A Better Freedom: Finding Life as Slaves of Christ

Short review: Michael Card works through what it means to be a slave to Christ in light of historic Roman era slavery (when the New Testament was written) and in light of race based slavery in the US. This is largely a book of scriptural exploration and context, but includes significant reflections on what we can learn from the Black Church's development out of slavery. Michael Card attends a historic Black congregation and the themes and teachings of that church are reflected throughout the book. There are not many books by White authors that focus on what the broader church can learn from the historic black church, but this is one of them.

I wish I had read this earlier. But I also wish is was a bit more academically focused. This is a popular level book and I think quite helpful. But there were times I wanted more, both in length and academic content.


My slightly longer review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/better-freedom/