I have a post about how to track the price of the books you are interested in for Kindle. Often I get a couple emails a week, but this morning I have received more than 20, 4 more since I started this post. I don’t know this, but this might be a response to the Dept of Justice settlement. Here is a selection of some of the best price drops. Most of them are fairly modest drops.
Earthen Vessels: Why Our Bodies Matter to Our Faith by Matthew Lee Anderson – $3.49
259 pages, 27 of 40 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
Bookwi.se Review – A 2011 Books of the Year Choice
The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say About Human Origins by Peter Enns – $7.83
192 pages, 16 of 21 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
Can Christianity and evolution coexist? Traditional Christian teaching presents Jesus as reversing the effects of the Fall of Adam. However, an evolutionary view of beginnings doesn’t allow for a historical Adam, making evolution seemingly incompatible with what Genesis and the apostle Paul say about him. For Christians who accept evolution and want to take the Bible seriously, this presents a faith-shaking tension.
Peter Enns, an expert in biblical interpretation, offers a way forward by explaining how this tension is caused not by the discoveries of science but by false expectations about the biblical texts. Focusing on key biblical passages in the discussion, Enns demonstrates that the author of Genesis and the apostle Paul wrote to ask and answer ancient questions for ancient people; the fact that they both speak of Adam does not determine whether Christians can accept evolution. This thought-provoking book helps readers reconcile the teachings of the Bible with the widely held evolutionary view of beginnings and will appeal to anyone interested in the Christianity-evolution debate. Also Enns earlier Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problems of the Old Testament is $8.67. Bookwi.se Review
Union with Christ: Reframing Theology and Ministry for the Church by J Todd Billings – $8.67
180 pages, 10 of 11 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled
157 pages, 12 of 14 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
The philosophies of French thinkers Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault form the basis for postmodern thought and are seemingly at odds with the Christian faith. However, James K. A. Smith claims that their ideas have been misinterpreted and actually have a deep affinity with central Christian claims.
Each chapter opens with an illustration from a recent movie and concludes with a case study considering recent developments in the church that have attempted to respond to the postmodern condition, such as the “emerging church” movement. These case studies provide a concrete picture of how postmodern ideas can influence the way Christians think and worship.
This significant book, winner of a Christianity Today 2007 Book Award, avoids philosophical jargon and offers fuller explanation where needed. It is the first book in the Church and Postmodern Culture series, which provides practical applications for Christians engaged in ministry in a postmodern world.
You Lost Me: Why Young Christians are Leaving Church…And Rethinking Faith by David Kinnaman – $7.83
256 pages, 25 of 26 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
Close to 60 percent of young people who went to church as teens drop out after high school. Now the bestselling author ofunChristian trains his researcher’s eye on these young believers. Where Kinnaman’s first book unChristian showed the world what outsiders aged 16-29 think of Christianity, You Lost Me shows why younger Christians aged 16-29 are leaving the church and rethinking their faith.
Based on new research, You Lost Me shows pastors, church leaders, and parents how we have failed to equip young people to live “in but not of” the world and how this has serious long-term consequences. More importantly, Kinnaman offers ideas on how to help young people develop and maintain a vibrant faith that they embrace over a lifetime.
273 pages, 9 of 15 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
For the last few decades, Catholics and Protestants have been working to heal the wounds caused by centuries of mistrust. This book, a Christianity Today 2006 Book Award winner, provides an evaluation of contemporary Roman Catholicism and the changing relationship between Catholics and evangelicals.
The authors examine past tensions, post-Vatican II ecumenical dialogues, and social/political issues that have brought Catholics and evangelicals together. While not ignoring significant differences that remain, the authors call evangelicals to gain a new appreciation for the current character of the Catholic Church.
Written by Mark Noll, one of the premier church historians of our day, and Carolyn Nystrom, this book will appeal to those interested in the relationship between evangelicals and the Catholic Church.
Jesus and the Victory of God: Vol 2 (Christian Origins and the Question of God) by NT Wright – $18.04 (still more than $9 less than the paperback)
741 pages, 41 of 43 reviews are 4 or 5-star
In this highly anticipated volume, N. T. Wright focuses directly on the historical Jesus: Who was he? What did he say? And what did he mean by it?
Wright begins by showing how the questions posed by Albert Schweitzer a century ago remain central today. Then he sketches a profile of Jesus in terms of his prophetic praxis, his subversive stories, the symbols by which he reordered his world, and the answers he gave to the key questions that any world view must address. The examination of Jesus’ aims and beliefs, argued on the basis of Jesus’ actions and their accompanying riddles, is sure to stimulate heated response. Wright offers a provocative portrait of Jesus as Israel’s Messiah who would share and bear the fate of the nation and would embody the long-promised return of Israel’s God to Zion.
161 pages, 10 of 12 reviews are 5-star
In our anonymous and dehumanized world, the simple practice of friendship is radically countercultural. But sometimes Christians inadvertently marginalize and objectify the very ones they most want to serve.
Chris Heuertz, international director of Word Made Flesh, and theologian and ethicist Christine Pohl show how friendship is a Christian vocation that can bring reconciliation and healing to our broken world. They contend that unlikely friendships are at the center of an alternative paradigm for mission, where people are not objectified as potential converts but encountered in a relationship of mutuality and reciprocity.
When we befriend those on the margins of society by practicing hospitality and welcome, we create communities where righteousness and justice can be lived out. Heuertz and Pohl’s reflections offer fresh insight into Christian mission and what it means to be the church in the world today.
Other Price Drops (mostly about $2)
Mere Apologetics: How to Help Seekers & Skeptics Find Faith by Alister McGrath – $7.41
The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict by Ken Sande – $7.41
Guerrilla Lovers: Changing the World with Revolutionary Compassion by Vince Antonucci – $7.06
Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction by Bryan Litfin – $10.42
Living into Focus: Choosing What Matters in an Age of Distractions by Arthur Boers – $7.83
Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants by Dennis Okholm – $7.55
Creator Spirit: The Holy Spirit and the Art of Becoming Human - $10.84
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I have not read any of these books unless marked, so they may not be any good.
As always please check to make sure of the price of the book before you buy it. Prices can change quickly. If you do buy a book and realize later it was a different price than what you wanted to pay for it, here is a guide on how to return a kindle book.
Thanks for pointing these out. Some pretty good bargains there. Most of the drops I am noticing today seem to come from Christian publishers. Seems strange for them to all drop prices at the same time