Category: Theology

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Review: Finding Your Best Identity

While many ask the important question ‘Who am I?’, in this short book Bunt asks the question ‘How can you know who you are?’ He takes a look at three sources we can look...

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Review: No Greater Love

This is the first substantial book that seeks to provide a theology of friendship that I have read. In fact, I can’t even think of another one. Perhaps C.S. Lewis’ Four Loves comes closest....

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Review: Awaiting the King

The third entry in Smith’s ‘Cultural Liturgies’ series. It’s sat, unread, on my shelf for many years. Not because I didn’t want to read it. Partly because I knew it would be a very...

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Review: A War of Loves

“The Unexpected Story Of A Gay Activist Discovering Jesus”. The subtitle of this book hints at the incredible, complex, emotional, arm-wrestle of a read that is to come. David Bennett begins his story about...

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Review: An Impossible Marriage

Why would a same-sex attracted woman marry a man? This is the premise of this part-testimony, part-theology book. And, boy, it’s a good one! Laurie and Matt share their personal journey, and the many...

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Review: Jesus, Justice and Gender Roles

Kathy Keller, the partner in ministry to her late husband, Tim, has long been a sharp, thoughtful and highly intelligent woman. I confess that I haven’t read a great deal of what she has...

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Review: Hearing Her Voice

The role of women in ministry has been endlessly debated both within and outside Sydney Anglican circles. I’d say it’s a bit of a theological hot topic, except the coals are pretty cool on...

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Review: Embodied

Why do we have bodies? What does it mean to have a body? How do we live well in our bodies? Gregg Allison explores this important, often underappreciated topic of embodiment. It is not...