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“you should know the deal with pete rollins books by now.
nathaniel w wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
this will mess you up and shake you to your core.
you gotta read it”“I really liked this book -- not because I agreed with it -- but because it was inspiring and challenging. It made me think imaginatively about how to engage people (myself included) in faith and life. Very interesting book.”
Mike Mather wrote this review Saturday, June 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Peter is a friend I had the priveledge of meeting recently. I haven't begun reading this book, but I have greatly enjoyed the time, space, and thoughts shared as of late. I believe this book will again show his gifting as a storyteller while intertwining some great philosophy and humor. ”
Casey F wrote this review Tuesday, February 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Peter Rollins takes the concepts of the emergent church and applies them to practical ways of living out a radical faith. He shows how an active concept of faith does away with the typical binaries that fundamental approaches to religion create and rely upon.”
Denise Y wrote this review Friday, August 22 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“Interviewed for The Wittenburg Door
bgthedoor wrote this review Saturday, July 26 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
(http://www.wittenburgdoor.com/peter-rollins-interview) and "Rising from the Ashes: Rethinking Church"
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“Ideally I would love to give this review both 0 and 5 stars and I think the author would understand. The book is full of frustrating things like the parentheses used in the title (a)theist for example. He makes sweeping statements that he shouldn't be making, (referring to what "the emerging church" thinks or believes even though there is no way to capture or know if there even is a consensus of opinion.) He makes consistent references to the importance of some "religious traditions" without really spelling out which ones have value and which don't or even a ranking of these traditions or even what constitutes a tradition. (Is communion a tradition? Is singing? Are they the same level of importance?) These considerations are, I realize, not the focus of the book but one can not bring up the idea of somethings being bounding of the internal infinity and not really deal with those things. But all of that is secondary to the overwhelming way this book made me think and meditate. I really couldn't read more than a page or two of part I without stopping for the evening and thinking deeply about the what the author was saying. This book helps to really examine the ramifications of how the contradictions of God being both somewhat knowable and completely unknowable is a strength and and way of removing idols from the throne of our lives. With all of my misgivings, highly recommended.”
mak52 wrote this review Wednesday, March 26 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is an important book. It is written by an orginal thinker, who has a reputation for being somewhat eccentric and off the wall.
Aoradh wrote this review Thursday, January 24 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Strange then that he has written what could be described as the best summary of the emergent conversation to date. Many of the ideas will be familiar to those who might already be familiar with the emergent thing, but the stories, analogies, and sometimes the strange philosphical langualge will not be.
This is a gem of a book. Very dense, and at times head-ache inducing. In a good way.
The second half of the book gives accounts of some of the acts of worship that Ikon, an alt worship group in Belfast that Pete is a member of. Inspiring stuff- and somehow brings alive some of the theory in the first half of the book.
Pete has this thing about coining new word constructions- using brackets (as in the title) or slashes (as in a/theistic). Can be a bit perplexing, and perhaps a little annoying, but is, i think rewarding in the end- as they do start to sink in as concepts. I suggest you avoid using them in general conversation however, as people will hit you.
Give it a try.”
“The first half is theory, the second half is practical, but the whole is an evocative conversation on "emerging" theology, probably about as well as you'll hear it explained anywhere. Rollins is a gifted writer; he's both precise and poetic. Good theology should always be both practical and poetry. This book is crammed full of good theology. (And some bad theology thrown in for good measure.)”
Derek wrote this review Wednesday, January 16 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
