I would like to review books here. Perhaps Daniel Carroll’s Christians at the Border. It is from 2007 or 8 but worth looking at. If you have other books to suggest on justice and compassion in the area of immigration/migration from a Christian perspective, please suggest them.

Scot,
Can we write a review of a book we are clearly biased about? For instance, one written by our pastor or someone else we know personally?

Travis, if you can be fair-minded (even if having a viewpoint).

Should the reviews be about new releases only?

Jeff, not necessary.

What if I would like someone to review my book? Is there a mechanism for such a request?

After we sign up for a book, how long until we’re expected to have a review ready? I would like to write one, but a lot of it will depend on the timing (i.e., it needs to be during Christmas break).

@Glen…
Here’s an article that you might find interesting that also mentions a book that you might want to review:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/us/28religion.html

HOW long? 3000 words seems unimaginably long for such things, even for me and I’m wordier than most. I wonder if an extra 0 wiggled its way on there, but 300 seems a bit too short.

Marcus, these things are open-ended and we’ll be flexible.
Kristen, yes, 3000 (three thousand) — about 8-10 pages — is right. We’d like to have a reasonably complete description along with some good interaction. Not just a book notice or a book comment, but an actual review.

Thanks Scot,
I think I’d like to sign up for Inhabiting the Cruciform God: Kenosis, Justification, and Theosis in Paul’s Narrative Soteriology by Michael Gorman if you think that that is an appropriate choice.
Marcus

I would be willing to do a review on anything on Hebrews, if you are able to get review copies for me.

I would be up for offering a review of Rikk Watts’ ‘Isaiah’s New Exodus in Mark.’
or
‘Living at the Crossroads’ by Goheen and Bartholomew
I wouldn’t need a review copy of either book.

Scot,
I will submit reviews for Eugene Peterson’s “The Contemplative Pastor” and Mark Driscoll’s “Vintage Church”.
I am also reading MacArthur’s latest, but I’m not sure I’m going to review it.