Book Reviews

Here you will find reviews of books that members of OneKirk have been reading and may be of further interest to others.

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The Secret Message of Jesus

Brian McLaren clears away the dust of two thousand years of the Christian religion to get to the most important questions facing Christendom: Could it be that the church has misunderstood or, in some cases, intentionally distorted Jesus' core message? What if many of us have carried on a religion that somewhere along the way missed rich and radical treasures hidden in the essential message of Jesus of Nazareth?

Scotland and the Abolition of Black Slavery, 1756-1838

Iain Whyte has had a passionate interest in the abolition of slavery for many years. In his new book he takes a different tack to that taken by many other historians. The story of how many in Scotland supported the slave trade has been well documented. Whyte uncovers the other side of this story: how many important voices for the abolition of slavery were Scottish.

Jesus, the Bible and Homosexuality

Jack Rogers, moderator of the 213th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and Professor of Theology Emeritus at San Francisco Theological Seminary gives a well-researched and personal contribution to the debate on same-sex relationships and the place of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered men and women within the church.