Book Title CHRIST AND THE COMMON LIFE - Political Theology and the Case for Democracy
Book Author Luke Bretherton
Pub. Year 2019
Genre Religious
My Rating 4 stars
Ease of Read I found this a challenging. The topics were powerful and deep, but so was the terminology.
ISBN 978-0-8028-7640-9
I was attracted to this book because… I have an underlying draw to what is best for the common good. I was intrigued by Luke’s bringing this together from a Scriptural and institutional perspective. I also saw it as a research tool for a project I am working on.
This book was about…Bretherton shows how we join our relationship/responsibilities to God and our relationship/responsibilities as neighbors and citizens.
Things I liked about this book…One of Bretherton’s early assumptions is the more we understand the relationship between our spiritual and political life the deeper we well understand what it means to be the church and a witness in the community.
Why you should read this book…So often, we think we need to separate our secular and spiritual lives. This book should our responsibility to live our spiritual lives for the common good of our secular world.
This book lived up to the back cover copy … The four reviews on the back cover do give you an accurate view of the book.