Brian McLaren is a pretty well known figure in “christian” circles, and it is probably a fair reflection of reality to also affirm that his writings have a polarising effect, with one’s position on the theological spectrum, determinant, from orthodox to Brian, or is that overtly pejorative?!

No doubt this book will be read by many, therefore, I offer some resources, an interview, followed by many reviews that critique the content of A New Kind of Christianity.

Here are the details from the Product Description on Amazon

“Wherever the willingness to rethink has been squelched, wherever that sense of quest has been buried under convention and complacency, the Christian faith in all its forms is in trouble. But even there, something is trying to be born. Even now, right here, among us, inside you, inside me. You may feel it as a curiosity, a desire for better answers than you inherited so far. You may experience it as frustration, knowing that there must be more to faith than you currently know. You may know it as hope, hope that God is seeking humble people whose hearts and lives can be the womb of a better future. . . . In you, your family, your faith community, and circles of friends, among people of peace and faith everywhere, something is trying to be born.”— from A New Kind of Christianity

We are in the midst of a paradigm shift in the church. Not since the Reformation five centuries ago have so many Christians come together to ask whether the church is in sync with their deepest beliefs and commitments. These believers range from evangelicals to mainline Protestants to Catholics, and the person who best represents them is author and pastor Brian McLaren.

In this much anticipated book, McLaren examines ten questions facing today’s church—questions about how to articulate the faith itself, the nature of its authority, who God is, whether we have to understand Jesus through only an ancient Greco-Roman lens, what exactly the good news is that the gospel proclaims, how we understand the church and all its varieties, why we are so preoccupied with sex, how we should think of the future and people from other faiths, and the most intimidating question of all: what do we do next? Here you will find a provocative and enticing introduction to the Christian faith of tomorrow.

Perceptive readers, which I am sure is most, if not all of you, will sense the posting trajectory of this Man of Spin, as it relates to the individual in question, and as it further interjects with the perspectives or trajectories of Brian McLaren.

Therefore, if you are going to read this title, I encourage you to chew and spit, and to help in this regard, offering up what some other blog-thinkers have to say about this new title, as I have not to-date read this work.

In light of this, I offering the following for your perusal:

Interview with Brian McLaren…

Part One

Part Two

Book Reviews By…

Trevin Wax

Tim Challies

Mike Wittmer… Introduction… Question 1… Question 2… Interlude… Question 3… Question 4… Question 5 (Part One)… Question 5 (Part Two)… Question 6… Question 7… Question 8 &9… Question 10

Kevin DeYoung… Part One… Part Two

Justin Taylor

Apprising Ministries

Dash House

This should provide you enough food for serious thought!

Always Informing, For the Always Reforming, From the Land of the Long White Cloud

Man of Spin