Customer Reviews
Excellent overview (and more) - By: Brian the G, 25 Sep 2007 
Whilst D.A. Carsons book is not for those looking for a light read on a Sunday afternoon it is an excellent resource. His informed & clear examination of the emergent church is really helpful - someone with his ability & intellect was needed to help us to see the pitfalls (particularly doctrinal) related to some of the emergent church ideas. His recognition of the good motives of those christian leaders trying to reach their generation with the gospel is well set out, but as we know it cannot be at any cost (particularly the truth).
Coversant how? - By: M. Berry, 18 Feb 2007 
How can you author a book entitled "Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church" without actually conversing with any communities, individuals etc.? buy it if you want an anti-emergent polemic to reinforce your presumptions & prejudices... if you want a balanced, well researched, evidenced & informative exploration of the breadth of views, ideas & theologies within what has become known as the emerging church conversation, then don't buy this buy Gibbs & Bolgers "Emerging Churches"
Post-modernism and the church - By: G. J. Weeks, 28 Oct 2006 Don Carson has written an excellent critique of post-modernism & its appearance as the Emerging Church. He writes as a theologian giving a critique which may be hard going for the average Christian but one which well repays the effortin reading. I believe this is a generous, fair yet devastating critique. He shows the strengths & weaknesses of the Emerging Churchin reading contemporary culture & its commendable desire to reach post-modern people. I believe Carson gives us an excellent critique of post-modernism & shows why the Emerging Church has gone more down a route of syncretism with post-modernism The books of McClaren & Chalke are well critiquedin their departure from biblical orthodoxy. The conclusion is the Emerging Church should be handled with great caution. It is a departure from evangelical Christianity. If you are drawn to Emerging Church you must read Carson's critique. It is also a book which gives an excellent critique of post-modernismin general. Carson believes it is a spent force academically but it seems to me to be an increasing onein popular culture.
