Reviews for Last Word and the Word after That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity

The average rating for Last Word and the Word after That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-06-28 00:00:00 Simon Gottesman Glad I read through this trilogy this year. If only more people from my background were asking questions like this, I really think Christianity would still be considered a viable worldview by a lot more people. From a purely historical perspective, it was super interesting to learn about the development of Hell / judgment from the divine as an idea for all religions and Judaism/Christianity in particular. Not my favorite of the three, but still an enjoyable, informative read.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-10-27 00:00:00 Chad Landen This is the final book in McLaren's trilogy "A New Kind of Christian". Of the three, this was my favorite. His discussion of hell, what it means to be saved, how we live out the gospel (which he argues, is not 'going to heaven when I die' but living in the Kingdom of God now and eternally) and what it means to be 'church' were all very helpful in my own thinking and faith. It will not be a book for all people, but it certainly provides good fodder for conversation, for challenging one's own convictions and for seeing faith through a different set of lens.