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There is some unclarity in some quarters about the intended audience of my book. The following is neither an admission of anything I was ever trying to deny, nor a confession of anything I am or ought to be embarrassed about. It is an explanation offered in good faith to clear up a misunderstanding [...]

I am aware that there is a blog dedicated to discussion of my forthcoming book which has not yet been sent to press. There are accusations on the blog directed at the veracity of my project, as well as the nature of my promotion of it. I have made some comments on that blog in [...]

More than just the standard retelling of the horrors of the Bible, Stark’s “confrontational” method of reading scripture exposes the deadly contradictions of biblical fundamentalism and gives thoughtful Christians a way forward by allowing them to “own” these troubling texts in a new way. Readers will breathe a deep sigh of relief at his suggestion [...]

My newfound friend and dear brother in Christ, Steve Hays, over on Triablogue, has generously dedicated a post in large part to drawing attention to my forthcoming book, The Human Faces of God. What I find so flattering about Steve’s gesture is that he hasn’t even read my book, and yet he’s already singing its [...]

Each chapter of The Human Faces of God is packed with information and draws one in deeper like a good crime novel. Unlike conservative Evangelical fare that confuses biblical scholarship with the practice of apologetics, Thom Stark has learned the difference. Apologetics relies on bits and pieces of biblical scholarship, any that can be used [...]

Stark’s book is a direct frontal assault against evangelical Christianity, the exact likes of which I have not seen before in one volume. In it Stark exposes, in the words of Mark Noll, the “scandal of the evangelical mind.” While Noll was chiding evangelicals for not producing the best and brightest thinkers capable of truly [...]

‎This book is for those who wish to understand the Bible and learn from it. It is not for those who seek handy Bible quotes, nor for those who have no urge to plumb the Bible’s depths. Thom Stark shows how the scriptures confront us with the big questions such as suffering and identity. He [...]