Working on the new book
I am going to spend the next few months working hard on completing my next book. I am very excited about it to say the least! As a little teaser here is an outline of the content as it presently stands,
Introduction: The ‘Circumcision Question’
Chapter One: On not knowing what to do (and doing it)
Chapter Two: Avoiding real change by doing something
Chapter Three: To believe is human, to doubt divine
Chapter Four: I believe in the Insurrection
Chapter Five: Neither Christian nor non-Christian
Chapter Six: Convincing the chickens
Chapter Seven: Be sensitive… offend everyone
Chapter Eight: Refusing to lead
Chapter Nine: It’s Sunday, but Mondays coming
Conclusion: There is a fire in the building, please step inside…
In the mean time don’t forget The Orthodox Heretic, she is very lonely in the Amazon store house and is being picked on by the Mark Driscoll books. Please consider giving her a good home!
October 21st, 2009 at 11:33 am
Looks like another great read.
The Orthodox Heretic is actually sitting near some Mark Driscoll books at my college… I’m going to put an end to that. It’s just not right, you know?
October 21st, 2009 at 11:50 am
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October 21st, 2009 at 11:56 am
Peter,
I love the trajectory your writing is taking. I am referring from the first book to this next one. Thank you for sharing the richness of your soul with us! It definitely is enriching us all.
October 21st, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Tut tut, Mark Driscoll book! A week’s detention for you.
Those chapter titles sounds great, when do you think the book will be out? Looking forward to it…and if I weren’t a student I’d buy another copy of Orthodox Heretic, I’ve lent my copy out to someone and he’s taking his time getting it back to me!
October 21st, 2009 at 1:37 pm
interested to see how these ideas are connected.
October 21st, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Love the chapter titles to the new book! The Orthodox Heretic is a must read/own book – if you don’t have a copy, buy one today. As for Mark Driscoll’s books, their bark is worse than their bite.
October 21st, 2009 at 2:59 pm
What makes it female?
October 21st, 2009 at 3:44 pm
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October 21st, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Sally – the Mark Driscoll bullying should clue you in.
(Sorry, that was unnecessary…)
October 21st, 2009 at 4:14 pm
What theologians will you be engaging in your latest work?
October 21st, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Oooh, thanks for the teaser!! Looking forward to this, Pete!
October 21st, 2009 at 10:18 pm
I was looking at your tract “The Rapture” and I am wondering why you modeled it after a Jack Chick tract? What was your reasoning or rationale behind that. I really am interested in your answer, after all, there is no “conversation” if only one person is talking. Thanks.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Cute plug — I have your books on my list — and hell, I am an Atheist.
I love your writing style — even with all its exuberance !
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Can’t wait Pete. The chapter titles have already grabbed me. I’m on my third reading of The Weakness of God. He has overturned a few of my tables, I guess that is an event, no?
Peace, Skip.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:52 pm
i hear a lot of Žižek in there. is “convincing the chickens” a reference to his joke?
October 23rd, 2009 at 5:37 am
Hey all. Thanks for the comments,
Jeremy and Jb – I have employed a fair amount of Zizek in this work in order to tease out what I am doing (the chickens is indeed a reference to his fav. joke). The later Bonhoeffer is also important as is my hands on work with ikon.
Sally – When I think of philosophy I think of woman (this is not usual, philosophy has generally been phallocentric). But wisdom, (Sophia, where we get the name Sophie) is often presented as a Goddess. Now as to whether there is any wisdom in the book is another matter!
Sobio – thanks, I am hoping this book with break down some of the usual borders between theist and atheist. Indeed I will be making positive reference to many of the New Atheist writers in it
JBeau – The reason for the Chick tract design was multipule and range from the mundane to the sublime. I guess the main reason is that tract initially sounds a lot like a chick tract but turns it on its head, I wanted to create something that would surprise people and invite them to think. By having the Chick format many people pick it up and read it without initially knowing it was written by me. Hence they experience the power of it more than otherwise.
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:24 am
But where are you writing, Pete? I’m curious where you’ve landed, and how we might get you out to speak again at Luther.
Let me know.
Peace,
Chris
October 24th, 2009 at 4:27 am
Good answer Mr Rollins, though it sounds suspiciously like a quick thinking comeback that I often get from my husband when he feels a feminist rant coming his way. So if the Rollins gals are wise, no doubt self-assured, would they be lonely? Unlikely, and would they be at all troubled by hound dogs like Driscoll? Surely they are both male and female or neither. While I appreciate your comment was no doubt a transatlantic missive to shift some stock. My sensitivity to jumping on language that perpetuates the myth that women need rescuing is that Anglican women priests continue to stand strong and gracious despite appalling behaviour from their male colleagues. Though, ironically the Pope’s recent Machiavellian manoeuvre maybe yet the key to women seeking an Episcopal ministry and equality.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:21 am
I look forward to reading this new work of yours. All of your writings to date have been wonderful and thought provoking. Thanks!
October 27th, 2009 at 8:44 am
On not knowing what to do (and doing it) is a current theme for me. I’ve been taking part in a youth work debate about intellectual rigour in the face of a target-setting bureuacracy, and the importance of setting forth without preconceived objectives. So I shall be looking forward to the development of this one.
http://indefenceofyouthwork.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/in-defence-of-intellectually-rigorous-youth-work/#comment-190