Update for Our Friends
Yes, the latest news is that WOKE: AN EVANGELICAL GUIDE is now out, our first venture into print—plus e-book versions, to be sure. As...
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CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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David Martin and the Sociology of Religion: A Review
Review of Hans Joas, ed., David Martin and the Sociology of Religion (London and New York: Routledge, 2018). ISBN: 978-0815393306. [This...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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My Dinner with Mako
Just back from New York City. Had never visited it, having visited so many, many US cities over the years. San Diego, Los Angeles, San...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Review of David Martin, THE FUTURE OF CHRISTIANITY
The Future of Christianity: Reflections on Violence and Democracy, Religion and Secularization. By David Martin. Ashgate, 240 pp., $29.95...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Jonathan Edwards: A New Book, a New Look
I’ve just begun reading the new book by friends Mike McClymond and Gerry McDermott on my favourite theologian, Jonathan Edwards...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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David Martin's Newest Book: For Your Summer Study Break
The Future of Christianity: Reflections on Violence and Democracy, Religion and Secularization. By David Martin. Ashgate, 240 pp., $29.95...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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"Getting Ready for Glory"–Academic Style
A few posts ago, I enjoyed writing to you about Steve Bell’s grandmother as described in a story by Steve and a song by Carolyn Arends,...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Now You Can Finally Stop Hitting Your Kids
I don’t know of a single good parent who likes spanking their kids. I don’t know how one could. We surely hated it, but we didn’t know...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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"I Want to Be in Jerusalem": More from Walter Hilton
I’m very much enjoying David Jeffrey’s edition of Walter Hilton‘s 14C spiritual writings. Today I came across this parable and wanted you...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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All We Need Is Love–but Like This
I’ve been reading the fourteenth-century spiritual advisor Walter Hilton of late. He seems just the right sort of advisor: realistic,...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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A Few Notes on the "Spectrum" Book
The book I mentioned a little while ago, The Spectrum of Evangelicalism, is now officially released by Zondervan. Looking it over, now...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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And Now for a Little Controversy…
Readers of this blog know how I abhor ruffling the tiniest feather on the teeniest birdie. Nonetheless, I yank out a few–and get mussed...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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A Couple of Articles in Recent Books
In case you missed them, Oxford University Press published a couple of hefty handbooks to which your servant contributed chapters. The...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Read These Books to Succeed at College/University This Year
I’ve been teaching study skills seminars in one form or another for many a year. I took a study skills course myself when I was a...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Richard Mouw on Abraham Kuyper
There’s an excellent new book out from my friend Richard Mouw, philosopher and president of Fuller Theological Seminary in California:...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Why I Am Not Blogging about Rob Bell's "Love Wins"
I’ve been asked by friends and readers (overlapping, but not identical, categories!) to opine about Rob Bell’s new book, Love Wins. Some...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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"Conversion Narratives" about Gender
Dr. Alan Johnson of Wheaton College has recently produced a new collection of essays on gender. This one is quite new: It offers the...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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What Is a Church?
Here’s a recent e-mail: I came across an old web blog of yours that talks about parachurches (or as you call them paracongregationals). ...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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The Amazing Shrinking Bookstore…
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary has long enjoyed a reputation within North American evangelicalism as a relatively large, relatively...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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My Cute Little Cousins—Now on the Ground in Haiti and Uganda
I used to hug and tickle my cousins Kent and Jeannie when I was a Bible school student in Edmonton and lived with their parents for that...
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