Healthy Acts of Resistance
 
A Review of
 

Sacred Signposts:
Words, Water, and Other Acts of Resistance
Benjamin Dueholm

Paperback: Eerdmans, 2018.
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Reviewed by D.S. Leiter
 
 
Sacred Signposts is by a minister in the mainline Lutheran tradition. As such, the book is organized according to the “sacred possessions” of the church offered by reformer Martin Luther: words; water; a meal of bread and wine; confession and forgiveness; ministry; prayer, praise, and worship; and the cross and suffering.

Dueholm seeks to make an argument that these traditions are worth continuing. At times he makes a good case. For instance, I dearly loved that the author pointed out that the biblical creation story is the only known creation narrative that creates the world through speech. And I really loved some of the ways he talked about the need for repentance, especially by the white church.

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