Book & Movie Reviews

Here is where you will find books and movies reviewed. They are all looked at through the "Crossings Glasses". Our reviewers will tell you how each stacks up and what you can expect to find, all from a Christian perspective.

• An Expanding Theology: Faith in a World of Connections.
• Authority Vested. A Story of Identity and Change in the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.
• The Bible and Homosexual Practice - Texts and Hermeneutics
• Bill O'Reilly, Culture Warrior
• Beyond The Passion. Rethinking The Death and Life of Jesus.
• Christian Education as Evangelism
• "Christians and Spices." Confrontation and Interaction between Colonial and Indigenous Varieties of Christianity
• "Cross Examinations: Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today"
• The ELCA Task Force report on Sexuality: Conscience-bound or Conscience-freed?
• Faith Aloud: Doing Theology From the Hymns in Papua New Guinea.
• Faithful Conversation: Christian Perspectives on Homosexuality
• The Gift of Grace: The Future of Lutheran Theology
• God: The Evidence. The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason in a Postsecular World.
• The Gospel According to Jesus
• Grace at the Table. Ending Hunger in God's World.
• The Hammer of God
• The History of Medical Missions
• "Holy Terrors: Thinking about Religion after September 11"
• How Much Is Enough? Hungering for God in an Affluent Culture.
• How to Give a Eulogy
• Jesus Before Christianity.
• Jesus Through Jewish Eyes. Rabbis and Scholars Engage an Ancient Brother in a New Conversation.
• The Kingdom of God in Today's Mission Theology - A Controversy.
• The Kingdom of God in Today's Mission Theology - A Controversy. PART TWO
• Law, Life, and the Living God: The Third Use of the Law in Modern American Lutheranism.
• "Law, Life, and the Living God: The Third Use of the Law in Modern American Lutheranism."
• Luther and World Christianity
• Luther and World Christianity. Part Two
• The Lutheran surrenders.
• Major American Jewish Theologian Calls for "Left-Hand-of-God" Theology.
• The Mango Tree Church. The Story of the Protestant Christian Church in Bali.
• Martin Luther
• Martin Luther: A Life.
• Mission For The 21st Century.
• "Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light"
• "Principles of Lutheran Theology"
• Proclaiming The Scandal. Reflections on Postmodern Ministry
• The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation
• The Reformation of the Keys: Confession, Conscience, and Authority in Sixteenth Century Germany
• Renate's Bethge's Book on Bonhoeffer - A Review
• Responses received to "The Lutheran surrenders "
• "Reviving Sacred Speech"
• The Role of Justification in Contemporary Theology
• The Sacred Scriptures and The Lutheran Confessions. Selected Writings of Arthur Carl Piepkorn
• The Sacred Scriptures and The Lutheran Confessions. Selected Writings of Arthur Carl Piepkorn, Part II.
• Salvations: Truth and Difference in Religion
• A Seminary in Crisis. The Inside Story of the Preus Fact Finding Committee.
• A Seminary in Crisis. The Inside Story of the Preus Fact Finding Committee. Part II
• Some Reverie Brought on by Renate Bethge's Bonhoeffer Book
• Speaking Of Trust - Conversing with Luther about the Sermon on the Mount.
• The Theology of Johannes von Hofmann
• Theology of the Cross, the Melody of Three Books for Review
• Under The Tree Of Life. the Religion of a Feminist Christian.
• Whose Promised Land? The Continuing Crisis Over Israel and Palestine.