We Preach Christ Crucified

This book was purchased for a priest who wished to as it to his current library. He had read it before and now wated his own copy.

A good treatise on the meaning of the Crucifixion and how we've lost some of Christ's teachings in our modern life and how some of them have been watered down to make us more comfortable.

Radical as in root. Takes us to the cross, the root of our family tree where the graciousness of God is found.

I was astonished by the negative reviews of this book, which I have come to think of as "classic" Leech and one of the best things available for Lenten study. This is highly accessible and deeply moving writing on pain, suffering, and the cross. I recommend it highly.

The underlying theses of seeking to integrate the gospel message with social justice, and to see Christ in those suffering, are so important and intriguing in themselves that it is unfortunate that Kenneth Leech presents points without developing them. The entire book is rather flat and puzzling. For example, he mentions the classic Greek saints who were "fools for Christ", without adding the essential parts of their stories that show their holiness - one wonders if insanity guaranteed the heavenly crown in itself. As both a devout Christian and a political liberal, I had expected to be enriched by this work. That goal was not fulfilled. Trying to figure out what Leech meant was tiresome.