Three New Books About Adventists

[Gregory Matthews]

Three new books have been published about Adventists.

 

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From Adventist Today:

Beams of Heaven Guiding Me by Roy Adams

This is an autobiography of sorts, really a memoir of some particularly important events with a little continuity to give the full picture of Adams’ life. It is important not to miss the fact that Adams embodies some of the major demographic dynamics in the Adventist community. He was born on the Caribbean island of Carriacou in a time that “feels like 200 years ago,” he started in pastoral ministry in Tobago, also served as a Literature Evangelist and pastor in Canada, completed a PhD at Andrews University, taught at the Adventist seminary in the Philippines, and had the longest tenure of any individual as associate editor of the Adventist Review.

 

 

Present Truth Revisited by Reinder Bruinsma

As the subtitle indicates, this is “An Adventist Perspective on Postmodernism,” not really a theological work. And in keeping with this contemporary topic, it is published as an e-book available at Amazon, the online retailing company. Bruinsma lives in the Netherlands and has worked for the Adventist Church in various roles and in various countries for more than forty years, including teaching at Loma Linda University and serving as president of the denomination in Belgium and Luxembourg.

 

 

Church and Society edited by Rudi Maier

This is a really big book in many ways. It is over 800 pages. It covers many issues and has 34 contributing authors. It has a long sub-title too: Missiological Challenges for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Maier has been an Andrews University seminary professor and served as president of ADRA International, as well as a missionary in Asia. Because the Adventist denomination has missionary efforts in almost every country on the globe, it encounters almost all of contemporary social issues. This volume includes chapters on mental illness, HIV-AIDS, homelessness, human rights, immigration, war, homosexuality and domestic abuse.

 

 

Three new books have been published recently by Adventist scholars which expand the scope significantly of both expression and information available to believers. One is a collection of papers from 34 authors, while the other two are written by individuals. One is a personal memoir while the other two are scholarly projects. Yet all three have a shared focus: How is the Adventist faith engaging with contemporary cultural and social realities?