Kelly M. Kapic. Communion with God: The Divine and the Human in the Theology of John Owen

Abstract

How can this book serve a reader? First, it summarizes John Owen’s theology. Also, if one takes careful notes of John Owen, one would be invited to read him. Kapic faithfully observes the major topic of Communion of God in John Owen’s theological framework and interpretation. He faithfully quotes this Puritan holding unto his conclusions and arguments. However, when reading the Puritans, one should be prepared to encounter older English; and if one chooses to read Owen, especially Communion with God, this book will help the reader better understand the Puritan theologian and benefit more from his writings. John Owen was called English Calvin, pastoral and doctrinal, both of which we need in our context of Croatia, and to look to him. The call to read Puritans in the West is high, and maybe this book can help someone become a Puritan reader, a wise man who takes the valuable time for the gems of the past and becomes a person who has understanding for reading people like John Owen. For me, this book stirred my intellectual will and heart to dive deeper into Owen’s mind through his works. I hope it will stir other readers, too, both lay readership and pastoral ones.