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Speaking My Mind: The Radical Evangelical Prophet Tackles the Tough Issues Christians Are Afraid to Face

Jun 9, 2006 | Book Reviews

Tony Campolo (Nashville: W Publishing, 2004) 240 pp.  Review by Ken Deeks. That smell in the air is the odour of burning hair as Tony Campolo’s critics light their locks on fire. Always the black sheep of the evangelical family, Campolo really stirs things up...

Radical Compassion: The Life and Times of Archbishop Ted Scott

Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews

Hugh McCullum. Toronto: ABC Publishing, 2004, 544 pages. Reviewed by Ron Dart. “Liberalism was, in origin, criticism of the old established order. Today, it is the voice of the establishment.” —George Grant The time has come, gratefully so, when the rich and varied...

Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire

Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews

Chalmers Johnson, New York: Henry Holt, 2000, 268 pp. On the eve of the new bombing campaign against Iraq, President Bush said the United States had done nothing to deserve Iraqi hostility. This book begs to differ. The author is a specialist on Japan and Asia, and a...

Beyond Retribution: A New Testament Vision for Justice, Crime, and Punishment

Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews

Christopher D. Marshall, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001, 342 pages. Reviewed by Wayne Northey In 1965, noted New Testament scholar C.F.D. Moule published an article in a little known Swedish academic journal. Entitled “Punishment and Retribution: An...

God’s Just Vengeance: Crime, Violence and the Rhetoric of Salvation

Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews

Timothy Gorringe, Cambridge University Press, 1996, 280 pages Reviewed by Wayne Northey [Note: A version of this was first published in The Contemporary Justice Review] In 1978 Roman Catholic lay theologian Gerald McHugh wrote Christian Faith and Criminal Justice:...

The War on Terrorism and the Terror of God

Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews

Lee Griffith, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002, 399 pp. Reviewed by Wayne Northey “What would this mean if it were true that we love God only as much as the person we love least? Would it not mean that, when we have finally won the victory in our war on terrorism, when we...
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