Six books that you should read or ask someone for this christmas.
The Rhythm of Doctrine (Paternoster)
I'm a big John Colwell fan. And this is a short - he calls it a sketch
- but wonderful book on Christian doctrine written around the church
calendar. His concern is to connect the worship of the church to it's
doctrine and ethics and he achieves this in his delightfully readable
way.
The Barth Lectures (T & T Clark)
Paul Brazier has allowed us all to enjoy Colin Gunton's teaching on Barth, capturing both his intelligent engagement with the great theologian and his wonderful style of teaching. Another reminder of why he is sorely missed.
Christian Wisdom (Cambridge University Press)
I like David Ford. He approaches the theological task in his own way (and for some the wrong way) and here helpfully explores the place and content of, and the need for, Christian wisdom.
Singing the Ethos of God (Eerdmans)
This is not always an easy read, but it is a rewarding. Brian Brock helps us see the place of scripture in Christian ethics as something we should sing. Again like Colwell, Brock is concerned that the worship of the church, and especially the reading of scripture, enables us to live faithfully and truthfully.
Raging with Compassion (Eerdmans)
The problem of evil is so often a theological and philosophical exercise in defending God. Here John Swinton, taking his lead partly from Hauerwas' Naming the Silences, argues that we need to (re-)discover pastoral practices, that don't explain evil away, but enable us to resist and endure when we encounter it.
Remembering Our Future (Paternoster)
This edited collection of essays by Andrew Walker and Luke Bretherton explores the idea of 'deep church'. Great essays on the emerging church (Luke Bretherton) and scripture (Ben Quash), baptism (Alan Kreider) and mundane holiness (Bretherton again)
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