Book review: The Christian Doctrine of Humanity

15 Sep 2019

Book review: The Christian Doctrine of Humanity

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Book Review, Church History, Disability, Embodiment, Eschatology, Identity, Image of God, Jesus, Reading, The Bible, Theology | 1

Readers should have realised by now that one of my biggest theological interests is ‘theological anthropology’, or rather understanding what it is to be human in an explicitly Christian way, informed by Scripture. This book, then, represents the proceedings of … Continued

17 Jun 2019

Book Review: The Lost Message of Paul

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Book Review, Hermeneutics, Jesus, Kingdom of God, LGBT, New Testament, Reading, Reformation, Romans, Theology | 3

I was privileged to be given a review copy of Steve Chalke’s latest book, from his latest publisher, SPCK. I’ve been a fascinated reader of Steve’s ever since I was a student – when the ripples of The Lost Message of … Continued

12 Nov 2018

Book Review: A War of Loves

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Book Review, Charismatic, Embodiment, Identity, Image of God, Justice, Kingdom of God, Leadership, LGBT, Marriage, Mental Health, Theology | 2

Committed and regular readers will know that, alongside other topics (like being human, prayer, and aging) I have read quite widely and deeply about human sexuality and the relationship between that and Christian Spirituality. So, when I heard a fragment … Continued

8 Nov 2018

N. T. Wright on Homosexuality and Christian Faith

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human | 2

The New Testament scholar N. T. Wright (and his alter-ego/more popular counterpart Tom Wright) have, apparently, not written that much on the contentious issues of homosexuality and Christian faith, particularly in terms of how they relate to each other. This, … Continued

8 Jul 2018

Book Review: For All The Saints

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Being Human, Book Review, Church History, Embodiment, Jesus, Reformation, Theology | 0

One area which has always interested me as a Christian person are the wildly different views that different Christian and nearly/non-Christian folk and organisations have regarding what happens when we die. I recently rediscovered and read Tom Wright’s little book For … Continued

6 Apr 2018

Book Review: Justification Reconsidered

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Book Review, Church History, New Testament, Reformation | 6

Ever since I invested in studying the New Testament as part of my undergraduate degree in theology, I’ve been fascinated by doctrines and personalities of the thin end of the Bible. So, as part of my 2017 reading challenge, I’ve … Continued

27 Feb 2017

Book Review: Kingdom, Hope and the End of the World

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Book Review, Charismatic, Jesus, Kingdom of God, New Testament, Old Testament, Power, Prayer, Vineyard | 2

From time to time I like to interrupt my preoccupation with my planned reading and engage with something that a friend has written, partly because it is from someone I know, and partly because the topic is so interesting. I’m … Continued

2 Jan 2016

Book Review: Surprised by Hope

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Book Review | 2

In the Reformed Conservative Evangelical wing of the Church that I grew up in, N.T.Wright is currently seemingly in exile over his views on justification and Paul. But he is also one of evangelicalism’s greatest scholars. His ‘magisterial’ books on … Continued

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