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Summary: Probably Campolo's Most Important Book
Review: Heavy-duty sociology meets fundamental Christian theology in a big way. While the early and middle sections of the book can be slow reading, they lay the foundation for an excellent finish. Campolo shows how Christians can grow in positive human traits (love, sensitivity, awareness of and concern for others) by spending time with the One who exceeds all others in these qualities. An excellent book that's more intellectual than entertaining.
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Summary: Probably Campolo's Most Important Book
Review: Heavy-duty sociology meets fundamental Christian theology in a big way. While the early and middle sections of the book can be slow reading, they lay the foundation for an excellent finish. Campolo shows how Christians can grow in positive human traits (love, sensitivity, awareness of and concern for others) by spending time with the One who exceeds all others in these qualities. An excellent book that's more intellectual than entertaining.
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Summary: Hey, this stuff is on the exam!
Review: There is only one negative thing that I could say about this book, and that is the sad fact that it is now out of print. Still, if you are at all interested in how the claims of Christianity can speak to the many counter-claims of our modern world, then please try locate this book somewhere. Social scientist Dr. Anthony Campolo here addresses four major areas of secular thought, and shows how Christians can respond to these in an impressive "reasonable" way. These four areas are: Contingency, which claims that everything that exists has a cause which can be scientifically explained. Autonomy, which claims that man shapes his own destiny. There is no God, and man is a law unto himself. Temporality, which claims that all things pass away; in the end there is nothing at all. Relativity, which claims that, if there is no God, anything is permissable. Man establishes his own laws and principles for living. Campolo writes about serious (heavy) matters in an engaging way that is... light, yet filling. Brilliant, witty, gracefully uncompromising, and never boring. I have attended a Campolo conference, listening in amazement as he fielded audience questions and answered them off the cuff. It's near impossible to put one over the wall when Campolo's in the park, but yet one senses the honesty that would respond with an "I don't know" if necessary. He's utterly brilliant, but never pedantic. Try get a hold of this book. It's full of honesty, and no "I don't knows"!
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