Kester Brewin

This time next week I’ll be North Carolina enjoying the inaugural Wild Goose Festival. I’m going to be speaking in the Geodesic Dome venue on Friday evening at 8pm: Loving Others in a World of Fractures From noisy neighbours to racism, fundamentalism, issues about immigration and terrorism, the problem of dealing with ‘the other’ has [...]

Ben Edson, who I know well and admire a great deal, posted a review of ‘Other’ on his site recently, and I wanted to take the opportunity to respond to a few of the points he makes there. Firstly, I want to say thanks to him for taking the time to write it, and that [...]

It’s great to have the book released in the UK today (more news on a US release shortly I hope) – I really hope people enjoy it and get something from it. I’ll be talking a little bit about the book at the next Apple event this Wednesday – details here – and it’d be [...]

Just back from a great week on Iona, and very much looking forward to ‘Other‘ being released on Monday. Get your local bookseller to order it and support them if you can. Amazon have already dispatched any pre-ordered copies, and it’d be great if people could make some noise and get the word out there if [...]

I’m interested in this short series in trying to reflect on the best ground for our attempts to empathise with ‘the other.’ In the first post I ended by suggesting that it would be fruitful to consider where our fears of engaging the other lie. So here we go: It seems to me that Levinas [...]

"This book is significant. Read it." Steve Collins. Creator of SmallFire.org

"An important and unique book… A momentous achievement." Rev Ian Mobsby, author and leader of Moot.

"Combines a theological integrity with imaginative and innovative ways of thinking about Church as a complex network. Not only does this book contribute to the current debate about the Church it is also a meditation on faith and believing in the city. It is a must read for all of those thinking through the future [...]

"Kester Brewin is one of the sharpest thinkers on the emerging scene. For years, his community, Vaux, created worship spaces that engaged forbidden cultural and theological themes. Combining psychology, urban theory, and complexity theory with biblical reflection on church and leadership, his book Signs of Emergence continues this pattern and doesn’t disappoint." Prof. Ryan Bolger, [...]

"Signs of Emergence is a revolutionary statement of intent: Jesus lives where the dirt is, which is good news for all of us. Reading this book will challenge your own boundaries. If you let it do its work, you will never be the same again." Dr. Gareth Higgins, activist and author of How Movies Helped [...]