After four years of get our bearings as a publication, the time seems ripe to re-engage with our readers, and get to know them a little better. So, over the next several weeks, we’ll be asking some questions to learn more about the reading habits of those who read either the online edition or the print edition of the ERB… or both.
We’d appreciate if you would share your thoughts in the comments below and they will be helpful to us in shaping our content in the future.
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
What are you reading now ?
What is the most recent book you have finished?
In twelve words or less, tell us whether you would recommend it or not and why?
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Recently I finished Spirituality According to Paul: Imitating the Apostle of Christ by Rodney Reeves. Twelve word review follows: Challenging on the communal and sacrificial nature of the faith. Recommended highly.
“The Meaning of Marriage” by Tim and Kathy Keller. One of the best books I’ve ever read on the subject, so I would absolutely recommend it.
Thanks, Michaela! I’m seriously considering doing a compare and contrast review with the Kellers book and the Driscolls book…
Could be quite useful. I did run across a few places that compared the two, but not intentionally placing them side by side. I’m a bit hesitant to bother with the Driscoll one, in part because I’ve heard a lot of what he has to say already (for better or for worse), but also because I can’t imagine getting much more out of it than what I’ve read in Keller. As I told my husband: “That’s a bold move, Driscoll putting out his marriage book so soon after the Kellers!”
I just finished Gilead by Marilynne Robinson for the third time. It gets better each time.
I just read Wither by Lauren DeStefano, a rare venture into the world of bestselling YA fiction. And right now I’m reading My Life and Lesser Catastrophes by Christina Schofield.
Marcelo in the Real World– I liked Marcelo very much. Reading the Best American Short Stories for 2011 and 2009, cover to cover. Picking up Caleb’s Crossing at the library tomorrow. And reading Gil Scot-Heron’s memoir (thank you!)
I just finished the God Species by Mark Lynas. Recommended. Deeply environmental, pro development,t and based on the idea of living within ecological boundaries.
I just finished The Alphabet of Grace by Frederick Buechner. And I would highly recommend it, as well as everything else he’s written.
Paul by A.N Wilson. Ambivalent about recommending. Assertion packaged as fact, but thought provoking. Go ahead.
“Theorising Christian Anarchism; A Political Commentary on the Gospel” a dissertation by A. Christoyannopoulos. This has been a worthwhile read in the midst of all the foolishness in the run-up to November’s elections. You can download it free on the web.
Link please… I’d love to take a look at this!
Did you see my tip o’ the hat to Christian Anarchism on the RELEVANT magazine website this week?
http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/current-events/op-ed-blog/28349-why-im-a-christianand-i-dont-vote
Link please… I’d love to take a look at this!
Did you see my tip o’ the hat to Christian Anarchism on the RELEVANT magazine website this week?
http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/current-events/op-ed-blog/28349-why-im-a-christianand-i-dont-vote
Just finished The Social Animal by David Brooks. Currently reading Collected Poems of Thomas Merton.
Just finished The Social Animal by David Brooks. Currently reading Collected Poems of Thomas Merton.
“Life, Itself” by Roger Ebert. “Jayber Crow” by Wendell Berry. “Simply Jesus” by N.T. Wright. “Are You Waiting For ‘The One’?” by Margaret and Dwight Peterson. “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander.
Godric by Frederick Buechner
The Jesus We Missed by Patrick Henry Reardon
I am just finishing “The Evolution of Adam” by Peter Enns – highly recommend it for anyone thinking through these issues. Very thorough work!
Now: After Virtue – Alasdair MacIntyre
Just finished: Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation – James K.A. Smith; I recommend this book to college-educated pastors and lay leaders, perhaps read in a congregational “nerd” book study.
“The Presence of the Word” by Walter J. Ong
“Death in the Andes” by Mario Vargas Llosa
“Kingdom Come” by John Estes. Brilliant, relatable poems interspersed with ones that weren’t. Would recommend for the highlights!
God in a Brothel by Daniel Walker. Pulling the mask off human trafficking & calling the church to be involved. Recommended but not for the faint of heart.
“Ed King” by David Gutterson and “God Is Subversive” by Lee Griffith
Just finished “Insurrection” by Peter Rollins.
Now reading “Agenda for a New Economy” by David Korten and “A Spot of Bother” by Mark Haddon