Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
(Charles K. Bellinger, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, 157 pages.)Review by Wayne Northey. This gem is to theology what a Rolls Royce engine is to automobiles. One reviewer says, “It is no small achievement to write a theological book that is both first-rate...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Review by Ron Dart. Christopher Page. Toronto: Path Books, 2004. 134 p. ISBN 1-55126-420-X There is, and has been, a growing interest in the Wisdom Traditions from most of the major and minor religions for the last few decades. Wisdom Traditions (like their...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Kevin Miller, Book Reviews
Review by Kevin Miller. One of the great joys of searching for truth in unlikely places is that every once in a while you turn up a gem. Having already read and reviewed two “okay” books—Who Needs a Superhero? and Comic Book Character—that sought to extract spiritual...
Jun 9, 2006 | Book Reviews
(Cape Town: Vineyard International Publishing, 2005.) Reviewed by Nathan Rieger Some writers are called prophetic for their predictions about the future, but Alexander Venter earns the term in the manner of the prophets of old. He confronts harsh political reality...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Review by Ron Dart. (Preface by Kathleen Norris, Edited by Lynn R. Szabo. New York: A New Directions Book, 2005.) “Put simply, Merton is one of our great poetic talents of the twentieth century.” —Robert McDowell, The Hudson Review “He (Merton) has now...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
Review by Wayne Northey. (Hans Boersma, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2004, 288 pages.) This is an impressive book. First, Dr. Boersma is a meticulous theologian. Second, his sources are wide-ranging and carefully considered (this based on my limited awareness of...
