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The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross
Brian Zahnd, Brian Zahnd
4.47 AVERAGE
25 reviews for:
The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross
Brian Zahnd, Brian Zahnd
4.47 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
After more than a decade of theological study, I’m immediately skeptical of overly analytical works that try to rush headlong into unequivocal answers. So, when I saw The Wood Between the Worlds (one of my favorite CS Lewis images), I knew I needed to pick this book up.
Brian Zahnd is deliberate and compassionate in his theopoetics, drawing inspiration from Lewis and JRR Tolkien, from James Cone and Walter Brueggemann, from John Coltrane and Billie Holiday, and even Men in Black. His embrace of the multifaceted mystery of the cross defies easy answers and instead reveals the beauty, mystery, and hope that may be found in the crucifixion: the portal between the world that has been and the world that even now is becoming.
This book is just gorgeous. I recommend it to anyone who feels the pulling feeling in their spirit that there just has to be more than they’ve been taught to believe.
Brian Zahnd is deliberate and compassionate in his theopoetics, drawing inspiration from Lewis and JRR Tolkien, from James Cone and Walter Brueggemann, from John Coltrane and Billie Holiday, and even Men in Black. His embrace of the multifaceted mystery of the cross defies easy answers and instead reveals the beauty, mystery, and hope that may be found in the crucifixion: the portal between the world that has been and the world that even now is becoming.
This book is just gorgeous. I recommend it to anyone who feels the pulling feeling in their spirit that there just has to be more than they’ve been taught to believe.
Encouraging reflections and meditations on the cross as the centerpoint of the universe.
I love love exploring the atonement theories. I don't know why, but they fascinate me to see the different sides of the proverbial diamond held to a light. Zhand does this without being so prose about it. It's not a work of an apologetic. This is the work of a theologian who has spent time at the foot of the cross.
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
I always love Zahnd’s work, but the depth and beauty his words in this were amazing. He shows the vast depth and perhaps inadequacies that our words or concepts have with the cross. Too easily can the cross just be seen as a precursor to the resurrection, it is much greater than that.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
reflective
slow-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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Thought provoking and encouraging. Not an unqualified endorsement, but not too many qualms.
I find it typical me that I am reading this as I finally began Horton’s two volumes on justification.
Let’s say that there are some differences!
I find it typical me that I am reading this as I finally began Horton’s two volumes on justification.
Let’s say that there are some differences!