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Saying is Believing: The Necessity of Testimony in Adolescent Spiritual Development

Reviewed by Mark W. Cannister, Biblical Studies and Christian Ministries, Gordon College Based in part on her 2007 research study “Testimony and Formation,” Amanda Drury set out to develop a greater understanding of testimony as a faith practice that contributes to the spiritual formation of adolescents. Her research included a collection of interviews with adolescents,…
July 15, 2016
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Religion in the Oval Office: The Religious Lives of American Presidents

Reviewed by Matthew Hill, History, Liberty University For too long, the religious dimension of the American presidency has been neglected. Outside the never-ending debate on the religious convictions of the Founding Fathers, four of whom became president, far too little research has been devoted to this subject. The religious dimensions of the Civil War have…
July 15, 2016
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Christianity and Psychoanalysis: A New Conversation

Reviewed by J. P. Gerber, Psychology, Gordon College This book is the first volume from the recently formed Society for the Exploration of Psychoanalytic Therapies and Theology. It seeks to refresh writing on psychoanalytic therapy by engaging a wide range of scholars and practitioners from diverse corners of the psychoanalytic landscape. It also attempts to…
July 15, 2016
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Human Embryo Metaphysics and the New Biotechnologies

Much of Christian scholarship has defended the Conception View of personhood, the idea that human beings have intrinsic value that begins at conception. However, modern reproductive technologies have led to new scientific insights into human embryology, without a matching increase in our metaphysical and moral understandings. A rigorous formulation of human nature and personhood is…
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Political Agape: Christian Love and Liberal Democracy

Reviewed by Micah J. Watson, Political Science, Calvin College Timothy P. Jackson is an intellectual revolutionary disguised as a distinguished professor of Christian ethics at Emory University. Political Agape is the third in a trilogy of books aimed at changing the way we think about a host of first-order subjects.The other two books are Love…
July 15, 2016