“Children, Keep Yourselves from Idols” Guest Contributor January 14, 2021 Books, Commentary, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church Idolatry By Stephen E. Fowl Baylor University Press 2019. Pp. 180 $34.95. Review by Anthony Petrotta Professor Fowl's argument is clear and concise: idolatry is alive and well, just as it was in the day... Read More...
The Seedbed of Christian Biblical Interpretation Fr. Paul Wheatley January 12, 2021 Books, Commentary, Exegesis, Ressourcement, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church The Commentary of Origen on the Gospel of St Matthew. By Ronald E. Heine First edition. 2 vols. Oxford Early Christian Texts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. ix + 773, $270. Review by Paul D. W... Read More...
Reconsidering the Parables of a “Marginal Jew” Garwood Anderson December 10, 2020 Bible, Books, Commentary, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. Volume 5: Probing the Authenticity of the Parables By John P. Meier Yale University Press xiii + 441 pp $65 Review by Garwood P. Anderson When contemporary theologians and “churchmen” disparage the “... Read More...
A Modern-Day Pastoral Rule Mark Clavier August 14, 2020 Books, Church in Wales, Ministry, Reviews & Culture These will be useful volumes to own — a kind of encyclopedia of pastoral wisdom to dip in and out of and a useful corrective to models of mission and ministry that over-emphasize advocacy or achievement at the expense of personal relationships.
President Trump and Evangelicals’ Shifting Playbook Benjamin Guyer August 4, 2020 Books, Commentary, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump By John Fea Eerdmans Pp. 238 $24.99. Review by Benjamin Guyer John Fea opens the conclusion of Believe Me by relating a conversation that occurred at an ... Read More...
“Unto Whomsoever Much is Given, of Her Shall Much Be Required” Brandt Montgomery June 23, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry, The Episcopal Church Bishops, Bourbons, and Big Mules: A History of the Episcopal Church in Alabama By J. Barry Vaughn The University of Alabama Press, 2013, pp. 264. $49.95 Review By Brandt L. Montgomery June 27, 2020 will be a historic day in the 190-year history of ... Read More...
Reading Scripture as Centered on Jesus Guest Contributor March 13, 2020 Bible, Books, Exegesis, Reviews & Culture The Swiss theologian’s striking insights on core Christian doctrines glisten through this superb collection of essays plumbing his engagements with gospel texts.
Nature, Grace, and Adoption Abigail Woolley Cutter March 6, 2020 Books, Ethics, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church Since it is small, accessible, and thoroughly theological, it would be an excellent resource for beginning a conversation on adoption and assisted reproduction among pastors or seminary students, who may be asked to counsel other Christians.
