Review of Rob Bell's "What We Talk About When We Talk About God"
Recently I finished Rob Bell's "What We Talk About When We Talk About God." I wrote a really rough draft of my take on the book and then sat on that. I'm just now getting around to editing and posting. Here are my quick impressions. The Good: It appears that Bell is trying to translate various strands of liberal theology to an evangelical crowd; it is fun to observe how Bell makes his case. Another interesting part of the book is Bell dares to criticize America's addiction to war and fossil fuels. For a darling of the evangelical crowd, it probably took some daring on Bell's part (to say nothing of his previous book, "Love Wins"). The chapters "With," and "For" are great meditations on neo-orthodox expressions of justification as well as post-modern discussions of solidarity. Bell presents these topics in his familiar, overly aware, sometimes overly emotive style. While wading through Bell's style of presentation ca...