Reviewing Spectrum

Spring, 2011

Vol. 39, Issue 2

http://spectrummagazine.org/journal/2011/05/24/volume-39-issue-2-spring-2011
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GENERAL COMMENTS

This issue should appeal to a wide variety of readers. The following are my favorite articles.

If you are LOOKING FOR THE CRUX OF THE MATTER IN THE ADVENTIST BIOLOGY EDUCATION DEBATE, Dyer’s reporting is foundational and a MUST READ.

READING THE BIBLE SCULPTURE SERIES: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ARTIST by John McDowell is an artistic and literary success.

THE BIBLE IN ART AND LITERATURE may be a bit too academic for some, but Melissa Brotton, Lora Geriguis, and Sam McBride do an impressive job of demonstrating why biblical literature has inspired the greatest stories ever told.

WHEN WHAT IS TRUE IS NOT PURE: FLANNERY O’CONNOR AND THE LOGIC OF REDEMPTION by Ryan Bell is a thoughtful, contemporary argument for Christian art and the support of Christian artists.

PERSONAL NOTE

Adventists of all stripes and convictions owe Bonnie Dyer a debt of gratitude so huge, that any talk of repayment is ludicrous. She has kept Spectrum, the magazine and blog, afloat when any but the most skilled and dedicated sailor would have gone down with the ship or beached the boat. Her magazine remains a vessel in which sanity, friendliness, goodwill, and intelligence have managed to repel the pirates of foolishness, resentment, and downright stupidity that infest the seas of Adventism. She deserves more than your goodwill. She deserves support.

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