Hovey on Mark

Craig Hovey To Share in the Body: A Theology of Martyrdom for Today’s Church

“Craig Hovey challenges Christians to be worth persecuting, but he does so without romanticizing suffering or the church. Every church is called to be a martyr-church, not to glorify death, but to declare that death means nothing in the light of what God has done in Christ. In taut prose, Hovey unpacks the logic of Mark’s Gospel and helps the church discern what God is doing in history, both in Mark’s day and in our own. This book is lean, penetrating, and wise. Every page rewards the reader with fresh insight.”

William T. Cavanaugh, associate professor of theology, University of St. Thomas

“Truly an extraordinary book. Some will not be convinced by all of Hovey’s exegetical or systematic theses. But before worrying about such things, readers should simply delight in the sudden insights and revelatory turns of thought that appear on every page.”

Robert Jenson, professor emeritus of religion, St. Olaf College

The blurbs are at Brazos