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Last month Brazos author Brian Walsh interviewed Bruce Cockburn at the 2012 Festival of Faith & Writing at Calvin College.
Brian is the author of Kicking at the Darkness: Bruce Cockburn and the Christian Imagination.
We posted the first part of that interview a couple of weeks ago.
To check it out, click here.
This is part 2 of the interview:
On April 19th, Brian Walsh (author of Kicking at the Darkness: Bruce Cockburn and the Christian Imagination) interviewed Bruce Cockburn as a part of the 2012 Festival of Faith & Writing at Calvin College.
Here is the first part of that interview:
Here are some photos from the interview (courtesy of www.culturesnap.ca):
Peter Enns’s book The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say about Human Origins has gotten much online attention this week.
James K. A. Smith wrote a review on The Colossian Forum: “Whose Bible? Which Adam?”
J. R. Daniel Kirk wrote a response (to Smith’s review) on his blog, Storied Theology: “What’s Wrong with Theological Exegesis”.
Enns was also featured in video from the symposium Biblical Faith in an Age of Science; Adam & Eve, Evolution, and Evangelicalism that took place on the NC State campus on April 12. Here he talks about problems with Adam and evolution, and here the panel talks about Adam and Eve, evolution, and evangelicalism.
For additional video of Peter Enns describing The Evolution of Adam, click here, here, and here.
Jim Wallis wrote about his recent sabbatical and his forthcoming book with Brazos Press in “Listening for the Voice of Aslan.”
Brian Walsh’s Kicking at the Darkness is a finalist in The Word Guild’s 2012 Canadian Christian Writing Awards. Kicking at the Darkness was also reviewed on A Sideways Glance.
Brian Walsh, author of the Brazos book Kicking at the Darkness: Bruce Cockburn and the Christian Imagination, will be featured in the documentary Bruce Cockburn: Pacing the Cage.
The film will premeire on the Canadian station ‘VisionTV’ May 1st, at 10 pm ET.
For more info on the documentary, click here.
Also, Byron Borger recently featured Kicking at the Darkness in the first of a two-part blog post on Bruce Cockburn and Brian Walsh on the “Hearts & Minds” blog.
Nicole Baker Fulgham, author of the forthcoming Brazos book Educating All God’s Children, was recently interviewed on Christianity Today’s “This Is Our City” blog.
Back in February, Gary Colledge, author of the just-released God and Charles Dickens, wrote a piece for Christianity Today titled “My Top 5 Books by Charles Dickens.”
Christian Smith’s The Bible Made Impossible was reviewed on the “Bartholomusings” blog.
Congratulations to Scott Elliott, Bill Bradford, Thomas Cairns, Lynn Kauppi, and Terrance Tiessen. They have each won a copy of Gary Colledge’s God and Charles Dickens on The Brazos Blog.
Keep checking back for our next giveaway.
The April issue of our newsletter “Border Crossings” was just sent out.
You can read it here. To sign up, click here.
Two Brazos books were selected among the finalists for the Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards:
Miroslav Volf’s A Public Faith was selected in the “Religion” category.
Daniel Taylor’s Creating a Spiritual Legacy was selected in the “Body, Mind & Spirit” category.
See the full list of finalists here.
Several blogs have given attention to Christian Smith’s The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture. Many have been linking to the terrific interview with Smith by Frank Viola on the “Beyond Evangelical” blog. If you haven’t read this interview yet, check it out here.
Here are some blogs that have posted on The Bible Made Impossible:
Peter Enns’s The Evolution of Adam was reviewed on the “Falling Off a Cliff Backwards” blog.
Brian Walsh’s Kicking at the Darkness was mentioned in a Vancouver Sun article.
Many great posts came from David Benner’s Spirituality and the Awakening Self being a part of the Patheos Book Club. Be sure to check out Tony Jones’s post (he’s giving away a copy of the book!).
Miroslav Volf’s A Public Faith was reviewed on the “Ends & Means” blog.
Harold Cameron reviewed Samuel Well’s Be Not Afraid on his blog.
Rachel Held Evans concluded her blog series on Christian Smith’s The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism is not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture. Her final post is titled “Taking the Bible seriously means embracing its tension and complexity.”
She writes:
“And so, for me, leaving behind biblicism and embracing the ambiguity, tension, and nuance of Scripture has been both frightening and liberating. I no longer live with the security of having a simple, infallible blueprint for living…but I no longer live in fear and denial when the Bible turns out to be difficult to understand and apply.”
On the “Jesus Creed” blog, RJS continued to post on Peter Enns’s The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say about Human Origins.
In “Paul’s Adam and the Gospel,” RJS writes:
“This chapter raises many important questions we could discuss. There are no easy answers I fear. A simple retreat to an ancient understanding of human origins, neglecting the persuasive evidence for an old earth, evolution, and common descent, is an option an increasing number of us find untenable. The way forward requires that we wrestle with both the science and the theology.”
The blog “Scripture Views” also posted on Enns’s book. Read the review here.
Tim Høiland posted a review of Miroslav Volf’s A Public Faith: How Followers of Christ Should Serve the Common Good.
He writes:
“Volf goes on to say that faith shouldn’t be idle, but active in all spheres of life, though it must not be coercive either. As Christians, he says that we can bring a unique vision of human flourishing and the common good to the public square, along with the resources to realize it. Even so, we must grant to other religious and political groups whatever rights we claim for ourselves.”
Back in January the Sojourners blog posted a review of Brian Walsh’s Kicking at the Darkness: Bruce Cockburn and the Christian Imagination. Since it never appeared on The Weekly Hit List, we wanted to highlight it now.
