Aug 29, 2015 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
Editor's Header by Ron Dart: There can be no doubt that Doug Frank, in a "A Gentler God", has faced into the darker and more disturbing aspects of the North American reformed and evangelical ethos–he did so, courageously,...
Aug 29, 2015 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
A Farewell To Mars: An Evangelical Pastor’s Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace, Brian Zahnd, Colorado Springs: David C. Cook, 2014, 208pp. [NOTE: The copy of the book used for review was an e-book and hence there are no page numbers.] This is an outstanding...
Aug 23, 2015 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
Book Review of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, Johann Hari, New York: Bloomsbury, 2015, 389 pp. The author is an established British journalist. In the “Introduction” he explains that his research took him “across nine countries and...
Aug 15, 2015 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to LIVE FULLY Right Where You Are, Ann Voskamp, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010, 237 pp; Radical Gratitude, Mary Jo Leddy, Maryknoll: Orbis, 2002, 182 pp; The Gift of Thanks: The Roots, Persistence, and Paradoxical Meanings of a Social Ritual,...
Aug 10, 2015 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
Book Review of: A Philosophical Anthropology of the Cross: The Cruciform Self, Brian Gregor, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2013, 261 pp. What caught my eye in deciding to ask the publisher for a review copy was the subtitle. I received more...
Jul 29, 2015 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
Book Review of: On Being Human: Sexual Orientation and the Image of God, C. Norman Kraus, Eugene: Cascade Books, 2011, 113 pp. By Wayne Northey Since receipt of this publication for review, same-sex marriage has been legalized in the United States. Canada...