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What this book is about is stories of friendship, with deep theological overtones woven throughout. Written by a practitioner who is a scholar in the ancient sense (Chris) and an Academic scholar who has spent an extended amount of time inside the church practicing (Christine). This unique blend makes for a very easy, but engaging read.
Friendship is the center of the conversation throughout the book, especially friendship with people of different cultural and economic standing. Using this platform, various issues of justice concerns are thought about, from the lense of how Western Cultures taxing of the poor actually affects our friends in other parts of the world. This takes a radically different look at “friendship evangelism”, which some have said is simply taking advantage of friends. The train that keeps the book running are the stories of people whom the authors are friends with.
