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Dawson: But though the religion of that age was intensely other-worldly, its other-worldliness had a very different character from much that we have come to associate with the word in its modern pietist form. It was collective rather than individualist, […]
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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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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 […]
Jake MeadorBooksHenri De Lubac Project
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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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 MeadorHistoryBooks
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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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 ThomasBooks
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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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 JonesBooks
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.
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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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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.