Whatever one’s take on the later rise of capitalism in the Christian West, entrepreneurial genius was at work in describing the Gospels as “good news.” In contrast, the title of Ronald E. Osborn’s wide-ranging collection of essays seems dour and forbidding. That’s a shame, because the book is rich in subject matter and argument, and evangelical in spirit. Commonweal r (...)
April 20, 2011
Books
Prophetic Stringency
Anarchy and ApocalypseEssays on Faith, Violence, and TheodicyRonald E. OsbornCascade Books, $20, 174 pp.
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