Culture

By Geza Vermes SCM Press, 2009 RRP $39.95 Reviewed by Karyl Davison. One of the most important “Jesus” scholars of the 20th century, Geza Vermes, it seems to me, is uniquely placed to produce such a work. Born into a Hungarian Jewish family in 1924, he was baptised into the Roman Catholic Church at age seven, lost both his parents ...

CONDIAS Entertainment, 2011 RRP $29.95 Reviewed by John Ruhle. The Trial is based a novel by author Robert Whitlow and, as the back of the DVD says, “follows the story of ‘Mac’ McClain, an emotionally crippled attorney who’s lost his faith in God and himself. That’s when Mac reluctantly decides to take on one last case: a young man facing ...

Sid Harta Publishers, 2009, RRP $24.95 Reviewed by Rev Dr Marian Zaunbrecher. ONE WEEK before Christmas last year my son attempted suicide. My family and I are still trying to sort through the pain, grief, hurt, confusion and guilt. Suicide is the leading cause of death in this country. More people die from suicide than breast cancer or road accidents. ...

Black Ink Press, 2009, RRP $17 Reviewed by the Ruhle family. CRANKY THE Crocodile is a great kid’s book written and illustrated by an Indigenous man from ‘crocodile country’ in far north Queensland. The book tells the story of Cranky trying to find his mother after he became lost once he left his egg. Through unique illustrations and repetitive text ...

Templeton Press, 2010, RRP $57.95 Reviewed by Rev Dr Lew Born, a member of Robina Uniting Church. DIVINE LOVE is a significant contribution to creative dialogue among world faiths. The foreword by Seyyed Nasr, Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University, is an adequate summary of the book, its subject and its agenda as noted in his early quote, ...

Video and internet-based small group resource, RRP $325 Reviewed by Peter Robinson. ONE OF the challenges for church lay people is to update knowledge and ideas in response to new information and insights. In the words of a senior minister, ‘the church has failed its lay people badly by not helping adults develop beyond a childhood Sunday School frame of reference’. ...

Canterbury Press Norwich 2008 RRP $27.95 Reviewed by Barbara Bailey. This creative publication leads the reader on a journey to explore, by way of metaphor, the connection of the great oceans and seas to an imaginative understanding of the Truine God. Written by an Anglican Bishop from Polynesia it is timely in many ways. In its seven chapters, humanity’s connection ...

Show & Tell Pty Ltd (Sanctuary Cove), 2008 RRP unknown Reviewed by Peter Harvey, Frontier Services – Flinders Patrol. This small book is an engaging and easy to read apologetic of the Christian belief about the existence and person of God. David Heenan speaks from his own heart and understanding of some of the deep theological questions of our time. ...

Templeton Press, 2010 RRP $32.95 Reviewed by Russell Clark, Mareeba. Mr Tattersall’s book is one in a series on science and religion, and traces the development of all life, as revealed by the fossil record, from the earliest period of known life, to the formation of human cognition and spiritual awareness in our current time. In the introduction, the author ...

Morehouse Publishing, New York 2010 RRP $23.95 Reviewed by Rev Barbara Bailey, a retired minister in Caloundra. The subtitle of Love Songs and Reproaches describes the contents well. Author, L. William Countryman, is a biblical scholar, Episcopal Priest and retired Professor known for his writings on spirituality. In these fifty poems there is interaction between lover and the beloved, a ...