Category Archives: What I’m Reading

Reading Girard again brought to my mind the significance of the oft-neglected theme of imitatio Christi. Girard argues that human desire, both good and evil, is mimetic in character. It is not spontaneous and autonomous. He claims that mimetic desire … Continue reading →

N.T. Wright’s latest book is now available for UK readers. My copy should be arriving in the next few days. Lord-willing, I will be able to give a brief review of it shortly afterwards. I do wonder if he’s going … Continue reading →

The US and the UK are not necessarily on our side. Worth remembering.

I look forward to reading this book.

This afternoon I had the opportunity to hear Richard Bauckham lecture on the subject of the historicity of the gospels (thanks to Jon for organizing this and other RTSF meetings). I found Bauckham’s comments very helpful and thought that some … Continue reading →

Mark Searle, the late Roman Catholic liturgist, has written a number of deep and thought-provoking works. Reading a collection of his essays a few months ago — Vision: The Scholarly Contributions of Mark Searle to Liturgical Renewal — I was … Continue reading →

There has been some recent debate over a controversial book by Steve Chalke which you have endorsed. Chalke has warned that some versions of penal substitution can reduce God to a “cosmic child abuser.” Would you agree with his analysis … Continue reading →

We talk about God being one and many. The ‘Many’ are the three Persons of the Trinity, but what or who is the ‘One’? The Eastern Orthodox theologian, John Zizioulas, argues that the ‘One’ is not the total, overall unity, … Continue reading →

The goal of this extremely long post is that of giving as accurate a description of the various approaches to the doctrine of justification that exist within FV circles as I can. I was recently asked to give my thoughts … Continue reading →

After just over a couple of years of loyal service, I have decided to retire 40 Bicycles. In her place I have, with the aid of my brother Peter, constructed this new blog — alastair.adversaria — which will probably last … Continue reading →