Seeing the Nativity Afresh


Review by Sarah Puryear

What spiritual significance can be drawn from an image? Drummond's book is a "visual feast," inviting reflection on what scriptural depictions can say about the "inner world of man" and our relationship with God. 
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Finding the Humble King


Review by Joanna Pawlisch

It can be hard to find children's books which convey Christian faith and excitement about the season of Advent. These stories lodge "the true meaning Christmas deep in the hearts of all who read them."  Read the review.

How God the Father Is Not a Boy


Review by Sarah Puryear

Peeler explores scriptural accounts of God's relationship to gender, challenging our unconscious assumptions and revealing what is truly at stake theologically in these essential questions. 
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Finding Mary Afresh


Review by Mark Michael

Author Christ Cocksworth grapples movingly with Mary's place within his evangelical tradition. A beautiful example of receptive ecumenism, Cocksworth seeks Mary out by engaging with other theological traditions. The reader is left feeling that Cocksworth has discovered anew "the holy bearer of God... the foundation of faith laid without hands."
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