Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
Book Review of the executed god: The Way of the Cross in Lockdown America, Mark Lewis Taylor, Fortress Press, 2001, 208 pp. By Wayne Northey “Is it a contradiction that Christians pray and adore their imprisoned and executed God while supporting or tolerating the...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
The Death Penalty: An Historical and Theological Survey, James J. Megivern, New York/Mahwah, N. J.: Paulist Press 1997, 641 pages. By Wayne Northey “In this important study, James Megivern offers readers a comprehensive history of the death penalty in the West. ...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
Justice That Restores, Charles W. Colson, Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2001; 172 pages. by Wayne Northey Charles Colson explains that the seeds for this book were sewn while preparing for a series of lectures on criminal justice in England. “I needed to...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
Against The Death Penalty: Christian and Secular Arguments Against Capital Punishment, Gardner C. Hanks, Herald Press, 1997; 208 pages. by Wayne Northey Eleven years after the Canadian Parliament decisively voted against the return of the death penalty, the Reform...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
Book Review of Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower, William Blum, Common Courage Press, Monroe, Maine, 2000, 308 pp. By Wayne Northey A former Canadian missionary colleague, Lloyd Billingsley, has published numerous books since his new-found faith in...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey
Why I Oppose the Death Penalty: “The Talking Place: Discussing the Death Penalty” Forum on the Death Penalty, Fairbanks Alaska, March 22, 1997 – Part Three [NOTE: I was invited to participate in a statewide dialogue on the Death Penalty in Alaska, where capital...
