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A review by rnoth20
Called to the Life of the Mind: Some Advice for Evangelical Scholars by Richard J. Mouw
2.0
The overall message of this book is a good one. Not everyone is called to study theology academically. But those who are should take it seriously and seek to enjoy and rest in God’s Word.
This book has a few good points, but most of it is kind of unnecessary. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more when I was still in school.
IMO, there are too many personal stories and anecdotes. I don’t pick up books like this to hear about something that happened 50 years ago that has nothing to do with the point the book is supposed to be making. I chose to read this book because I love theology and I did study it academically. So I thought maybe it would be more theological. When he did bring up something biblical or theological, he never fully explained what he was trying to say… he danced around it, which just leaves the reader hanging.
A few more things: I found the part about Mother Teresa to be very strange. And then the part about young earth creationism was completely unnecessary and a little weird as well. This book was not cohesive in thought. It was like listening to someone ramble about 47 different concepts but not diving into any of them.
Perhaps this would be helpful to someone in seminary but it wasn’t helpful for me.
This book has a few good points, but most of it is kind of unnecessary. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more when I was still in school.
IMO, there are too many personal stories and anecdotes. I don’t pick up books like this to hear about something that happened 50 years ago that has nothing to do with the point the book is supposed to be making. I chose to read this book because I love theology and I did study it academically. So I thought maybe it would be more theological. When he did bring up something biblical or theological, he never fully explained what he was trying to say… he danced around it, which just leaves the reader hanging.
A few more things: I found the part about Mother Teresa to be very strange. And then the part about young earth creationism was completely unnecessary and a little weird as well. This book was not cohesive in thought. It was like listening to someone ramble about 47 different concepts but not diving into any of them.
Perhaps this would be helpful to someone in seminary but it wasn’t helpful for me.