{"product_id":"the-best-christian-writing-2004-isbn-9780787969646","title":"The Best Christian Writing 2004","description":"This collection of the finest contemporary Christian writing is \"a prime example of diverse beliefs among Christians.\"\u003cbr\u003e — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis year's volume brings together an elegant and engaging array of essays by Christian luminaries tackling relevant issues. These writers distill the riches of belief into lucid explorations of faith and truth, reflecting the many dimensions of today's Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes contributions from a diverse group of distinguished writers:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Batstone\u003cbr\u003e J. Bottum\u003cbr\u003e Andy Crouch\u003cbr\u003e Scott Derrickson\u003cbr\u003e Jennifer Holberg\u003cbr\u003e Philip Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e Douglas Jones\u003cbr\u003e Jeremy Lott\u003cbr\u003e Frederica Mathewes-Green\u003cbr\u003e Wilfred M. McClay\u003cbr\u003e Kathleen Norris\u003cbr\u003e Julie Polter\u003cbr\u003e The Preacher\u003cbr\u003e James Calvin Schaap\u003cbr\u003e Lewis B. Smedes\u003cbr\u003e John D. Spalding\u003cbr\u003e Tim Stafford\u003cbr\u003e James R. Van Tholen\u003cbr\u003e Lauren F. Winner\u003cbr\u003e Albert Louis Zambone\u003cbr\u003e Wendy Murray Zoba\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaving the Corporate Soul 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDakota Christmas 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe're Rich 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Conversation with Wim Wenders 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSWF Seeking King 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Religious America 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJust Wood 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJesus Sells 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoth Door and Path: On Repentance 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Continuing Irony of American History 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Prodigal Reader 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cold Reaches of Heaven 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBe Thou My Vision 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDancing with Ghosts: A White Man at Wounded Knee 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGod and a Grateful Old Man 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Shocking Truth About John Wesley 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Build Homes Without Putting Up Walls 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVegetarians in Babylon: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpeaking in Tongues 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology As If the Incarnation Actually Happened 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Sense of Place: The Many Horizons of Martin E. Marty 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiographical Notes 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCredits 215\u003c\/p\u003e  Chosen by \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e editor Wilson, this eclectic treasure trove, on subjects as diverse as repentance, being an unmarried believer, and the evangelical Christian Book Association convention, contains some truly extraordinary writing. Notable essays include a wide-ranging interview with German filmmaker Wim Wenders, a spare but haunting recollection of a trip to Wounded Knee, and a wonderfully contemporary and demanding sermon on the Old Testament Book of Daniel. Wilfred McClay's subtle and keenly honed meditation on what it means to be an American Christian after September 11 is timely, theologically acute, and likely to be very challenging to some readers. Although some authors, like Frederica Mathewes-Green, Philip Jenkins, and Kathleen Norris, are famous, others edit religious journals, pastor churches, or teach in colleges. Rich in whimsy, overflowing with gentle wonder, and laced with both irony and anguish, these pieces by and large live up to their rather audacious billing, as the best of the best. (Oct. 24) (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, August 25, 2003)  \u003cp\u003eThis is the fifth anthology in this most worthwhile series from Jossey-Bass (the first was Best Christian Writing 2000), and like any good anthology it provides a mixture of the sublime and the accessible. Of particular interest to the general reader will be Jennifer Holberg's amusing and touching \"SWF Seeking King,\" James Calvin Schapp's achingly candid \"Dancing with Ghosts: A White Man at Wounded Knee,\" or Albert Louis Zarnbone's striking \"Technology As If the Incarnation Actually Happened.\" Overall, the essays in this year's edition are shorter and less challenging to the mind and soul than the previous years' have been-but this alone is no blot on the escutcheon for editor Wilson or his very fine series. For most collections. (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, October 1, 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e is an editor at \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e and editor-in-chief of its Christian review of literature, Books \u0026amp; Culture. He is a popular speaker at conferences and on college campuses.\u003cbr\u003eMiroslav Volf is Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut. He received the 2002 Grawemeyer Award in Religion for his book Exclusion \u0026amp; Embrace.  \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Best Christian Writing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis collection of the finest contemporary Christian writing is \"a prime example of diverse beliefs among Christians.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis year's volume brings together an elegant and engaging array of essays by Christian luminaries tackling relevant issues. These writers distill the riches of belief into lucid explorations of faith and truth, reflecting the many dimensions of today’s Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes contributions from a diverse group of distinguished writers:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Batstone\u003cbr\u003e J. 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