Joe Loconte’s review of JFTW in the Weekly Standard is so generous, I’m almost (almost!) too embarrassed to post it:

Forster stands squarely in a distinguished stream of Christian reformers that includes Erasmus and his “philosophy of Christ,” Luther’s “theology of the cross,” Locke’s “Gospel of peace,” and Wesley’s “recovery of the divine nature.” Each returned to the core message of Jesus, the Word that helped to rescue and renew a society in crisis. “A true Christian lives and labors on earth not for himself but for his neighbor,” wrote Luther. “Therefore the whole spirit of his life impels him to do even that which he needs not do, but which is profitable and necessary for his neighbor.” Forster insists that “the joy of God” not only offers the surest path to a society—and a civilization—where peace and flourishing are everyday realities; it represents the longing of the human heart, the place where the City of Man is finally and permanently transformed into the City of God.

Also noteworthy: Loconte points out that my views challenge the readers of the Standard as much as their opponents. Good for the Standard for letting him say so!