Book Description
Fifteen years ago, Tony Campolo's 20 Hot Potatoes That Christians Are Afraid to Touch pushed, pulled, and prodded Christians into serious consideration of controversial but critical issues related to the Christian life. Campolo challenged his more than 150,000 readers to re-think their convictions (and prejudices) and to do something about them!
Dubbed by Christianity Today as "the positive prophet" and "a ferocious critic of Christians left and right," Campolo lives up to his reputation in this latest book examining some of today's toughest questions and issues: Is evangelical Christianity anti-feminist? Is our affluent lifestyle at odds with our faith? Is America really in moral decline? Is Islam really an evil religion? Should Christian parents pull their kids out of public schools? Was the war with Iraq a "just" war?
Speaking My MindTony Campolo at his best.
Speaking My Mind FROM THE PUBLISHER
Speaking My Mind represents one of the biggest risks of Tony Campolo's ministry. It's a courageous book by a godly man who deeply loves his fellow Christians but sees today's evangelical movement as dangerously one-sided. In everything from policies to politics to talk radio, the voice of evangelical Christianity is the voice of social conservatism. sDo evangelicals have an image problem? What's happening to their theology? How well do they relate to the rest of the world? What does the future hold for them? The closer some Christian leaders come to these questions, the fuzzier they get on expressing their true beliefs. But Campolo approaches them sharply focused and refreshingly steadfast. Campolo insists that there are committed Christians on both sides of the issues and that politically liberal viewpoints deserve to be heard: men and women can be evangelicals and still support environmental protection, oppose war, and advocate for the poor. Yet he's quick to admit he doesn't have all the answers, just the unshakable conviction of a struggling Christian trying to find out what is right and wrong within the community of believers he loves.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
More than a decade ago, Campolo (sociology, emeritus, Eastern Univ.) rattled the evangelical Christian community with 20 Hot Potatoes Christians Are Afraid To Touch, in which he addressed economic, foreign policy, human sexuality, and women's rights issues of import to Christians. This work covers much of the same ground. Campolo is an intelligent evangelical whose opinions are informed by a close reading of the Bible and the natural and social sciences. As such, his essays are not easy to characterize. Secular liberals will like his defense of civil rights for gays and lesbians, as well as his opposition to the war in Iraq. Religious liberals will appreciate his take on the ordination of women and the availability of salvation for all (even non-Christians). Religious conservatives will appreciate his call for celibacy for homosexual Christians and the continuing need for evangelization. While some may argue that his conclusions are contradictory, Campolo's prose is passionate, thoughtful, and eminently readable. An essential purchase for public and theological libraries. Christopher Brennan, SUNY at Brockport Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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