The reviewer, Steve Stockman, writes:
“Kick[ing] at the Darkness gave me a refresher course in my Christian worldview. It led me into theological thinking and inspired me to imagine the way the world is — and how the world can be — and how, as a preacher, I can at least attempt to share those thoughts in ways that are perhaps a percentage as creative and imaginative as Bruce Cockburn.”
Don’t forget about our current book giveaway for Lent. You can enter to win a copy of Stanley Hauerwas’s Cross-Shattered Christ from the Brazos Blog.
To enter, fill out the form here.
We have some exciting news and resources to share in this edition of The Weekly Hit List. To fit it all in, we are dividing this post into three sections:
“Jesus Creed” blogger “RJS” posted two entries this week referencing Brazos books:
In “Adam in Genesis and Paul,” the blogger looked at some introductory issues explored in Peter Enns‘ new book The Evolution of Adam.
Continuing a series of posts on the book, RJS also looked at John Polkinghorne’s Testing Scripture in a post entitled “Is There Ambiguity in the Bible?”.
Rachel Held Evans began blogging through Christian Smith’s The Bible Made Impossible.
The book was also featured on two other blogs: “Bournagain” and “Nita’s Book Club”.
Three blogs reviewed Miroslav Volf’s A Public Faith: “Religion in the Balance”, “Journey with Jesus”, and “iCrucified”.
Byron Borger at Hearts & Minds listed his top books of 2011 - including Volf’s A Public Faith and Brian Walsh’s Kicking at the Darkness.
Finally, Peter Enns was mentioned in a Huffington Post article by Brandon Withrow. Enns’ book The Evolution of Adam was also reviewed on the “Disoriented Theology” blog.
We are excited to announce that The Brazos Blog will be hosting a blog tour for Peter Enns’ new book The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say about Human Origins from Jan. 30th to Feb. 3rd.
During that week, we have enlisted some wonderful bloggers to review and interact with this important book. As these bloggers post about the book, we will be linking their reviews on this site (and possibly hosting a few blog entries ourselves!). We will also be giving away copies of The Evolution of Adam and other titles.
Check here next Wednesday for more details on the book giveaway and a full list of participants.
Kicking at the Darkness Giveaway WinnersCongratulations to Bryan Gormley, Agus Sadewa, Phillip Waters, Tom Fagan, and Mindy McAuley on winning a free copy of Brian Walsh’s Kicking at the Darkness: Bruce Cockburn and the Christian Imagination from The Brazos Blog. Check your inboxes for an email on how to receive your book!
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This past week Brazos released our newest title, The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say about Human Origins by Peter Enns.
Dr. Enns has been posting on several issues from the book on his blog on Patheos.com. Other bloggers have also been commenting on The Evolution of Adam: Scot McKnight reposted a blog entry by Peter Enns – and generated some good discussion in the comments section. Joseph Kelly blogged about the historical Adam – incorporating Enns |
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Christian Scharen, author of Broken Hallelujahs: Why Popular Music Matters to Those Seeking God, recently wrote a piece for The Cresset on musical act Mumford and Sons.
Check it out: “A Deliberately Spiritual Thing” Chris Keith continued his series on Broken Hallelujahs on his blog “Exploring Apprenticeship“. |
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RJS, on the “Jesus Creed” blog, continues to blog on John Polkinghorne’s Testing Scripture: A Scientist Explores the Bible.
The latest entry is here: Testing Scripture on Creation and Fall (RJS) Previous Entries: |
Kicking at the Darkness GiveawayFor our current promotion, we are giving away 5 copies of Brian Walsh’s Kicking at the Darkness: Bruce Cockburn and the Christian Imagination.
To enter, click here.
As we posted earlier this week, be sure to check out Dr. Walsh’s recent Huffington Post piece “Pacing the Cage: The Prophetic Hope of Bruce Cockburn“.
Brazos author Brian Walsh recently published an article titled “Pacing the Cage: The Prophetic Hope of Bruce Cockburn” in The Huffington Post.
Walsh writes:
[...] Cockburn’s songs have often given me a glimpse beyond the normal. A glimpse that sometimes breaks through my culturally imposed numbness, sometimes allows me to hear “rumours of glory” in the midst of the betrayal and ruins (“Rumours of Glory”), sometimes reminds me of the mystery that is at the heart of things.
With Cockburn I have sometimes been able to identify my deepest longings — personally, culturally, economically and ecologically — as “waiting for a miracle.”
Step out from the past and try to hold the line
So how come history takes such a long, long time
When you’re waiting for a miracle”
For more from Brian Walsh, check out his new Brazos book Kicking at the Darkness: Bruce Cockburn and the Christian Imagination.
We are currently giving away 5 copies of Kicking at the Darkness. Enter to win here.
For our next giveaway, we will be handing out 5 copies of Brian Walsh’s new Brazos title Kicking at the Darkness: Bruce Cockburn and the Christian Imagination.
About the book:
For forty years, singer and songwriter Bruce Cockburn has been writing beautifully evocative music. Bestselling author and respected theologian Brian Walsh has followed Cockburn’s work for years and has written and spoken often on his art. In this creative theological and cultural engagement, Walsh reveals the imaginative depth and uncompromising honesty of the artist’s Christian spirituality. Cockburn offers hope in the midst of doubt, struggle, failure, and anger; indeed, the sentiment of “kicking at the darkness” is at the heart of his spirituality. This book engages the rich imagery of Cockburn’s lyrics as a catalyst for shaping and igniting a renewed Christian imagination.
To enter the giveaway, simply fill out the form below.
