Reviews for World catechism or inculturation?

The average rating for World catechism or inculturation? based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-05-02 00:00:00 Chuck Gotti At the core of Arnold's book is the idea that we (namely Christendom) need community because within community we find an environment where it is absolutely crucial that we are unified by love/The Spirit, that that love be lived out in service, mutual submission and sacrifice, and that community brings the reality of our inability to do these things without the love and strength of God to the immediate foreground. His work definitely caught the grand themes of christian community, and definitely the spiritual intensity of responding to the call to live in such a way. I found that the work focused mostly on very lofty and spiritual/immaterial realities of community life, which I believe to be very important, but I found myself wishing for a little bit more of the in-the-moment examples of community life, which, in my experience is filled with a lot of mundane tasks made holy. I would say it is a great book for those who have been doing community for a while and need to be reminded of why they are still living this way, or for those who are considering communal living and want to know more about the heart of why Christian Community maters. For those just in the door, or having spent some time in community and are getting past the honeymoon phase, I would still recommend the book but supplement it with more down to earth accounts as well. All in all a great read, just maybe not incredibly approachable or for everyone.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-03-12 00:00:00 Johan Bernat There are some amazing insights in this book that can only be learned or expressed by someone who has started and lived in community for a period of time. No theory here but real and practical advice that I really appreciated reading. I told my wife that there are two or three profound thoughts here that may be the most important I have read in the last ten or twenty years. If you are into developing church community, new testament churches, body-life church, the priesthood of all believers, organic church or the emerging church, here are PRICELESS insights you should absorb into your lifeblood! I wouldn't worry about those that question the current movement, as this was written quite a number of years ago when the movement was new and still the first-generation alive to the call of Christ. I cannot say that this is not still absolutely true, it may well be. Only I know some are put off by the communal aspects of the movement and they shouldn't be. Critical reading for believers whether one chooses to live in a communal way or not.