Blue Like Jazz
Author: Donald Miller
Translator: Jong-seok Yoon
Publisher: Bog-inneun-saram
283 pages | 213*144mm
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About This Book
Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
Miller (Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance) is a young writer, speaker
and campus ministry leader. An earnest evangelical who nearly lost his faith, he
went on a spiritual journey, found some progressive politics and most
importantly, discovered Jesus' relevance for everyday life. This book, in its
own elliptical way, tells the tale of that journey. But the narrative is
episodic rather than linear, Miller's style evocative rather than rational and
his analysis personally revealing rather than profoundly insightful. As such, it
offers a postmodern riff on the classic evangelical presentation of the Gospel,
complete with a concluding call to commitment. Written as a series of short
essays on vaguely theological topics (faith, grace, belief, confession, church),
and disguised theological topics (magic, romance, shifts, money), it is at times
plodding or simplistic (how to go to church and not get angry? "pray... and go
to the church God shows you"), and sometimes falls into merely self-indulgent
musing. But more often Miller is enjoyably clever, and his story is telling and
beautiful, even poignant. (The story of the reverse confession booth is worth
the price of the book.) The title is meant to be evocative, and the
subtitle-"Non-Religious" thoughts about "Christian Spirituality"-indicates
Miller's distrust of the institutional church and his desire to appeal to those
experimenting with other flavors of spirituality.
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