Book Reviews

Love assumes the best and that’s why despite what critics might say, I read Kwon and Thomspon’s words as a tough-love letter to an audience that they seek to walk with and not away from. 

This book is a model of good teaching with a “here is what we will do,” “here is a new idea,” “here is what we did” approach. 

This novel is a masterpiece. Its themes stick with you and it is the best thing I’ve read in a very long time. Pick it up, share it with a friend, read it with your book club, then talk together about its provocative themes over a glass of wine or a cup of coffee. It is a novel worthy of extended time.

I recommend this book for anyone who is beginning to explore the work of justice in their respective communities, particularly for white Christians.

I consider Du Mez’s book essential reading for both my evangelical friends who want to reclaim the roots of their faith tradition and for my progressive friends who want to address the militant white patriarchy that continues to assert its power in our society.

All of us who treasure Christian liberal arts education, not just Hope alumni, students, and faculty, will find this book a resource.

Designed for middle-grade students, The Faithful Spy will no doubt find fans among grownups as well.

There is not enough space in this review to fully lay out either her argument or her evidence – think of this as a taste of a much more complex and contextualized persuasive narrative and delve into the book yourself.

Radical Discipleship is an important book, which should speak equally to theologians and to laypeople who seek to develop a this-worldly spirituality and practice of the Christian faith.