A perceptive review that considers J&JW's reception: "Like preachers, doctrines, politicians & positions, books & authors can become identity markers for subcultures, movements, and communities. Battleground books become symbols of community signaling." 1/
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Napier suggests that J&JW is poised to become a symbol for camp categorization btw progressives and conservatives. I know what he means, and I've watched this begin to play out with fascination. But I'd dispute the categories "progressive" and "conservative." 2/6
What I see are conservatives embracing J&JW, at least if the word still means anything other than "white nationalist Trump-supporter." Conservative white evangelicals who look at J&JW and say "this is not what I believe" are redrawing the boundaries... 3/6
...or at least reconsidering those boundaries, between who is in and who is out, the orthodox and "the other." Given the long history of polarization, this is remarkable to see. 4/6
And Napier is right: this is more than a classic historical argument, & I do hope it spawns many book-length studies. I was compiling a list of books I'd love to read as I wrote. But is succeeds in part, I think, because existing histories have failed to frame pressing Qs. 5/6
The takeaway: "DuMez has served the ev church w/ an opportunity & we should take advantage of it. READ IT AND WRESTLE. Don't read defensively in self-protection, nor let it merely confirm your biases. Read critically of yourself & the narrative and let the experience refine you."
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