|
|
|
reviews
Christi-Anarchy: Discovering a Radical Spirituality of Compassion reviewed by Andrew Baker
Christians have sacrificed individuals for their institutions. Dave
Andrews calls those who wish to follow Christ to reject "Christianity"
as an institution (this includes it's nondenominational forms!!!)
and become a radical alternative to that of the world. To be anarchist
communities that seek first of all to be a people of God.
Blood Sacrifice and the Nation: Totem Rituals and the American Flag reviewed by Andrew Baker
This compelling book argues that American patriotism is a civil religion of blood sacrifice, which periodically kills its children to keep the group together. The flag is the sacred object of this religion; its sacrificial imperative is a secret which the group keeps from itself to survive. (from the summary on the book jacket).
Does God Need the Church reviewed by Andrew Baker
Gerhard Lohfink examines Israel's theology, Jesus' praxis, the experience of the early Christian communities, and the current situation in the churches. What emerges is an amazing history involving God and the world, a history God presses ever forward with the aid of a single people, and that always turns out differently from what we think or plan.
Mere Discipleship
reviewed by Jarrod McKenna
Lee Camp suggests the church needs not to be ‘relevant’
to the world but authentic to the message of Christ. What is needed
is for the church to BE the church.
|
|
