The Mantra of Jabez:
Break on Through to the Other Side
"A mixture of delightful mimicry, Swiftian-strength theological satire, and inspired silliness in the great Monty Python tradition, The Mantra of Jabez (subtitled "Break on Through to the Other Side") is a bracing tonic."
--John Wilson, Christianity Today
Do you want to be a kipper for God? Are you ready to reach for the most profound sort of immaturity? Just chant the Jabez mantra, and God will make you into something like a little canned fish, vacuum sealed from temptation and ready to be eaten without satisfying anybody. Soon you too will feel an adrenaline rush that you can call the Holy Spirit and use it to justify any fool thing you want to say. It's, it's, it's like Harry Potter for modern Evangelicals!
In this parody, the conservative Christian author allows humor to reveal the more ridiculous assumptions driving the original book. Each chapter of the original is turned inside out so that we can really see what's being said. Though the parody is rather ruthless in its humor, it is not hopelessly cynical just for the sake of mockery. It points to a more constructive vision, a vision of Christianity's inherent riches of truth, beauty, and goodness that the original Jabez book passively trivializes. Get this parody for laughs; get it for something greater.
ISBN-10: 1885767889
ISBN-13: 9781885767882
Pages/Media: 64
Dimensions: 4.5x6.25
Publ.Date:2001
Author: Douglas M. Jones
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Language: English
