World Religions
The Reformation, Rome, and You
The Roman Catholic church has been in the news a lot lately, most recently with the death of Pope Francis and the election of a new pontiff, Leo XIV. Leo XIV, formerly Robert Prevost, a cardinal originally from Chicago, is the first American pope and the first who belongs to the Augustinian order. […]
“Byang Kato,” by Aiah Dorkuh Foday-Khabenje: A Review
A few years ago, my friend Marieke Ude, Counselor at John Calvin Secondary School in Oswanka, Nigeria, encouraged me to write a children’s book about Byang Henry Kato (1936–1975). It didn’t take long for Kato to become one of my favorite theologians. […]
“Women in World Christianity,” by Gina A. Zurlo: A Review
*Women in World Christianity: Building and Sustaining a Global Movement* is introduced as “the first textbook to focus on women’s experiences in the founding, spread, and continuation of the Christian faith.” It is, in effect, meant as a primary textbook “for both introductory courses […]
Arab Christianity, Science, and the Doctrine of Scripture
an interview with Wageeh Mikhail Rev. Wageeh Mikhail (PhD) is the engagement director of ScholarLeaders International (ScholarLeaders.org). Prior to this role, Dr. Mikhail served as director of the Center for Middle Eastern Christianity at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, Egypt. He has published and spoken widely on medieval Arab Christianity. Dr. Mikhail, please tell […]
“The Abuse of Conscience: A Century of Catholic Moral Theology,” by Matthew Levering
*** Eerdmans | 2021 | 368 pages (hardcover) | $45.00 As the title indicates, this book examines Roman Catholic moral theology in the twentieth century and beyond, with a special focus on conscience. (“Moral theology” is roughly equivalent to “ethics,” although the former sometimes indicates a broader range of subjects.) Readers of Modern Reformation, surely […]
