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God Behaving Badly (Expanded Edition)
- Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist?
- De: David T. Lamb
- Narrado por: Al Kessel
- Duración: 8 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 13
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 13
Many think of God as wrathful and angry, smiting people right and left for no apparent reason. The Old Testament in particular seems at times to portray God as capricious and malevolent, wiping out armies and nations, punishing enemies with extreme prejudice. But wait. The story is more complicated than that.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Mostly Great with some troubling exceptions
- De Ree en 06-29-24
- God Behaving Badly (Expanded Edition)
- Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist?
- De: David T. Lamb
- Narrado por: Al Kessel
A Mixed Bag
Revisado: 09-18-22
I have to give the book credit first by saying that God Behaving Badly does a much better job taking concerns over apparent brutality by God in the Bible seriously than many books in Christian apologetics. Lamb uses his wealth of knowledge on the Old Testament to provide exegetical insight which often presents a workable explanation. I would have preferred a wider exploration of potential interpretations, but there really isn't any wrong with Lamb speaking for himself and giving preference to how he answers these questions.
That said, Lamb makes some hermeneutical choices I don't personally agree with. He seems to prefer a literal reading where I think it is more important to highlight the writing norms of the different periods in which the Bible was written. Where the Bible seems to contradict, he prefers to synthesize the two passages, interpreting them in a way where they can both technically be correct. I don't think defending his textual philosophy was really the point of the book, but I think it is important to know this going in, because often this preference leaves some holes in Lamb's conclusions.
Overall, I think it's a decent book. I don't agree with Lamb on many of his conclusions, but I think it is important to read and attempt to understand ideas that you don't necessarily agree with.
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The Will to Change
- Men, Masculinity, and Love
- De: bell hooks, Ross Gay
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
- Duración: 6 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,576
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,332
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,327
Everyone needs to love and be loved - even men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways that patriarchal culture keeps them from knowing themselves, from being in touch with their feelings, from loving. In The Will to Change, bell hooks gets to the heart of the matter and shows men how to express the emotions that are a fundamental part of who they are - whatever their age, marital status, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A unique call to an ethic of creative love
- De Forrest Aldridge en 09-26-20
- The Will to Change
- Men, Masculinity, and Love
- De: bell hooks, Ross Gay
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
I Can't Recommend This Book Enough
Revisado: 09-18-22
When I picked up the Will To Change by bell hooks, I did so with the intention of self improvement. I knew it was about how patriarchy damages men and went in expecting a prescriptive indictment; painful, but constructive and necessary. What I found instead was one of the most compassionate works of intersectional feminism that I have ever read.
As a man, I have sometimes noted that tears are very rare for me; even though I have sometimes reflected that it might feel good to cry, there was no prompt that could effectively produce them. So I was astonished to find how freely they came to me with every recognition that patriarchy had robbed men of their sense of self worth, and with every affirmation that we are worth loving despite what patriarchy would have us believe. I didn't realize how badly I had needed to hear that.
In addition to being emotionally supportive of men, hooks gives inspired insights into how and why the emotional crippling of men can and do lead to toxic behaviors. She highlights how this crippling serves a dominator model and outlines a general path for men and women to replace that model with something better.
I would recommend this book to any guy who wants to change for the better and to reclaim an identity that his culture has taken from him. I would also highly recommend this book to any woman who struggles to relate to the men in her life who she loves and wishes to connect to. Equal in both it's scholarly rigor and it's emotional depth, The Will To Change is a must read for anyone seeking a better way for men and women to relate, develop, and thrive together.
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