Blog Tour Book Review: Coffeehouse Theology
by Jim ~ October 28th, 2008. Tags: Books, culture, faith, post-modern, reviews, Theology.I was invited to be part of a blog tour reviewing Ed Cyzewski’s new book “Coffeehouse Theology.” For more information about the author and a list of other reviews check out Ed’s blog in.a.mirror.dimly.
I will start out by first saying that Cyzewski’s book doesn’t break any new ground. What this book does is serve as a primer on “doing theology in a postmodern world.” Now, if that particular phrase doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to you, I think it will after you read his book.
The author offers a thorough and yet informal and easy to grasp overview of world and philosophical history to help us see how we ended up in the midst of a post-modern worldview. He also shows us how the way we see and think about our Christian faith (specifically an evangelical faith, which is his viewpoint) has been shaped by culture, the events of history, and the perspectives of philosophy.
Ed’s concern is that the way we think about God must first be formed by scripture, but then fleshed out and broadened beyond our own narrow perspective by listening to other voices of faith such as the ancient church and the global church.
Very helpful after each chapter is a list of resources for further reading and study. They are a very good place to start, though I personally would like to see the inclusion of some more liberal (especially in the biblical resource section) as well as female voices in his various resource lists.
If you have been formed in the evangelical faith and wonder what post-modernism has to do with any of it, then this is the book for you. It will help you think about your faith in new ways that will serve you well as you seek to share that faith with others.
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