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How the Body of Christ Talks: Recovering the Practice of Conversation in the Church

Reviewed by Tim Muehlhoff, Professor of Communication, Biola University C. Christopher Smith, senior pastor of Englewood Christian Church (Indianapolis, IN), describes early attempts to bring diverse people in his church together to talk as a “hot mess.” Yelling and sarcasm were default modes as members gathered Sunday nights to discuss potentially volatile issues. Out of…
November 12, 2020
Extended Review

Shall All Be Saved? David Bentley Hart’s Vision of Universal Reconciliation—An Extended Review

Benjamin B. DeVan teaches at Palm Beach Atlantic University. In the episode “Honor” for AMC’s series The Walking Dead, teenage protagonist Carl Grimes suffers a fatal wound.“Honor,” The Walking Dead, Season 8, Episode 9, AMC, February 25, 2018. His family tries to make him comfortable and listen to his last words. Carl recounts a vision beneath a shattered stained glass window…
November 12, 2020
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Shaping Prophetic Voices for the Public Sphere

“Shaping Prophetic Voices for the Public Sphere” discusses the role of the church in the formation of the Christian intellectual’s concern for the common good. It draws on examples from Scripture and formulates the biblical mandate and theological rationale that undergird the need for Christian intellectuals to live out their call in community and for…
July 15, 2020
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Burying White Privilege: Resurrecting a Badass Christianity

Reviewed by Nicole Saint-Victor, Director of Multicultural Engagement, Trinity Christian College To the brown body, fear is gifted like a birthright, poured generationally onward, originating from the stench of the transatlantic. The non-white body composes reformulated versions of “I’ll Fly Away,” joining Albert E. Brumley’s (1929) stuttered tribal emblems we long to reach the by…
July 15, 2020
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Seeking the Common Good by Educating for Wisdom

It is a noble aspiration that Christian scholars contribute in more constructive ways to discussions in the public arena about the common good. Careful thinking, however, needs to be done about where and how such voices will be cultivated. The university has an essential and indeed imperative role in such formation, but it will need…
July 15, 2020
Extended Review

Learning about God’s World for the Common Good—An Extended Review

William Boerman-Cornell is professor of education at Trinity Christian College. In Europe, and to a lesser extent North America, colleges and universities are being asked to justify student tuition expenditures in terms of direct monetary payoffs in post-graduation salaries. The value of philosophy departments in small private colleges and large universities alike has come under question…
July 15, 2020
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Singing the Congregation: How Contemporary Worship Music Forms Evangelical Community

Reviewed by Adam Perez, Liturgical Studies, Duke Divinity SchoolAdam Perez is currently writing his Th.D. dissertation in Liturgical Studies at Duke University, and Monique Ingalls recently joined his dissertation committee. However, the current review was commissioned and drafted before that professional relationship was established. To the outsider, North American evangelical Christianity can seem rather opaque.…
July 15, 2020