How (Not) to Speak of God: Marks of the Emerging Church

With sensitivity to the Christian tradition and a rich understanding of postmod-ern thought, Peter Rollins argues that the movement known as the “emerging church” offers a singular, unprecedented message of transformation that has the potential to revolutionize the theological and moral architecture of Western Christianity.

How (not) to Speak of God sets out to explore the theory and praxis of this contemporary expression of faith. Rollins offers a clear exploration of this embryonic movement and provides key resources for those involved in communities that are conversant with, and seeking to minister effectively to, the needs of a postmodern world.


“Here in pregnant bud is the rose, the emerging new configuration, of a Christianity that is neither Roman nor Protestant, neither Eastern nor monastic; but rather is the re-formation of all of them. Here, in pregnant bud, is third-millennium Christendom.” —Phyllis Tickle


“I am a raving fan of the book you are holding. I loved reading it. I have already begun widely recommending it. Reading it did good for my mind and for my soul. It helped me understand my own spiritual journey more clearly, and it gave me a sense of context for the work I’m involved in. In fact, I would say this is one of the two or three most rewarding books of theology I have read in ten years.” —Brian McLaren, from the Foreword


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Dubh

Dubh is a carefully crafted album from ikon that blends a rich ambient sound-scape with rhythmic beats and a sparse lyricism in a musical study of divine darkness, yearning and expectancy. It was written and recorded by Stray and has been described as Massive Attack meets Meister Eckhart in a Belfast Bar.

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The Orthodox Heretic and Other Impossible Tales

I have recently completed my third book, which I hope will be published late in 2008 or early 2009. In this work I have provided a series of parables alongside a few thoughts designed to act as a guide for the reader. These small commentaries do not expose the ‘truth’ of the parable, nor are they the final word or necessarily of more standing than other interpretations. The parables contained in this work are designed to be pregnant with possibilities and, like a child, have the potential to grow beyond what I hoped for, imagined possible, or even desired. As such it is helpful to approach these commentaries in the same manner as one might approach the words that are often found alongside a painting in an art museum. Not as something that explains the art, as if the art was somehow incomplete or incompetent, but rather as a means of providing a place of entry for the uninitiated.

Each of these carefully crafted parables represents my own attempts to explore and testify to the impossible Event housed in faith. In that sense they are deeply personal. Yet, the more personally one speaks of ones own journey the more universal the message can be. In addition to this they represent my attempt to render extremely difficult theological ideas accessible and concrete to the reader.