Article Type: Book Review

A Field Guide to Nonviolence
Key Thinkers, Activists, and Movement for the Gospel of Peace

April 2023 p. 145–147 | Book Review

DAVID C. CRAMER and MYLES WERNTZ. A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence: Key Thinkers, Activists, and Movements for the Gospel of Peace. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2022. Pp. 178. $18.58 (U.S.) In 2001, I began attending a Brethren in Christ church (now Be In Christ in Canada), having spent...read more

Embodied Hope
A Homiletical Theology Reflection

By Courtney C. Joyner

April 2023 p. 151–153 | Book Review

VERONICE MILES. Embodied Hope: A Homiletical Theology Reflection. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2021. Pp. 225. $32.00 (U.S.) Veronice Miles’ recently published Embodied Hope delivers precisely what its subtitle claims—A Homiletical Theology Reflection. Neither a text on sermon methodology nor a comprehensive theology of the preaching task, this deep reflection instead...read more

The Scandal of Holiness
Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints

By Kerry Hasler-Brooks

April 2023 p. 148–150 | Book Review

JESSICA HOOTEN WILSON. The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2022. Pp. 226. $24.99 (U.S.) In The Scandal of Holiness, Jessica Hooten Wilson invites us to join in a holy rebellion of reading great books. Reading is, as we...read more

A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence
Key Thinkers, Activists, and Movements for the Gospel of Peace

By Randall Basinger & Rebekah Burch Basinger

April 2023 p. 142–145 | Book Review

David C. CRAMER and MYLES WERNTZ. A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence: Key Thinkers, Activists, and Movements for the Gospel of Peace. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2022. Pp. 178. $18.58 (U.S.) The release of A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence in the summer of 2022 seemed a happy coincidence as we...read more

Making Wars Cease
A Survey of MCC Peace Section 1940-1990

By Harriet Sider Bicksler

December 2022 p. 428–431 | Book Review

URBANE PEACHEY, Making Wars Cease: A Survey of MCC Peace Section 1940-1990. Morgantown, PA: Mastof Press, 2022. Pp. 310. $20.00 US. When I received a review copy of this book, I was immediately intrigued. In Making Wars Cease, Urbane Peachey traces the history of Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) Peace Section...read more

To Follow the Lamb
A Peaceable Reading of the Book of Revelation

December 2022 p. 422–425 | Book Review

TED GRIMSRUD. To Follow the Lamb: A Peaceable Reading of the Book of Revelation. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2022. Pp. 278. $34.00 US. Over the years, several friends or church acquaintances have told me, “I don’t read the book of Revelation because it’s too violent.” But now I can recommend...read more

The Bible in a Disenchanted Age
The Enduring Possibility of Christian Faith

By Andrea Dalton Saner

December 2022 p. 425–428 | Book Review

R. W. L. MOBERLY. The Bible in a Disenchanted Age: The Enduring Possibility of Christian Faith. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2018. Pp. 234. $22.00 US. In this volume dedicated to his children, Hebrew Bible scholar and theological interpreter of Christian scripture Walter Moberly offers wisdom for all generations of Christians...read more

The Religious Journey of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Duty, God, and Country

By Devin C. Manzullo-Thomas

December 2022 p. 419–422 | Book Review

JACK M. HOLL, The Religious Journey of Dwight D. Eisenhower: Duty, God, and Country. DLibrary of Religious Biography. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2021. Pp. 345. $29.99 US. Dwight David Eisenhower remains probably the most famous American to ever attend a Brethren in Christ Sunday school. For at least a few...read more

The Making of Biblical Womanhood
How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

By Ryan Cobb

August 2022 p. 318–320 | Book Review

Beth Allison Barr. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth. Grand Rapids, MI: Bravos Prez, 2021. Pp. 243. $19.99 (U.S.) We are fortunate that Beth Allison Barr’s The Making of Biblical Womanhood addresses challenges and exposes the unfortunate patriarchy that defines much of modern...read more

Dear White Peacemakers
Dismantling Racism with Grit and Grace

By Brie Thompson

August 2022 p. 315–318 | Book Review

OSHETA MOORE. Dear White Peacemakers: Dismantling Racism with Grit and Grace. Harrisonburg, VA: Herald Press, 2021. Pp. 333. $18.15 (U.S.) In Dear White Peacemakers, Osheta Moore lifts the head of White fellow image bearers and gives a more centered fueling for entering into and continuing on the journey towards racial...read more

A Field Guide to Nonviolence
Key Thinkers, Activists, and Movement for the Gospel of Peace

Embodied Hope
A Homiletical Theology Reflection

The Scandal of Holiness
Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints

A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence
Key Thinkers, Activists, and Movements for the Gospel of Peace

Making Wars Cease
A Survey of MCC Peace Section 1940-1990

To Follow the Lamb
A Peaceable Reading of the Book of Revelation

The Bible in a Disenchanted Age
The Enduring Possibility of Christian Faith

The Religious Journey of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Duty, God, and Country

The Making of Biblical Womanhood
How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

Dear White Peacemakers
Dismantling Racism with Grit and Grace

God’s Guidance
A Kansas Amish Boy Reflects on Being Led to Places He Had Not Intended to Go

Native
Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God

Echoing Hope
How the Humanity of Jesus Redeems Our Pain

The Space Between Us
Conversations About Transforming Conflict

Healing Haunted Histories
A Settler Discipleship of Decolonization