Cranmer’s
Gospel Center

Review by Drew Nathaniel Keane

The author explores Thomas Cranmer's deep understanding of how the visible, physical, and sensual dimensions of worship interact with words and can entirely mute them through misalignment. Anglican readers will find themselves reconsidering what they thought they knew about Cranmer and the Book of Common Prayer. Read the review.

A Beloved Tool and Its Replacement


Review by Mark Michael

The fourth edition of The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church is a prodigious feat with hundreds of new topics, but will never displace the coffee-stained third edition in our reviewer's heart.  The two-volume set seems aimed at the library reference market, like so many other overpriced and under-edited encyclopedias and dictionaries these days, written for no one in particular.  Read the review.

A Guide to Impossible Conversations


Review by Emily Hylden

The worldwide mental-health crisis is worrisome, and this book is a welcome and accessible aid for caregivers and allies of teenagers. Talking to Children About Mental Health is not exhaustive or systematic, but it is a practical guide to begin conversations that might feel impossible. Read the review.

A Zine for the Creed


Review by Margie Barker

StoryMakers NYC makes zines for families and congregations. Its latest, “The Faith,” tackles the Apostles’ Creed in a quirky, aesthetically pleasing, interactive, thought-provoking way. The book is beautiful and designed with teens in mind, reminiscent of the color and style of many popular graphic novels and YA novels. Read the review.

Reading Christ in the Light of Torah


Review by Ellen Charry

Christians have christianized and christologized the Hebrew Scriptures, imposing a post-biblical interpretation of Jesus as the meaning of the story of God’s life with Israel. The author argues that reading the earlier texts through the later texts is anachronistic, and that the proper hermeneutic is to read the later testament through its predecessor because it makes historical sense and renders the later text theologically meaningful. Read the review.
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