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Justification by faith. 7. Wright,Tiller, bunt Paper-The Great Acquittal — Tom George Carey, Tony Baker — back — 125 pages, 1.50 pound* (UK)The title, The Great Acquittal, of a recent paperback will probably mean as little to the average person seeing it as the names of the four authors who have combined to produce the book in four separate sections. The four are all clergymen in the Anglican Church, one a Fellow of Cambridge and a member of the Archbishops’ Doctrinal Commission while the subtitle sets out the subject of discussion more fully. It is: justification by Faith and Current Christiannot as easy book for the layman and is default by being presented in the manner recital with the more difficult pieces first at the end. In fact, the reader|ustifi«Though'madeof a pianod the lightestwould be best advised to read the last section (by theandRev. Mr. Tour Bakes) first. This deals with the implications of Justification by Faith for pastoral and evange-fiatics ministry. If that is done the preceding three sections are much more easily followed.The doctrine of justification by faith, that is.of God and through that only, notand promised eternal salvation is not often touched on in sermons today. Nor indeed does it often explicitly occur in the New Testament other than in The Epistle to the Romans and that to the Galatians. To the layman the doctrine that sin will grieve the Holy Spirit but do^s not touch the relationship and standing between God and the sinner may be difficult to accept. That may be because the subject Is reariy preached nor in the last 100 years has much been written about it. This book sets out tp bring it to the attention of the public.Heavy going but rewarding, -j ^Memorable protest poetry in EnglandRaceJjMfan I* a Back — Linton JKweai Johnson -Tbdar Publications - 30 Page*, lMpouad*(UK) In the USA the slaves from Africa found solace in negro spirituals. Today’s underprivileged, those against duel society discriminates, find an outlet, ana the hope that they can change Conditions, in protest poetry, verse which appeals to all who suffer from those conditions and may help to bring about a change by expos-t them to public view. _ „One et the ablest and most fluent of such protesters ■list die unfair treatment of the black* in England isJamaican Linton Kweai Johnson who left Chapelton in 1965 to join his mother who had emigrated to England two years previously; he was eleven year* old at the time. His third book of poems has recently appeared, with one exception all twelve have been set to music and are available on records.The title of this collection, lnglan is a Bitch, is taken from that of one of the poems in it and expresses the sentiment behind the whole collection (except again, for the unrecorded one which is Jamaica Lullaby” in memory of Olive Morris, the black activist). As may be guessed from the tide the poems are .written not in English but in the vernacular speech of the blacks in Britain (which may, indeed, merely be Jamaican).The title poem begins, Wen mi jus* come to Land-an totln /mi use to work pan di andahgroun / but worJdn' pan di andahgroun / y’u don’t get n know your way arouri ” which well illustrates the rhythmic, expressive style. Later we find mi use to work dig ditch Ven it cowl noh bitch / mi did strang like a mule, but, bwoy, mi did fool”.Perhaps the most telling of the poems is the firstone, “Sonny's Ltttah” which, is a graphic recounting ofwhat can, and presumably does, Happen under the Arrest for Suspicion law with fickle Jim waitin’ pan a bus, / nat earnin' no fua’ ” who is assaulted by the police and arrested for “sus” while his companion protecting him is charged “fi murdah.”Expressive and memorable protest poetry.
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Kingston Gleaner
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Sun, Jan 25, 1981
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