at TGC this morning, I wanted to put up some quick notes replying to what […]

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Book Review: White Too Long by Robert P. Jones

Jones's new book uses sociological data to lay out a plain and uncomfortable truth for America's white churches: the problem of racism is pervasive.

John ThomasBook Reviews

Revisiting the Kingdom: Ten Years After "Desiring the Kingdom"

The most striking section of James K. A. Smith's "Desiring the Kingdom" could be revamped in striking ways for the post-shopping mall world.

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Top Ten Books of 2019 - Commonplaces

It’s that time of year, so here’s my list of my ten favorite (new to me) books from 2019: Unbelief and Revolution by William Groen van Prinsterer This is the book to give your Protestant friend who is deeply suspicious […]

Mark JonesBook Reviews

Book Review: Beyond Authority and Submission by Rachel Green Miller

Miller's book struggles to land many of its arguments because it doesn't engage sufficiently with key biblical texts or historic Christian views of gender.

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

Book Review: The Household and the War for the Cosmos by C. R. Wiley

Wiley's book argues for seeing the cosmos as a lively, whole, and integrated place and suggests that households are miniatures of that larger order.

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Augustinianism and Audience in "In Search of the Common Good

Brad East has what is perhaps my favorite response to the book so far, not least because it is one of the more critical responses, for which I am thankful. You can read the whole thing over at Resident Theologian.

Kevin HargadenBook Reviews

Book Review: Jean Vanier: Portrait of a Free Man by Anne-Sophie Constant

Constant's biography of Jean Vanier rightly treats the L'Arche founder as a Christian mystic rather than some kind of guru or healthcare entrepreneur.