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The Mission of God: A Manifesto of Hope for Society by Joseph Boot

tcreedy's review against another edition

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2.0

As a book it is too long, poorly edited, and rambling.

As an argument it is incoherent and all over the place - the nuggets are buried amongst either small deserts or fragrant mistakes. Flagrant ones too.

As an exercise in trying to do theology or intellectual pursuit it is infuriating. Boot is remarkably uncharitable to fellow believers, and is willing to condemn some for the same sort of ‘mistake’ he dedicates an appendix to attempting to clear his hero of.

A very disappointing book, which I intend to review at length. If I can find the motivation.

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4.0

Good, even if you’re not post millennial

Rather than presenting a case for post-millennial theonomy this is just a good all round approach to applying the Christian worldview to a variety of areas of life. Boot presents a well reasoned argument through out. My only argument is that he seems at times to stretch the idea of extending the kingdom further than his arguments will take it.