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  <title><![CDATA[The Courage to Be Protestant: Truth-lovers, Marketers, and Emergents in the Postmodern World]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[David F. Wells]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I received this book last year from a dear friend from my seminary days and found it quite outstanding. Apparently this is a condensation of Wells’ previous books with some updating and adaptation. Wells is a gifted writer and lucid thinker who demonstrates an amazing grasp of contemporary evangel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65995375">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've enjoyed every Wells book I've read. In CTBP, he continues to address issues of truth, theology, and authority in our current evangelical culture with a different way of describing things than my usual (small) circle of reading. His criticisms of marketers and emergents in the church were poigna...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48872698">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Sep 11 18:26:33 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[[summer 2008] reading this w/ some guys from church.  as much as i've heard about wells, i've never read anything by him.  this seems like a good introduction, as it is in large part a summary of his previous (four, long) books.  (all authors should be so kind.)  not too far into it yet, but he main...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32652430">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wells does a great job of evaluating the path evangelicalism has taken in the last 75 years, including the exchange of truth for relevance.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fitting contribution to Wells' ongoing demolition of the pretensions of contemporary evangelicalism.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The title says it all  . . . must read for all pastors]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a summary of about 10 years in research. I have not read those other books, but from what I see, this book is a dense edifice, covering many topics vast in breadth and depth with great skill. The author explains how philosophy has affected &quot;how we do church&quot; today, how that ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21756326">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am thoroughly enjoying this analysis and assessment of the contemporary Evangelical scene.  It is especially pungent on the megachurch and emergent/emerging church movements.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot; It is no surprise to learn, then, that almost half of America thinks that the Bible, the Koran,and the Book of Mormon all have the same spiritual truths&quot;]]></body>
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