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Shameless self-promotion: My latest book review is up at Adventist Today–Make Poverty Personal.
I believe this is an important book, so I hope you’ll check out the review.
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Adventist Today has had two reviews recently that may be of interest to you.
Film Review: Food, Inc. (Reviewed by Tompaul Wheeler)
Book Review: Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. (Reviewed by Jeff Boyd–me)
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In 2005 Adventist Peace Fellowship published The Peacemaking Remnant, a collection of essays and historical documents addressing Adventist thought and theology as relating to peace, broadly defined. Contributors include Charles Bradford, Ryan Bell, Charles Scriven, and Douglas Morgan, among others.
Rather than write a standard book review, I’ve decided to share a few quotes. If these [...]
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I recently wrote a review of Ron Sider’s, I Am Not a Social Activist, for Adventist Today. Here’s an excerpt:
What do you call someone who advocates for gender equality, environmental conservation and economic justice? Sider’s answer: not a social activist but a disciple of Jesus. That is, given one qualification: “Jesus’ gospel–his death, resurrection, and [...]
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Doug Morgan, an Adventist Activism contributor, has just finished a ten-part review/conversation on N. T. Wright’s book, Surprised by Hope at his primary blog, Adventist Peace Messenger.
In the final installment, Morgan writes:
Throughout Surprised by Hope, N.T. Wright’s purpose has been to heal a “long-term schizophrenia” in the church, and I suppose that one reason I [...]
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Adventist Today is offering three perspectives on George Knight’s book, The Apocalyptic Vision and the Neutering of Adventism.
Here is the comment I left on Tompaul Wheeler’s review regarding Knight’s view that the church needs to focus more on apocalyptics and less on community service:
I’m surprised Knight felt the need to address social action given the [...]
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