Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Citations
Maybe it's because I'm in grad school, but it feels wrong to write a review of McLaren's book without citing all the other reviews I read in preparation for my own. I linked to a few in my post, but didn't even come close to scratching the surface of the ones out there that I looked at (which themselves were only a tiny fraction of all the ones out there now.) I've also included a few more decent reviews that have come out since I wrote my own. I certainly don't agree with all of these, and some even make me angry, but it is important to listen to people who think differently than yourself, and get multiple perspectives on any issue, so if you're interested in reading the good, the bad, and even the ugly, here you go:
Mostly Positive
Mike Morrell -
Brian & Spencer’s Excellent Adventure,
On the McLaren Nay-sayers,
The Excellency of Christ in ‘A New Kind of Christianity’,
Brian McLaren: ‘I enthusiastically affirm the Apostles and Nicene Creeds. I’m a wholehearted Trinitarian.’
Mostly Negative
Mike Wittmer -
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3,
Part 4,
Part 5,
Part 6,
Part 7,
Part 8,
Part 9,
Part 10,
Part 11
Downright Nasty
A Few People Who Wanted to Weigh-In Without Actually Reading the Book
Some of Brian's Responses
Labels: A New Kind of Christianity, Brian McLaren
posted by Mike Clawson at 3:20 PM |
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At 3/09/2010 08:36:00 PM, Josh M.
http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/02/25/a-new-kind-of-christianity-initial-thoughts/
http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/02/26/a-new-kind-of-christianity-book-review-question-1/
http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/02/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-2-3/
http://jonathanbrink.com/2010/03/09/a-new-kind-of-christianity-%e2%80%93-book-review-question-4-5/
At 3/13/2010 11:21:00 PM, Jamie Arpin-Ricci
I sure wish I could be on the list of those who have read the book. It has been twice promised to me for review (and thus canceling order from Amazon), but it never arrived. Anyway, hope mine wasn't one that made you angry!
Peace,
Jamie
At 3/14/2010 10:59:00 PM, Mike Clawson
No Jamie, your post didn't anger me at all. I think I just found it slightly amusing, and somewhat disheartening, that there were actually several people who decided to speak out on the book (or the controversy surrounding it) without any actual first-hand knowledge of it. I'm used to those opposed to the emerging church merely reading what the critics say rather than the primary sources, and basing their opposition solely on that (the senior pastor of the church I got kicked out of, for instance, who would only read DA Carson's book, but not McLaren himself before forming his opinion), but I guess it just surprised me when a couple of folks friendly to the conversation (you and Bro. Maynard) basically adopted the same approach.
Anyhow, I hope you manage to get your hands on a copy soon so you can see what you're missing out on!
Peace,
-Mike
Josh M.
I think you should link to Jonathan Brink's reviews as well (even though they are still in progress).