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A review by shanshantastic
The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross by Brian Zahnd, Brian Zahnd
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
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.