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The Colson Way: Loving Your Neighbor and Living with Faith in a Hostile World by Owen Strachan is an examination of Chuck Colson's life focusing on his time as a Christian engaging politics in the public square. While Strachan briefly touches on Colson's early life, Watergate experience, and time in prison, the main focus is on his life after prison.

Strachan has two stated goals with this book. They are to tell "the overall story of Colson's life with special reference to the motivation and accomplishment of his public-square work," and to form "this historical material into a compelling model for Christian public witness and cultural engagement" (xxvi). Throughout the book, Strachan meets both stated goals. He is both passionate and compelling as he makes the argument for today's believers to engage the public square as consistently and ferociously as Colson did. Not all readers may agree with Strachan's stands, but it is hard to argue with his passion about engaging, however one choses to do so.

This is not a book for someone looking for a definitive work on Colson's life or his role in Watergate. The Colson Way is a call to America's Christians to stop hiding and begin engaging the public square. This is a helpful work for anyone interested in that whether they are not yet engaged, or have been doing so for a long time. It's encouraging to read about those who have gone before. Colson is a good example for today's believers. Hopefully, The Colson Way will make more people aware of him, and the legacy he left behind.

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