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Unapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising Emotional Sense (2012)

by Francis Spufford(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0571225217 (ISBN13: 9780571225217)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Faber & Faber

review 1: Preaching to the convertedI'm on chapter 2. I gave up on chapter 1 halfway through because it was a boring tirade against the imagined criticisms of Christianity (yes, Mr Spufford spends the whole chapter-or at least as much as I could bear to read- putting words into the mouths of critics in a sneering way).Chapter 2 is beginning to go the same way. Non-religious people are shallow because all they want is enjoyment. Hmmm. Sin is humanity's tendency to f**k things up, which is inevitable without the intercession of God. Oh, really? So bad things happen because man is sinful and good things happen by the Grace of God I suppose. PLEASE! Perhaps I should thank Mr Spufford for reminding me why I gave up on Christianity many years ago, (although I have managed to find God else... morewhere)I imagine this will make reassuring and enjoyable reading for like-minded people, but I can't see it winning over many waverers
review 2: This unique apologetic work makes a persuasive case for God in response to the atheistic positions of writers like Richard Dawkins, and it does so in gritty, earthy, edgy prose -- so edgy that the F bomb is dropped frequently, apparently a grab for some street cred with the average secularist.Problem is that every brilliant observation is quickly undone by something that makes you wonder if Spufford has ever read basic orthodox theology -- in his view, there is no fall, no hell, no sexual boundaries. The typical atheist might warm up to God after reading this, but you'd have to spend so much time afterward cleaning up the errors that it might not be worth it.If there was ever a time when the phrase "spit out the bones" applies, it is here. And there are lots of bones to spit out. But there is plenty of tasty meat here also that a mature reader might not want to miss. less

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