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JOHN L. RUTH. This Very Ground, This Crooked Affair: A Mennonite Homestead on Lenape Land. Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing House, 2021. Pp. 386. $37.95 US. Ruth’s book seeks to be a small act of restorative justice, an aim he states clearly at the beginning (1). Many North Americans do not...read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
PAUL W. NISLY, God’s Guidance: A Kansas Amish Boy Reflects on Being Led to Places He Had Not Intended to Go. Grantham, PA: privately published, 2021. Pp. 343. This book joins a popular and lengthy tradition of memoir and autobiographical writing. The tradition dates back to the ancient world, to...read more
KAITLIN B. CURTICE, Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God, Grand Rapids, MI: Brazen Press, 2020. Pp. 192. $17.99 (U.S.) Kaitlin Curtice—a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and author, daughter and mother, questioner and storyteller—describes herself as “a woman who is a Christian and yet who fights against systems of Christian colonization”...read more
KURT WILLEMS. Echoing Hope: How Humanity of Jesus Redeems Our Pain. Waterbrook. 2021. Pp. 226. $16.00US. In his book, Echoing Hope, Willems doesn’t just normalize pain but admits that all humanity experiences pain. He makes the claim that Christians experience pain, too. As obvious as this statement seems, many Christians...read more
BETTY PRIES. The Space Between Us: Conversations about Transforming Conflict, Harrisonburg, VA: Herald Press, 2021. Pp. 230. $16.99 US “If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men” (Romans 12:18, NASB). I distinctly remember my mother quoting this verse to my siblings and me when...read more