Michael L. Raposa

Emptiness

Christian Living

“David Auten’s book of meditations is a remarkable blend of apophatic theology and spiritual direction. The author explores the religious significance of emptiness in a myriad of forms—as ignorance and empty space, in death and boredom, as absence and in silence. With luminous prose, Auten directs his reader’s attention to the gift-like quality of emptiness, and also to the way in which the cultivation of absence as a genuine presence in our lives constitutes an important spiritual exercise. This book is laced with insight, refreshing in its honesty, and increasingly relevant in a world of constant busyness and high-information noise.”

Nurture in Time and Eternity

Preaching & Worship

“Robert Neville's sermons are both intellectually compelling and spiritually edifying. This book is an extraordinary achievement, a rare and precious gift for readers. Not since Paul Tillich's The New Being and The Shaking of the Foundations has philosophical theology of the highest order found such perfect embodiment in homiletic form.”

Seasons of the Christian Life

Preaching & Worship

“With this collection of sermons, Robert Neville gives contemporary liberal Christianity an articulate and powerful voice. Here the author's carefully constructed 'theology of symbolic engagement' is perfected in pastoral practice. Each of these homiletic meditations is a spiritual jewel, as Neville's reading of basic Christian symbols is consistently illuminating, also frequently inspirational. Published a dozen years after being preached, the passing of the seasons has only increased the relevance of these sermons for prospective readers.”

Toward a Generous Orthodoxy

Theology

“This is the most important commentary on Frei's theology, among numerous article-length and several book-length treatments, produced to date.”