Reviewing Peter Rollins’ “Insurrection”
I haven’t had a chance to put together a proper reflection or review of Peter Rollins’ new book, Insurrection. However, after reading a response to Rollins’ book at The Church & Postmodern Culture blog I felt compelled to post a brief review at Amazon. Here’s the content of that review:
“The subtitle of Insurrection is ‘to believe is human to doubt, divine.’ One will certainly find much to reflect on in this book regarding the central role of doubt in the Christian life, but much more than a book about doubt, Insurrection is ultimately a deep affirmation of resurrection. In fact, Rollins betrays his evangelical sympathies in this book more than his previous books—this is a book all about being born again, converted, and transformed. Insurrection should appeal to evangelicals as much as progressives, perhaps more so—if only evangelicals will read Rollins with this in mind. Despite the subtitle, this is a book more about resurrection than doubt and crucifixion. In Insurrection Rollins does not reject the resurrection but argues we must take it more seriously than ever. This book is a must read.” [amazon review]
I highly recommend reading this book. The Church and Postmodern Culture blog is hosting a discussion of the book that is also worth reading. The first response is by Katharine Moody and is especially insightful. Rollins responded to Moody and now Jason Clark has posted an additional reflection, which I disagreed with in the comment section (see Rollins’ response).
