Lesslie Newbigin

Reviews / Votes

This one-volume condensation of a life-time's thought is a valuable resource. The main theological issues discussed are of permanent relevance. * The Ecumenical Review * ... monumental ... this book should be a stimulus for many to go back to Newbigin's own writing and enquire as to its continuing relevance. There could hardly be a better introduction to, and survey of, Newbigin's thought ... magisterial survey. * Studies in World Christianity: The Edinburgh Review of Theology and Religion * Extraordinarily detailed study ... the strength of Wainwright's book is that it lets Newbigin speak for himself and, in so doing, reveals the remarkable significance of his ecumenical and missionary theology. * Themelios * Lesslie Newbigin: a Theological Life is a good book by one very good theologian about another. * Pilgrim Post * This definitive study should ensure that such a twentieth-century beacon of a theological life will not be forgotten. * Theology * Lesslie has been brilliantly served by this book. Wainwright the theologian, has the gift of seeing him in all his greatness and somehow has spoken of him with Newbigin's own voice and insight. He has given a great theological ordering that is not imposed; it arises naturally from a deep understanding of his subject ... a wonderful source of encouragement and inspiration. * Reform * Wainwright is right in arguing that Newbigin is a classic example of the teaching bishop, a father of the Church to whom we should listen, even if we do not always agree. This book helps us to do that. * Church Times *