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The Weekly Hit List: January 27, 2012

January 27, 2012 By bryan.dyer

	Peter Enns’ new Brazos book The Evolution of Adam has received a lot of attention this week. As we mentioned earlier in the week, Enns posted an article on The Huffington Post titled “Once More, With Feeling: Adam, Evolution and Evangelicals”. At the “Jesus Creed” blog, RJS posted on Enns’ book and HuffPo article. Be sure to also check out Peter Enns’ blog where he has been posting about The Evolution of Adam.
	John Polkinghorne’s Testing Scripture: A Scientist Explores the Bible continues to generate some excellent discussion by RJS at the “Jesus Creed” blog. The most recent post is titled “Why Would a Scientist Believe the Virgin Birth?” Previous posts by RJS: Testing Scripture 1 (RJS) Testing Scripture 2 (RJS) Testing Scripture on Creation and Fall (RJS) Is There Ambiguity in the Bible? (RJS) Testing Scripture was also blogged about over at “The Internet Monk”: “The Bible, through a Scientist’s Eyes”
	Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship debuted this week at the Calvin Symposium on Worship. It was featured in an article in the Grand Rapids Press. Check out the website for the psalter.
	The Englewood Review of Books recently featured reviews of two Brazos titles: Broken Hallelujahs by Christian Scharen Be Not Afraid by Samuel Wells

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The Evolution of Adam Blog Tour and Giveaway

All next week we will be hosting the Evolution of Adam blog tour.

For a list of participants, click here.

Don’t forget to enter our giveaway where you could win The Evolution of Adam and other books from Brazos Press. Enter here.

Filed Under: The Weekly Hit List Tagged With: Be Not Afraid, Broken Hallelujahs, Christian Scharen, John Polkinghorne, Peter Enns, Psalms for All Seasons, Samuel Wells, Susannah Clements, Testing Scripture, The Evolution of Adam, The Vampire Defanged

The Weekly Hit List: January 20, 2012

January 20, 2012 By bryan.dyer

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:

Around the Web:

“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.

Announcing “The Evolution of Adam Blog Tour”

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 Winners

Congratulations 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!

Filed Under: The Weekly Hit List Tagged With: A Public Faith, Brian Walsh, Christian Smith, John Polkinghorne, Kicking at the Darkness, Miroslav Volf, Peter Enns, Testing Scripture, The Bible Made Impossible, The Evolution of Adam

The Weekly Hit List: January 13, 2012

January 13, 2012 By bryan.dyer

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

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“.

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:

Testing Scripture 1 (RJS)

Testing Scripture 2 (RJS)

Kicking at the Darkness Giveaway

For 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“.

Filed Under: The Weekly Hit List Tagged With: Brian Walsh, Broken Hallelujahs, Christian Scharen, John Polkinghorne, Kicking at the Darkness, Peter Enns, Testing Scripture, The Evolution of Adam

The Weekly Hit List: January 6, 2012

January 6, 2012 By bryan.dyer

There has been a lot to report since our last Weekly Hit List.

Earlier this week, we posted on where many of our Brazos titles appeared on various “Best Books of 2011″ lists. Be sure to see that post if you missed it.