A.W.Tozer: A Twentieth Century Prophet

Rating:
Summary: Disappointed in content
Review: I had much hopes that this book would be a wonderful biography on A.W. Tozer. However, there is only actually one chapter in the entire book that even tells anything about his life. Perhaps the most interesting thing in the 16 pages actually written about his life is that he got saved through listening to a street preacher, and sometimes he would preach in the streets and organize in-house prayer meetings shortly after he got saved.

After that first chapter, the rest of the book is simply an intellectual biography of Tozer. It mentions some of his most famous works, and explains some of his theology. It also heavily quotes things he wrote in jouranl articles. If one is already well read in Tozer, this book will probably not give too much additional insight into his life or thought process.

Also, I would've given this book 4 out of 5 stars, but page 181, which was supposed to contain a list of Tozer's favorite books that he read, isn't printed in this book! Page 181 is listed in the table of contents... but there is no page 181! That is simply unacceptable. Perhaps my copy is defective... but still, unacceptable.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointed in content
Review: I had much hopes that this book would be a wonderful biography on A.W. Tozer. However, there is only actually one chapter in the entire book that even tells anything about his life. Perhaps the most interesting thing in the 16 pages actually written about his life is that he got saved through listening to a street preacher, and sometimes he would preach in the streets and organize in-house prayer meetings shortly after he got saved.

After that first chapter, the rest of the book is simply an intellectual biography of Tozer. It mentions some of his most famous works, and explains some of his theology. It also heavily quotes things he wrote in jouranl articles. If one is already well read in Tozer, this book will probably not give too much additional insight into his life or thought process.

Also, I would've given this book 4 out of 5 stars, but page 181, which was supposed to contain a list of Tozer's favorite books that he read, isn't printed in this book! Page 181 is listed in the table of contents... but there is no page 181! That is simply unacceptable. Perhaps my copy is defective... but still, unacceptable.