Book Review: Protestant Social Teaching

15 Dec 2022

Book Review: Protestant Social Teaching

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Being Human, Book Review, Church History, Creation, Embodiment, Evangelicalism, Image of God, Marriage, Politics, Power, Reading, Reformation, Sin, The Bible, Theology | 1

One of the books I picked up at some academic conferences in Denver last month was this, Protestant Social Teaching: An Introduction, from the Davenant Institute. With essays from some folk whose work I’ve appreciated before (like Matthew Lee Alistair Roberts … Continued

7 Sep 2022

Book Review: Repackaging Christianity

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Book Review, Charismatic, Church History, Culture, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Leadership, Revival, Unity, Vineyard | 0

Disclosure – I was sent a copy of this book for review. I hope that didn’t cloud my thoughts. Cards on the table – my wife and I spent 18 months or so as part of HTB, she worked for … Continued

23 Nov 2020

Book Review: Tom Wright for Everyone

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Book Review, Church Structure, Discipleship, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Evangelicalism, Kingdom of God, Leadership | 0

In preparation for a conference paper, I’ve been dipping in and out of a whole host of stuff by Tom/N. T. Wright, when I noticed in my digital library that I had a copy of this book. I read it … Continued

9 Nov 2020

A Non-Conformist Perspective on LLF

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Being Human, Culture, Embodiment, Identity, LGBT, Marriage, Matthew, Theology | 0

The Church of England has released it’s latest big thing on sexuality. I say ‘thing’ because bluntly Living in Love and Faith is not really a report, but rather a suite of resources including a book, a course, some videos, and … Continued

21 Sep 2020

Grove Doctrine: An Interview with Mike Higton

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Discipleship, Reading, Theology | 0

Hi! Who are you and what do you do? My name is Mike Higton. I’m Professor of Theology and Ministry at Durham University – but I don’t spend that much time in university lecture halls and seminar rooms. My main … Continued

21 May 2020

Book Review: Doing Theology With the Reformers

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Book Review, Church History, Eschatology, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Reformation, Theology | 0

Sometimes a book has such an uninspiring package that you end up being incredibly surprised and grateful that you did not judge it by it’s cover, but instead delved in. Gerald Bray’s Doing Theology with the Reformers falls neatly into this … Continued

19 Mar 2020

Theological Retrieval for Evangelicals

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Book Review, Church History, Evangelicalism, History, Preaching, Reading, Theology | 1

The review that follows will be published, in an edited form, in the Churchman journal. I reproduce it here as I think this is a really important book! Behind an accurate but uninviting title and a nice-but-uninspiring cover lie a superb … Continued

26 Feb 2020

A Curate’s egg?

by Tom Creedy | posted in: 1 Peter, Anglicanism, Book Review, Culture, Ecclesiology, Identity, New Testament, Power | 0

This blog post could have been title: ‘Book Review: The First Letter of Peter – A Global Commentary’, but given my views on reviewing commentaries (you can’t really, because everyone wants a commentary for different reasons) and the significance of … Continued

16 Feb 2020

Book Review: Shop Window, Flagship, Common Ground

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Book Review, Church Structure, Ecclesiology, Leadership, Power, Theology | 0

When I started reading this book, I wasn’t sure I was going to review it, let alone enjoy it. By the time I got to the end of it, whilst I was still sure it is pretty niche, I was … Continued

9 Jan 2020

Book Review: Simply God

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Book Review, God the Father, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Leadership, Prayer, Reading, Reformation, Relationality, The Bible, Theology, Trinity | 0

I’ve had this book on my shelves for years, and finally got round to re-reading it and reviewing it recently, as I was inspired by the publication of Steven Duby’s God in Himself. Peter Sanlon’s first book Simply God: Recovering the Classical Trinity … Continued

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