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Comfort In The Canons: A Review Of Saving The Reformation, Donald Roth

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"The centerpiece of this book is the Canons themselves, presented 400 years later in a translation that makes them feel as vital as they were when they were first composed."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Saving the Reformation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/comfort-in-the-canons-a-review-of-saving-the-reformation/

Donald Trump And The Prospect For American Democracy (Book Review), Jeff Taylor

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Reviewed Title: Donald Trump and the Prospect for American Democracy: An Unprecedented President in an Age of Polarization by Arthur Paulson. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 180 pp. ISBN 9781498561723.

Christian Hospitality And Muslim Immigration In An Age Of Fear (Book Review), Jan Van Vliet

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Reviewed Title: Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear by Matthew Kaemingk. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2018. 296 pp. ISBN: 9780802874580.

Finding Purpose In The Clutter: A Review Of The Minimalist Home, Kayt E. Frisch

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"Two years in to minimalism, my family has no desire to go back to our old way of life."

Posting about the book The Minimalist Home from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/finding-purpose-in-the-clutter-a-review-of-the-minimalist-home/

Focus On Friendship: A Review Of "Why Can't We Be Friends?", Erin Olson

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"Christians typically assume that the best way to avoid this temptation of engaging in sexual impurity is to avoid anything even resembling friendship with someone of the opposite sex. Byrd, however, argues that avoidance is not purity; it is simply avoidance."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Why Can't We Be Friends? from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/focus-on-friendship-a-review-of-why-cant-we-be-friends/

American Christians: A Review Of "The Redemptive Self", Donald Roth

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"This book holds up an important mirror to the culture that should be both a comforting affirmation and a deep challenge to American Christians."

Posting about the book The Redemptive Self from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/american-christians-a-review-of-the-redemptive-self/

The Ins And Outs Of Marriage: A Review Of "Mutual By Design", Erin Olson

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"Mutual by Design: A Better Model of Christian Marriage provides a broad overview of marriage, starting with Biblical interpretations on the idea of marriage and gender roles and ending with discussions on subjects like headship, abuse, and divorce."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Mutual by Design from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-ins-and-outs-of-marriage-a-review-of-mutual-by-design/

How Evangelical Fears Paved The Way For Donald Trump: A Review Of "Believe Me", Scott Culpepper

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"Believe Me chronicles the story of evangelical political engagement in American history and seeks to come to grips with the stark paradox of evangelical support for a president whose character falls so short of their professed ideals."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Believe Me from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/how-evangelical-fears-paved-the-way-for-donald-trump-a-review-of-believe-me/

Bearing Witness In A Tldr World: A Review Of "Disruptive Witness", Justin Bailey

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"In a world full of noise, TLDR is emblematic of our society’s short attention span."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Disruptive Witness from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/bearing-witness-in-a-tldr-world-a-review-of-disruptive-witness/

The Past Speaks To The Present: A Review Of "Demanding Liberty", Scott Culpepper

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"Brandon O’Brien’s Demanding Liberty reintroduces us to a forgotten hero who deserves to be remembered and emulated."

Posting about the book Demanding Liberty: An Untold Story of American Religious Freedom from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-past-speaks-to-the-present-a-review-of-demanding-liberty/

Interpreting Scripture Through Mystery, Doubt, And Ancient Lit: A Review Of "Inspired", Kayt E. Frisch

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"In her new book, Inspired, popular blogger Rachel Held Evans engagingly wrestles in reconciling the difficult passages in the Old Testament with the overarching message of the Bible."

Posting about the book Inspired from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/interpreting-scripture-through-mystery-doubt-ancient-lit-a-review-of-inspired/

Movies Are Prayers (Book Review), Joshua Matthews

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"I think that Josh Larsen believes that movies can be important imaginative visions, but he goes one step further."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Movies are Prayers from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/movies-are-prayers-book-review/

Iat Book Club: How To Think, Erin Olson, Mary Nickel, Myles Werntz, Justin Bailey

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This book club series features the book, "How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds," by Alan Jacobs. Various voices have contributed to the series as they interacted with one another and responded to the book. Series contributors are Erin Olson, Mary Nickel, Myles Werntz, and Justin Bailey.

