That is probably a pretty fair take on Bell. Having seen quite a few of his Nooma series of dvds, they can be really thought-provoking and challenging for young people who have already been Christians for a long time or are steeped in the worldly values that have infiltrated the church in the West.

But although his social justice challenges and anti-'religiousness' are brilliant, I don't know about his views about Jesus and from other things he's written he has a tendency to allow the secular academic establishment to define the parameters of his thinking on Genesis and the origins of everything from humanity to Christianity.

I think he can be best appreciated by Christians with a solid foundation who can allow parts of their thinking to be challenged without shaking or confusing their whole Christian worldview. I think Bell risks inconsistency and undermining the authority of the bible in his ministry by relying too heavily on secular scholarship to interpret the historical framework in which the events of Scripture occur.

He's interesting though and well worth checking out.