The wait is finally over! After months of anticipation, hints, previews, and no small amount of work, Low Anthropology finally hits the shelves today. And if you’ve pre-ordered the book, it should be on the truck headed for your door (if it hasn’t already arrived).

To order a copy, go here or here.

 

So what’s this thing all about? Check out “Why I Wrote Low Anthropology“:

Low Anthropology is my attempt to cut through the noise with hope, highlighting the counterintuitive truth that weakness and limitation can function as a doorway to compassion, unity, and grace. It’s a message that gets lost, even (especially?) in the church, yet one that is desperately needed if we are to live together in a non-miserable way. To say nothing of propagating true religion.

We also read portions of the book and talked about it in the latest episode of the Mockingcast, where I divulge the identity of the unnamed pastor on page 81.

And to answer the question you may be already asking … what’s up with the cover? Well, needless to say, Low Anthropology is a difficult topic to depict visually. It could veer too somber or ‘heavy’ [a la rotting fruit], when I feel the tone of the book is anything but. I told designer Tom Martin it’s about “revealing, in a playful way, what’s going on under the surface in life.”

I love the image he came up with! It’s light and whimsical yet locates that whimsy in a failed magic trick. The gentleman, it turns out, isn’t so good at whipping that tablecloth out. Things go flying, as they so often do when we peek under the artifice. Yet that catastrophe isn’t grave or final. Something remains on the table, something beautiful and essential: an Easter lily. I hope the book leaves you on a similar note.

Here’s the video we made to explain/celebrate:

 

Happy reading! I hope your have as much fun reading Low Anthropology as I had writing it. And please, please, pretty please, help spread the word and leave a rating on Amazon or Goodreads.

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