The best new books I’ve read in the last month are Baptizing America I've read more than my fair share of material on Christian Nationalism. I've even reviewed and/or rated a number of book length considerations of the topic here on So What Faith, including The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming the Faith, and Refounding Democracy by Jim Wallis (2024), The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Read More …
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Great New Books – Summer 2020 (#1879)
The ten best recently published books I've read since sharing my last list of great new books are (5+) The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities Into Soulful Practices by Casper ter Kuile (Harper Collins, 2020) (5.0) What Happens When we Practice Religion: Textures of Devotion in Everyday Life by Robert Wuthnow (Princeton University Press, 2020) (4.5) The Way of Gratitude: A New Spirituality for Today by Galen Guengerich (Random House, 2020) (4.5) The Way Up is Down: Read More …
Review of How God Became King (#0694)
Meet the Author N.T. (Nicholas Thomas) Wright has spent most of his life in academia. He taught New Testament studies for twenty years at Cambridge, McGill, and Oxford Universities before serving as Bishop of Durham in the Church of England from 2003-2010. Wright now serves as chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St. Andrews. He has written many highly regarded books including Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Read More …
Reflections on 75 Recently Published Books (#0221)
Over the last year and a half (roughly 75 weeks), I have posted my reflections on 75 recently published books. I encourage you to browse the list as you think of your reading list for 2011. Each title is linked to my review. Author Title Year Allison, Jay and Gediman, Dan, eds. This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable American Men and Women 2006 Allison, Jay and Gediman, Dan, eds. This I Believe II: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable American Men Read More …