Peter Rollins
“Aaron Van Voorhis isn't offering his advice from the sidelines, or from the safety of his church basement. He has journeyed into the storm himself and helped others find the courage and conviction to do the same. He has been undone by the violent rains, and felt their transformative power. Because of this, he has offered the perfect guide for others ready to do the same.”
Christian Living
“If the term 'religious experience' is to mean anything at all, it must refer, not to an experience of something, but to an event that transforms how we experience everything. With a subtle blend of honesty, humor and personal insight, Kent Dobson has crafted a work that invites the reader into such an experience. He has wrought lessons from his own life and presented them in a way that will help the reader encounter a new depth and density to life. Revealing a hope and joy that is anything but shallow or one-dimensional.”
Theology
“One of the defining features of the modern world is that it embodies a type of purity culture. We constantly split the world into the clean and the unclean, seeking one and avoiding the other. Increasingly we seek only the same and stay away from the other. In Eucontamination we encounter a wonderful invitation to step out of the sterile and dangerous environments we increasingly inhabit. While purity cultures set boundaries—between the good and the bad, the sacred and profane, the inside and outside—Eucontamination offers the vision of something much messier. It is a celebration of porosity, transmission, excess, and hybridity. It is a call to remove our hazmat suits and get dirty in a vibrant and chaotic world.”
Christian Living
“Aristotle once wrote that the ultimate purpose of humanity was not to be found in work—which links us with all other animals—but rather in contemplation. With In the House of Rising Sounds, Stephen Copeland invites the reader into that place of creative non-action. That place where we might be stirred by the sound of something otherwise than being. By expertly weaving together his own personal story with the timeless insights of the mystical tradition, Copeland helps orient us to the hum of that which resists any name.”
Theology
“In this fascinating exploration of the collision between psychedelia and Christianity, Rob Zahn traces how transcendence erupts where religion least expects it. Weaving together cultural reflection, theological insight, and an engaging personal story, the book offers a way for those within the church to read the ways in which transcendence appears in the world.”
Preaching & Worship
“There is a growing industry of Christians attempting to domesticate the work of radical thinkers to fit them into an already existing theological system. Provocative writers are thus tied to a Procrustean bed by religionists seeking to make them fit within an already established religious dogma. Not so with Snider. Here he reads these vital thinkers seriously and subtly, pouring their new wine into the old wineskins. Why? So as to crack open the actually existing church and help prepare the way for a new reformation.”
Theology
“While The Cynic and the Fool offers the reader insights that feel timeless, its true power lies in its ability to offer a unique and penetrating analysis of our present age. This is a book that employs the best of psychoanalytic theory to reflect on larger, societal issues. It is a carefully crafted work that will prove invaluable to anyone wanting to wrestle with, and understand, the tumultuous times we live in.”
The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Jesus
Theology
“Tripp's witty, intelligent, and passionate reflections on Christ are so engaging and well researched that I'm almost tempted to lapse into a more confessional Christianity.”
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