a permanent becoming

By Jason

2 Sep 2008

My mate Alan Mann, has a new book out titled, ‘A Permanent Becoming’.

I liked it so much, here is the recommendation I wrote, that appears on the back cover of the book:

‘In our secular world becoming a Christian is almost synonymous with becoming a ‘worse’ person, and somehow less than human. Through a beautiful and compelling exposition of the Fruits of the Spirit alongside a rediscovery of the true humanity of Jesus, Alan Mann explores how life in Christ is in fact the only way to be truly, deeply and fully human in the face of our microwave, quick fix culture.’

So buy his book, and visit his blog.

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  1. Comment by Liam Byrnes

    1.46 pm on 2 Sep 2008

    Is the title an allure to the theme in Barth of becoming?

    I was interested in your comments on the book where you said that ‘becoming a Christian is almost synonomous with becoming a ‘worse’ person, and somehow less than human’. Did you mean by this that common conception that people who enter into faith loose their identity and uniqueness and become a clone? or something else?

    1. Comment by Jason

      1.48 pm on 2 Sep 2008

      just that I think in the UK saying someone has ‘become a christian’ equates to a perjorative statement…christian faith can manifest as dehumanising, as well as secularism which despises the humanity and anthropology of Christianity

      1. Comment by Liam Byrnes

        2.01 pm on 2 Sep 2008

        I thought that was what you meant, I just wondered if I had picked it up wrongly. Thanks for the clarification!

    2. Comment by alan mann

      3.11 pm on 2 Sep 2008

      Quotes: ‘Is the title an allure to the theme in Barth of becoming?’

      I’m afraid I’m not that deep. It’s a phrase I nicked from an interview with Bob Dylan I heard a couple of years back and I thought it fitted with the central theme of the book I’d got bubbling under.

      1. Comment by Liam Byrnes

        4.11 pm on 2 Sep 2008

        An Answer from the horses mouth as it where! Thanks Alan, Bob Dylan is great too.

        1. Comment by alan mann

          7.07 pm on 2 Sep 2008

          Neigh :)

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