Jan 4, 2025 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Shadia Drury, Chauvinism of the West: The Case of American Exceptionalism (Palgrave MacMillan, 2024) Each year a few fine and must-read books...
Oct 26, 2024 | Author - Brad Jersak, Book Reviews
Joonas Sildre’s Between Two Sounds: Arvo Pärt’s Journey to his Musical Language (trans. Adam Cullen (Plough Publishing, 2024). I confess that I had not recalled previously hearing of Arvo Pärt, the subversive Estonian musician and Soviet exile, nor of ‘tintinnabuli,’...
Oct 8, 2024 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
John W. Martens and Paul V. Niskanen (eds.), The Transcendent Mystery of God’s Word: A Critical Synthesis of Antioch and Alexandria (Saint Paul Seminary Press, 2024). There has been, in the history of Christian exegesis, at one level, a consistent yet unhelpful...
Aug 20, 2024 | Book Reviews
New Release: Philemon of Gaza Meditates Luke's Gospel "Turning the the other cheek is not enough: Luke 6:27-38" The People's Seminary is delighted to announce the publication of the first English translation of 6th Century Philemon of...
Jun 21, 2024 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Diane Kalen-Sukra, Save Your City: How toxic culture kills community & what to do about it (5th Anniversary Edition: 2024). Review by Ron Dart Cultural, religious, educational, and political wars are not new to our all-too-human journey. Sadly, with the rise of...
Dec 18, 2023 | Book Reviews
My five favorite books of 2023, ranked chronologically as I read them: one fiction, two memoirs, one theology, and one historical fiction: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, a 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner. It is as good as her classic from 25 years ago, The...
