Sally Nelson

Beyond Christian Zionism

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Ian Stackhouse gives us a clear and courageous critique of Christian Zionism, explored over the forty years of his own changing engagement with the land and people of Israel. In this combination of personal experience, theology, and politics, the strength of the analysis is Stackhouse’s resolute commitment to a focus on Jesus Christ and the gospel as the measure of every other construct.”

Why Is There Suffering?

Theology

“stuck” when it comes to that most profound of questions: accounting for the goodness of God and the existence of suffering. In this highly readable book, Bethany Sollereder offers a lifeline. The reader makes choices after each short chapter about the most helpful next step, and the book constitutes a personalised journey of “reappraisal” of one’s beliefs about human and divine agency. Sollereder leads us skilfully through key issues of providence, evil, suffering, divine intervention, and judgment with elegant and accessible prose, and with frequent references to familiar stories and sources. Instead of shutting down debate by attempting to produce a single theological explanation, Sollereder offers a refreshing openness that encourages the pilgrim reader to grow in understanding and in faith. This book will excite and encourage those who are not satisfied with trite answers, and I would recommend it to first-year theology students as well as interested church members.”