MORE ON WORLD CHANGING

After I had posted a review of James Davison Hunter's To Change the World yesterday, Doug Wilson put up a post on his blog that summarizes far more pithily than I did some concerns with the book. Wilson also links to a fascinating review of To Change the World James K.A. Smith, and then an interview between Smith and Hunter. These posts are all worth reading (if you are interested in Hunter's thesis of course).

Smith's review includes a helpful critique of Hunter's interpretation of the word 'world' which does a much better job than I did in trying to note the biblical tension between loving and hating the world - how world is defined here is obviously crucial.

The interview with Hunter is especially interesting because, while it is short, it seems to me to supply rather more application than his much longer book did - but that is the advantage of a thoughtful interview.

In his post, Wilson is critical of Smith, as well as Hunter - which we would expect from Wilson! - but his point is well made, and worth consideration.