Reviews for The Pilgrim's Progress

The average rating for The Pilgrim's Progress based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-06-04 00:00:00 Matthew Bemis I liked this one even more than its predecessor. It's less hokey and more insightful in a lot of ways, at least in my opinion. Even after leaving the faith officially, I'm always a sucker for any attempts to boil down the core themes and story of the Bible. McLaren nails it pretty well here: for all its faults, it's a pretty cohesive ancient narrative calling for revolutionary change about the way things are done on this planet of ours. It's hard not to be inspired by its message (and forget all the nasty parts) as McLaren relays them here. For questioning Christians, this book will probably give you a more workable paradigm than what a lot of fundamentalists have handed down. For nonbelievers, I'd take a look just to get a glimpse of why that sixty-six-book compilation still has such a hold on the human psyche and heart.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-07-22 00:00:00 Oscar Prieto Castro Although some readers may be annoyed by the writing style (not quite a novel but not quite a "normal" theological book), Mclaren's "creative-non-fiction" is a valuable vehicle for telling "the Story We Find Ourselves In." Whether you agree with everything or not (I didn't) you will be challenged and benefit from reading Mclaren's narrative theology. I prefered the first installment "a New Kind of Christian" but also enjoyed this book. Maybe one day I'll get around to the 3rd installment of the trilogy.