Title: 20 Hot Potatoes Christians are Afraid to Touch

By Tony Campolo

Publishing Info: - Dallas: World Publishing, 1988.

Genre: Anthology

Sub-genre: -  Essay //Devotional

Nationality: - American

Time Period: -20th Century / Contemporary

First  read by Dr. Rearick -Spring 1991 //  Most recent reading: August 2002

Rated: A

Location: - Dr. Rearick's  Office and MVNU Bookstore

Use: Expository Writing, ENG 1043G

Comments: Probably one of the most entertaining and challenging speakers within our faith today is Tony Campolo. His writing also combines these two qualities.  Lively, humorous, his work always winds up with a solid punch at Christian mediocrity, Tony examines the Americanization in culture and the Capitalization in economics of modern Christianity.  However, he knows his audience and presents these concerns in forms accessible to the average reader.  I use this collection of essays as a counter-balance to the essays in Living in the USA , ReReading America. and now American Lives, American Issues. Tony covers a number of over-lapping subjects and incorporates many of the concerns overlooked or even disregarded in many academic essay texts.

Table of contents and Links:

• How do We Answer the Challenge of AIDS?
• Why are so Many People Down on Themselves?
• What About Women Preachers?
• Can a Mother of  Preschool Child have a Career and not Feel Guilty (and where does Dad fit in it all)?
• What do I do if I'm Sexually starved?
• Is Television Evangelism a Waste of Money?
• Should We Pull Our Kids Out of the Public School System?
• Can Rich People get into Heaven (or can a Christian own BMW)?
• Does Christianity Have any Good News for Homosexuals?
• Should Preachers Start Preaching against Sports?
• Is Hunting a Sin?
• When is it OK to tell the Doctor to Pull the Plug?
• Where Does a Single Woman over 30 Go to get Rid of the Loneliness?
• Can Christians Kill?
• Are Funerals a Rip-off?
• Is it OK to put Your Again Mother in the County Home?
• Is it Ever OK for Divorced Christians to Re-marry?
• Is a Lot of Psychological Counseling a Waste of Time?
• What Should You Do if Your Grownup Children are Making Decisions that Could Ruin Their Lives?
• Are Evangelicals Too Pro-Israel?