Access at publisher's site: https://inallthings.org/iat-book-club-how-to-think-round-table-2/

Surviving Secular Apocalypse: A "How-To" Book For The End Of The World, Justin Bailey

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"Eschatological fascination is not limited to believers wrestling with biblical texts. This, at least, is the argument made by Robert Joustra and Alissa Wilkinson in their remarkable book."

Posting about apocalyptic themes in modern culture from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/surviving-secular-apocalypse-a-how-to-book-for-the-end-of-the-world/

Faith And Allegiance, Benjamin J. Lappenga

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"I’d like to devote attention to some ways these books address biblical and theological topics that animated the Reformation debates and continue to garner interest today."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­two book reviews from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/faith-and-allegiance/

Technology And The Mind, Body And Soul, Kayt E. Frisch

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"Both The Shallows and The Next Story do an excellent job of motivating the reader to consider their use of media, but it seems to me that the different approaches taken by these authors are rooted in fundamentally different pictures of what it means to be a human being."

Posting about two books that discuss the effects of technology on our lives from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/technology-and-the-mind-body-and-soul/

Iat Book Club: The Benedict Option, Donald Roth, Scott Culpepper, Erin Olson, Robert Lancaster, Gustavo Maya

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This submission marks iAt's first book club series featuring the book, "The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation," by Rod Dreher. Various voices have contributed to the series as they interacted with one another and responded to the book. Series contributors are Donald Roth, Scott Culpepper, Gustavo Maya, Erin Olson, and Robert Lancaster.

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Hearing God's Voice, Benjamin J. Lappenga

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"What is the relationship between the Bible and theology? Gregory Lee’s Today When You Hear His Voice is a delightful companion on this journey, both in what it gets right and where it exposes where we often go wrong in our use of the Bible."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­Gregory Lee's book from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/hearing-gods-voice/

How To Fly A Horse: The Secret History Of Creation, Invention, And Discovery (Book Review), Kevin Timmer

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Reviewed Title: How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery by Kevin Ashton. New York: Doubleday, 2015. 336 pages. ISBN: 9780385538596.

Mathematics In Ancient Egypt: A Contextual History (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma

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Reviewed Title: Mathematics in Ancient Egypt: A Contextual History by Annette Imhausen. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. 234 pp. ISBN: 9780691117133.

Philosophical Introduction To Set Theory (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma

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Reviewed Title: Philosophical Introduction to Set Theory by Stephen Pollard. Dover Publications, 2015, 180 pp. ISBN: 9780486797144.

Galileo's Muse: Renaissance Mathematics And The Arts (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma

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Reviewed Title: Galileo's Muse: Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts by Mark A. Peterson. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2011, 336 pages. ISBN 9780674059726.

Mathematics And Religion: Our Languages Of Sign And Symbol (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma

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Reviewed Title: Mathematics and Religion: Our Languages of Sign and Symbol by Javier Leach. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Press, 2010, 188 pages. ISBN 9781599471495.

Routes Of Learning: Highways, Pathways, And Byways In The History Of Mathematics (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma

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Reviewed Title: Routes of Learning: Highways, Pathways, and Byways in the History of Mathematics by Ivor Grattan-Guinness. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. xii + 372 pages, with index. ISBN: 9780801892486.

Plato's Ghost: The Modernist Transformation Of Mathematics (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma

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Reviewed Title: Plato's Ghost: The Modernist Transformation of Mathematics by Jeremy Gray. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. 515 pages. ISBN 9780691136103.

Equations From God: Pure Mathematics And Victorian Faith (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma

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Reviewed Title: Equations from God: Pure Mathematics and Victorian Faith by Daniel J. Cohen. Baltiimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. 242 pages, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 0801885531.

George Boole: His Life And Work (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma

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Reviewed Title: George Boole: His Life and Work by Desmond MacHale. (Profiles of Genius Series, 2.) xiii + 304 pp., illus., bibls., index. Dublin: Boole Press, 1985.

Boole-De Morgan Correspondence: 1842-1864 (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma

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Reviewed Title: The Boole-De Morgan Correspondence: 1842-1864 by Gordon C. Smith. London, New York (Oxford University Press, Clarendon). 1982. 156 pp.