Todd M. Johnson and Kenneth R. Ross, eds. Atlas of Global Christianity. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press, 2010. Pp. 400. Christianbook.com/academic $250.00. In part 2 (view all entries) of our review of the Atlas of Global Christianity, we will be discussing methodology. Methodology, to a project of the size and scope of the Atlas of [...]
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Todd M. Johnson and Kenneth R. Ross, eds. Atlas of Global Christianity. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press, 2010. Pp. 400. Christianbook.com/academic $250.00. In a four-part (view all entries) blog post, we will examine this rich resource. In part 1, we will introduce the Atlas by outlining its significance and scope, while also providing a “how [...]
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John H. Walton. The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate. Downers Grove: IVP, 2009. Pp. 192. Christianbook.com/academic $10.99 Book reviews provide many avenues for exploration. Today, examining John H. Walton’s The Lost World of Genesis One, we will be looking at three issues, “concordist” hermeneutics and Genesis 1, the conceptual [...]
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Steven Tuell. Ezekiel. in New International Biblical Commentary. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2009, xv + 368 pp., Christianbook.com $9.99. Culminating nearly thirty years of “wrestling with this exasperatingly odd prophet” (p. xi) and building upon his doctoral dissertation and specialized studies in Ezekiel, Steven Tuell now offers a full-scale commentary. In keeping with the objectives of [...]
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Tim Morey. Embodying our Faith: Becoming A Living, Sharing and Practicing Church. Downers Grove: IVP, 2010. Pp. 197. Christianbook.com $10.99 Let’s face it, there are ton of books on “how to do” church right now. Right now as I sit at my desk, I count close to 15 recent (6 months) releases in this genre. [...]
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The Philokalia, 4 Vols. G.E.H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard, and Kallistos Ware, eds. London, U.K.: Faber & Faber, 2009. Pp. 1594. Christianbook.com $51.99. Intro The Academic blog at Christianbook.com welcomes guest blogger James. James is our first guest blogger and fellow reader of all things Academic. He comes from an evangelical tradition, but has recently become [...]
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