hirsch on the new friars and pagan christianity

January 8, 2008

Great review by Alan Hirsch on a book that is getting some buzz: The New Friars by Scott Bessenker. Another great book about mission amongst the poor, along the lines of Shane Claiborne’s Irresistable Revolution.

In other news, Hirsh also says this about Pagan Christianity:

My guess is that it will anger some readers and thrill others. I am one of the latter. Whatever, it won’t be too easy to dismiss as it is really well researched and substantiated. I think it is definitely worth the read even if I do think it is a tad purist in tone. Just don’t drop it–it is likely to explode.

This book is getting significant buzz in the ’sphere. See Joe Thorn’s comments here, here, and here; Trevin Wax’s here; Brant Hansen’s here, and iMonk’s here]

After reading Bob Hyatt’s comments, though, [here and here] it sounds as if that research was one-sided.

Looks like this might be this year’s A Heretic’s Guide to Eternity…

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