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Friday, April 08, 2005Books I have Read Recently Don't know if you are interested, but I thought I would note down a few books i have read recently and some short thoughts on them. It's help me anyway!! A Generous Orthodoxy by Brian McLaren A fascinating book that seeks to re-posture our approach to what we feel is crucial to our faith and our approach to other Christians. Orthodoxy, he says, has often been a reason to go beating other Christians around the head because they have got it wrong in our opinion. McLaren takes great pains to change the posture and begin to celebrate the distinctives, and make interaction with others great opportunities for learning. A very easy read and very stimulating [and to be honest just a little controvesial!]. Church After Christendom by Stuart Murray There is much talk these days about Western Culture being in a state of transition. Stuart believes a big aspect of that is the shift from being a broadly Christian society where church is at the centre of cultural life. He says that church must embrace this shift and loose the 'Christendom' mindset, in order to engage appropriately with wider culture. He helpfully works the middle ground of the implications for 'existing' churches and 'emerging' [new] churches, and how they need to work together. An easy read with lots of practical examples. Perelandra by C S Lewis This is a fascinating si-fi novel about the planet of Perelandra [Venus] a planet still in its ideal created state [pre-fall, if you like] and its interactions with the possibility of evil entering the world. In a fictional sense it addresses the question "what would have happened if Adam and Eve hadn't eaten the apple", as well as looking forward to 'new creation' and what the role of humanity is in the universe. A good fun read, that requires some stretching of the imagination!! On the "Last Things": "I do not call it the beginning", said Tor the King. "It is but the wiping out of a false start in order that the world may then begin. As when a man lies down to sleep, if he finds a twisted root under his shoulder he will change his place and after that his real sleep begins. Or as a man setting foot on an island, may make a false step. He steadies himself and after that his journey begins. You would not call that steafying of himself a last thing?" How to be good by Nick Hornby A quite humourous disturbing tale of a family with internal relational problems and the role of 'goodness' to make things better or otherwise. What is goodness anyway? It investigates this in interesting ways, but finds it all hopeless, and futile in the end... Where is the hope in being good? What is the hope in being good? Interesting cultural questions from a book that provides no answers. Any books that you would recommend? Posted by: Mark | 11:38 am |
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