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Reviewed by Brad A. Lau, Student Life, George Fox University There are few topics more timely and timeless than the intersection of Christian faith and contemporary cultural understandings of human sexuality. In this carefully researched and thoughtful work, Jonathan Grant details the societal challenges that exist while suggesting a practical and convincing Christian vision for…

Reviewed by Kevin John Frank Pinkham, English, Nyack College James Gunn’s introduction to Harry Harrison’s short story “The Streets of Ashkelon” includes the claim: Science fiction cannot be written from an attitude of religious belief. Science fiction questions everything. It accepts nothing on faith. ... Science fiction’s religion is skepticism about faith, although there is…

Reviewed by David M. Johnstone, Student Life, George Fox University Soong-Chan Rah ranks among the top American scholars who perceptively understand the contemporary Western church, speak prophetically into it, offer hope, and do not hesitate to probe the theological implications of scripture. I count his Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times as…

Reviewed by William B. Evans, Erskine College and Theological Seminary This volume emerged from a moderated eCircle sponsored by The Colossian Forum and involving 26 regular contributors along with other commenters. Author Harold Heie and many of his interlocutors are convinced that Evangelicalism today is conflicted and combative and that a balance of commitment and…

Pope John Paul II delivered a series of “audiences” now known as Theology of the Body over the course of 129 Wednesdays from 1979 to 1984. These presentations focused on our physical (particularly sexual) nature as God’s gift of love that provides opportunity for us to experience and give love in return. The Pope was…

This fine little book provides a fascinating collection of autobiographical sketches by a diverse group of well-known biblical scholars. These insightful sketches describe the formative influences on the authors’ lives, developments in their theological and academic thinking, and (especially) how their personal faith has been affected by critical biblical scholarship. The latter is an issue…