I am reading “Leadership in the Salvation Army: A case study in clericalisation” by Harold Hill at the moment. It is a great book (so far) looking at how the role of Officership has changed over the history of the Salvation Army. He documents the movement from Officership being differentiated from soldiership on the basis [...]

There is a classic scene in an episode of the West Wing that I love. Josh sends his assistant Donna to a self-help seminar. Josh wants Donna to research the self help guru because the opposition Presidential candidate espouses the guru’s mantras. Donna returns to Josh’s office and he asks her to open the guru’s [...]

In some of my previous posts I have been reviewing John Cobb’s book. One of the issues he raises is the idea of the church’s response to the Feminist movement. I have been thinking about it for the past few days and thought I would give some of my own thoughts. Most people I talk [...]

This post is the second part of a review of John Cobb’s book Reclaiming the Church. This review is part of the Transforming Theology Theo-blogger consortium. Read the first part of this review here. Cobb’s second chapter is entitled “Responding to the Loss of Cultural Props.” He identifies that we are at the point of [...]

I am taking part in the Transforming Theology Theo-blogger consortium. As a part of this consortium I am going to review John Cobb’s book Reclaiming the Church. I am going to review the book chapter by chapter. My focus is to highlight some of the questions and ideas that Cobb raises that resonate with me. [...]