I really enjoyed this book. It is hard topics, but dealt with in a very straight-froward, easy-to-digest manner. He doesn't attempt to solve any of these paradoxes, because, well, he can't... God is that mysterious. The author does, however, help one to work through and walk through many of these difficult things we see and know about God, and it helps us to grow our faith by putting words to many of our thoughts.

Paradoxology is one of my favorite recent reads. The title sets the tone: Kandiah addresses difficult issues, but in a sometimes conversational tone. These are the troubling topics that we should be thinking through (rather than skipping over), and Kandiah does so without diving into overly academic work or becoming too breezy.

Not everything here's truly a paradox, but when there's something paradoxical, Kandiah works to show the value of faith in that tension, without skipping past the problems with, "Oh, that's just a mystery we can't understand." He works at the texts and the concepts. Other ideas he comes closer to resolving. His reading of Jonah is particularly engagin.

None of it's an intellectual exercise; Kandiah sees well that these questions play out in life, in how we treat our neighbors, build community, move through our grief, or seek jusice. It's a smart and readable book with much to say that's both useful and illuminating.

This is a book for those asking questions about the Christian faith, whether you are someone just interested in what we believe or you are a believer yourself. We all have these questions at some point in our lives and this book opens up a way to explore, poke, examine and hold up those paradoxes that make our head ache while revealing to us the awe and wonder of the Christian faith. It is brilliant and certainly worth reading!