Endorsements and publicity

Whether you do or do not agree with what Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber preaches on any topic, he will always make you think. He never shies away from the important issues of the time and follows a long and distinguished tradition of rabbis and pastors speaking their truth to power from the pulpit. The Pastor as Partisan is an engaging, scholarly and stimulating exploration of what makes it worth staying alert and taking notice when your preacher speaks.

Rabbi Mark Goldsmith, Lecturer in Homiletics, Leo Baeck College

A fascinating take on a little-studied but important aspect of freedom of religion, not least for the light it sheds on freedom of the pulpit as a common issue across both Reform and Liberal Judaism and several Christian denominations – a freedom which, as the author rightly concludes, is a critical element in making ‘religion’ relevant to contemporary concerns.

Frank Cranmer, Fellow at St Chad’s College, University of Durham