Summary: Helpful introduction to both Kierkegaard’s life and work. To the best of my memory I have never studied or read any Kierkegaard. I have heard several people commend Kierkegaard: A Single Life and when I saw it on sale on audiobook I picked it up. This is a brief, but good overview of his … Read more
Summary: History, Law and Political Science together help us understand the origin and “˜meaning’ of the Constitution. I have been very slowly working my way through America’s Constitution: A Biography for months. Part of what has been interesting is reading it along side books like The Half that Has Not Been Told and Reconstruction: America’s … Read more
Summary: Catholic theologian/historian recounts the history of the early church. Luke Timothy Johnson is a professor at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta. He is a former Benedictine monk and priest before going back for his PhD. Since 1976 he has taught at several Catholic institutions as well as Indiana University, … Read more
Takeaway: The history of the Tudors is in large part a history of the English Reformation. When I was a student, history was always one of my favorite subjects. But European history, other than the very broadest of strokes, was something that I never formally studied. As an adult, my lack of European history keeps … Read more
Summary: An exploration of why joy and humor should be a more important part of the spiritual life. Donald Kim’s A Down and Dirty Guide to Theology, is the only book on systematic theology that I have read that includes a section on theological jokes. Kim makes the point that too often when we talk … Read more
Personally I have picked up way too many books over the past few days. Here are some of the books I have purchase or intend to purchase today. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan – $2.00 491 pages, 94% of 560 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled Magnus Chase has … Read more
Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview and Cultural Formation by James KA Smith is $5.98 on kindle The New Testament: A Very Short Introduction by Luke Timothy Johnson for $2.60 Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs is $0.52 The Lost World of Genesis One: The Ancient World and the … Read more
Takeaway: Someone that has found meaning in a new stream of Christianity may not be the best person to talk about the stream of Christianity that they walked away from. Over the past couple years I have been intentionally trying to read books about Catholicism and part of that has been reading several stories of … Read more
Summary: A short book that felt longer than it was because it felt like a book report. I like the idea of introduction books. Short books that are able to give an introduction to an idea or a person can be very helpful, but also very hard to write. I have read a number both … Read more
Summary: A very clear and balanced look at how the Evangelical and Catholic churches are moving closer but still have theological issues that hold them apart. I have read a lot of Catholics (or Evangelicals that have converted to Catholicism) lately. So Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom’s book is a different take at Catholicism. There are some great parts … Read more