Jul 10, 2017 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Gordon Nickel, The Gentle Answer: To The Muslim Accusation of Biblical Falsification. Bruton Gate, Calgary, 2015. ...
Jul 1, 2017 | Author - Ron Dart
Reading the Psalms: Thomas Merton, C.S. Lewis and Bede Griffiths I Thomas Merton (1915-1968), C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) and Bede Griffiths (1906-1993) are, probably, three of the most significant Christian writers of the 20th century. Lewis held Merton in high...
Jun 28, 2017 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Hans Boersma, Scripture as Real Presence: Sacramental Exegesis in the Early Church (Baker Academic, 2017). Many are the tendencies and trajectories when approaching, reading and interpreting the Bible. The literal, grammatical, historic tradition and the...
Jun 23, 2017 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Anna Yin, Nightlights (Black Moss Press, 2017) Anna Yin has emerged, season by season, year by year, as a fine, probing and nuanced poet. There is a contemplative soul tenderness in her previous books of poetry that can only be accessed through many a slow and...
Jun 20, 2017 | Author - Brian Zahnd, Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Brian Zahnd, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God: The Scandalous Truth of the Very Good News (Waterbrook, 2017) There has been a decided turn in the last decade by many from within this historic conservative evangelical tribe to a more nuanced read of the Bible, the...
May 30, 2017 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Mystical Landscapes: From Vincent van Gogh to Emily Carr. Ed. by Katharine Lochman with Roald Nasgaard & Bogomila Welsch-Ovcharov. New York: DelMonico Books, 2016. There has been a regrettable tendency to falsely and naively assume the right wing...