I’ve not got that much time to blog at the moment so that kind of says how much I like the book that I’ve just finished reading. I was away on holiday last week and managed to read all the way through one of IVP’s new releases: The War on Terror. Suffice to say that I thought it was great. Nick Solly Megoran is “A lecturer at Newcastle University, specializing in geopolitics, religion and the War on Terror”. Which means that he’s pretty well placed to write on the subject. That and the providential timing and passages of a number of sermons that he had to preach means that this is a great book.
The first half of the book is a series of expositions which put the War on Terror into perspective. Specifically the perspective of the gospel and salvation history. The second half consists of three short, academically sound but easy to understand chapters covering the background to world and Christian thinking on war and the war on terror.
This is a thought provoking and helpful book, starting with some of the major questions of our time and going back to the Bible for answers. I didn’t always agree totally with his application and there are some questions that are posed but not really answered in the way that you would expect or necessarily satisfactorally but in some ways this is a strength because it means that you have to think for yourself.
Plus, because it’s mostly based on a series of sermons it’s practically applied all the way through. It really does do what it says on the tin and answer the question “how should Christians respond”.
There is plenty here to start anyone off thinking about the war on terror, or just war in general from a Christian point of view and overall I just really enjoyed the perspective. Read this book, and let it take you back, to encompass the vista of salvation history and how the war on terror sits within.
