Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation
Average Rating: out of 20 Reviews
Price: $26.50
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Manufacturer: Abingdon Press
EAN (European Article Number): 9780687002825
Number of Items: 1
Binding: Paperback
Author: Miroslav Volf
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Dewey Decimal Number: 241.675
Publication Date: 1996-11
Reading Level: 336
Description: Life at the end of the twentieth century presents us with a disturbing reality. Otherness, the simple fact of being different in some way, has come to be defined as in and of itself evil. Miroslav Volf contends that if the healing word of the gospel is to
Review Summary: Comprehensive, Theologically Rigourous Work on Living in Restored Community
Date: 2008-11-19
Details: This book is very theologically and academically rigorous. I hadn't done a lot of reading theological reading since college, so some of it was a bit thick to wade through (he references a lot of other theologians on his way to the points he's making), but it is so very much worth it. He addresses race, ethnicity, gender, oppression, and redemption with a way that connects to the heart of the Christian Gospel message, yet he writes about these topics in a way that someone who is not religious would appreciate.
I also really appreciated this book because he provides the best analysis of liberation theology that I've heard to date by anyone within the Christian community. Although he ultimately disagrees with it, he affirms its good points while aiming his readers towards a better, higher ideal vision.
I've recommended this book to almost everyone I know since I started reading, because I think it does a superb job of exploring everything the title promises. I read a quote from the book about 6 years ago, and it's been transformative in the way I try to interact with others, and the rest of the book has been so helpful in helping me to think through how my faith calls me to live with others.
Review Summary: great and late
Date: 2008-09-15
Details: The book is in great shape and it was the best price, but it got to me way late. However, the lateness was likely because of problems with UPS and my moving. Even without the UPS problems, it was one of the latest arriving books I ordered online from several sellers at the same time.
Review Summary: Challenging
Date: 2007-05-14
Details: It is very challenging to explore what forgiveness means in the light of the deep realities faced so honestly here.
Review Summary: Jamie
Date: 2007-02-26
Details: This book is a bunch of intellectual garbage. The author uses many big words and quotes prestigious thinkers, and yet doesn't actually say anything new or provacative. This book is definitely not worth reading.
Review Summary: Exclusion and Embrace
Date: 2006-12-04
Details: What a fantastic book Miroslav Volf wrote. This comes from his struggle to deal the effects of the war in his native land of Croatia. Prof Volf is right on when he makes the move to deal with ones willingness to embrace ones enemy just as God, in Christ, moved towards sinful humanity to embrace us. It can be somewhat of a difficult read, but it is worth it. I would recommend that every minister, theologian, and ministrial student read this book.
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