Take and Read: Reflecting Theologically on Books

by Paul G. Doerksen, Denny Smith (Foreword by)

Overview

Take and Read is a collection of essays first presented as oral theological reflections on books, written to stimulate conversations among diverse groups of readers, which included farmers, physicians, teachers, poets, novelists, scientists, people involved in business, finance, relief work, and many other walks of life, ranging in age from twenty-something to eighty. These reflections introduce and offer samples of theological readings of a variety of books. The result is a collection of essays addressing a wide range of topics from food security to violence, from dementia to indigenous issues. Perhaps this book is best described as an invitation to joining a conversation about books, and more importantly, about God.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498201513
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	09/22/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	998 KB

About the Author

Paul Doerksen is Associate Professor of Theology and Anabaptist Studies at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is the author of Beyond Suspicion: Post-Christendom Protestant Political Theology in John Howard Yoder and Oliver O'Donovan (2009).
Paul G. Doerksen is associate professor of theology and Anabaptist Studies at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is the author of Beyond Suspicion: Post-Christendom Protestant Political Theology in John Howard Yoder and Oliver O'Donovan.

Table of Contents

Foreword Denny Smith ix

Introduction xi

1 In the Ruins of the Church 1

2 What about Hitler? 7

3 The Mystery of the Child 12

4 God Laughs and Plays 17

5 Living the Sabbath 25

6 The Omnivore's Dilemma 30

7 Jayber Crow 38

8 The Year of Living Biblically 45

9 Atheist Delusions 52

10 Original Sin 61

11 Acedia and Me 69

12 Shop Class as Soulcraft 77

13 Following Jesus in a Culture of Fear 86

14 Confessions 94

15 Just War as Christian Discipleship 103

16 Love Wins 109

17 Wording with Words 117

18 The Undoing of Death 125

19 Migrations of the Holy 134

20 The Cross and the Lynching Tree 140

21 Spirit and Trauma 146

22 Ravished by Beauty 152

23 Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture 158

24 Christianity after Religion 165

25 Dementia 174

26 When I Was a Child I Read Books 180

27 David and Goliath 187

28 My Bright Abyss 195

29 The Good Funeral 201

Sermons

30 And Grace, Too 211

31 Called to Working with (the). Word(s) in the Light of Faith 219

32 Simultaneously Satisfying and Insatiable: The Desire for God 225

33 The Gospel as Prisoner end Liberator of Culture 234

34 Why I Am (Still) a Christian 240

Bibliography 249