Mere Discipleship: Radical Christianity in a Rebellious World by Lee C. Camp (Brazos, 2003, 208 pages, paperback, $14.99) As a Canadian observing the United States, I am in perpetual culture shock. As a Christian, I am even more stunned by the exploitation of the gospel to support a "God-bless-America" agenda. Lee Camp challenges such distortions in Mere Discipleship. Camp intends his work as a more accessible version of John Howard Yoder, whose work shaped a generation of theologically informed activists and activist-oriented theologians. Often the church has "sought to ally itself comfort...
