So What Faith

Greg Smith

Reflections on 50 Recently Published Books (#0106)

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Over the last year, I have posted my reflections on 50 recently published books (all but a handful were published between 2007 and 2010).  I encourage you to browse the list.  By clicking  on a title, you will be linked to my review.

Title

 Author 

 Year
A Multitude of Blessings: A Christian Approach to Religious Diversity Cynthia M. Campbell 2007
After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings are Shaping the Future of American Religion Robert Wuthnow 2007
Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Churches Robert Wuthnow 2009
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking has Undermined America Barbara Ehrenreich 2009
Changing the Conversation: A Third Way for Congregations Anthony B. Robinson 2008
Children, Youth, and Spirituality in a Troubling World Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore and Almeda M. Wright, editors 2008
Christianity and the Postmodern Turn Myron B. Penner, editor 2005
Christianity’s Family Tree: What Other Christians Believe and Why Adam Hamilton 2007
ChurchMorph: How Megatrends are Reshaping Christian Communities Eddie Gibbs 2009
Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional Jim Belcher 2009
Deliberate Simplicity: How the Church Does More by Doing Less Dave Browning 2009
The Devil Reads Derrida and Other Essays on the University, the Church, and the Arts James K. A. Smith 2009
Fasting Scot McKnight 2009
Finding Jesus in His Prayers H. Stephen Shoemaker 2004
Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith Shane Hipps 2009
God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World – and Why Their Differences Matter Stephen Prothero 2010
GloboChrist: The Great Commission Takes a Postmodern Turn Carl Raschke 2008
The Heart of Prayer: What Jesus Teaches Us Jerram Barrs 2008
I Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus Don Everts and Doug Schaupp 2008
I Told Me So: Self-Deception and the Christian Life Gregg A. Ten Elshof 2009
Joseph Ratzinger in Communio, Volume 1: The Unity of the Church Pope Benedict XVI 2010
Just Hospitality: God’s Welcome in a World of Difference Letty M. Russell 2009
Life Together in the Way of Jesus Christ: An Introduction to Christian Theology Dan R. Stiver 2009
Longing for God: Seven Paths of Christian Devotion Richard J. Foster and Gayle D. Beebe 2009
Marriage at the Crossroads: Couples in Conversation About Discipleship, Gender Roles, Decision Making, and Intimacy William and Aida Spencer with Steve and Celestia Tracy 2009
Mudhouse Sabbath: An Invitation to a Life of Spiritual Discipline Lauren F. Winner 2003
Mutual Empowerment: A Theology of Marriage, Intimacy, and Redemption Kathlyn A. Breazeale 2008
The New Influencers: A Marketer’s Guide to the New Social Media Paul Gillin 2009
The New Rules of Marketing & PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing & Online Media to Reach Buyers David Meerman Scott 2009
Promise and Peril: Understanding and Managing Change and Conflict in Congregations David Brubaker 2009
Putting Away Childish Things: A Tale of Modern Faith Macus Borg 2010
Quitting Church: Why the Faithful Are Fleeing and What to Do about it Julia Duin 2008
On Earth as in Heaven: Praying at the Crossroads Kay Bender Braun 2008
Partly Right: Learning from the Critics of Christianity Tony Campolo 1985 R.2008
The Prayer of the Lord R.C. Sproul 2009
The Real Mary: Why Evangelicals Can Embrace the Mother of Jesus Scot McKnight 2007
Rediscovering New Testament Prayer: Boldness and Blessing in the Name of Jesus John Koenig 1992
ReJesus: A  Wild Messiah for a Missional Church Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch 2009
Rowan’s Rule: The Biography of the Archbishop of Cantebury Rupert Shortt 2009
SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World Douglas Estes 2009
So Beautiful: Divine Design for Life and the Church Leonard Sweet 2009
The Social Media Bible Lon Safko and David K. Brake 2009
Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day Dave Evans 2008
Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church N.T. Wright 2008
Teaching the Faith, Forming the Faithful: A Biblical Vision for Education in the Church Gary A. Parrett and S. Steve Kang 2009
This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable American Men and Women Jay Allison andDan Gediman, editors 2006
This I Believe II: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable American Men and Women Jay Allison andDan Gediman, editors 2008
Tribal Church: Ministering to the Missing Generation Carol Howard Merritt 2007
What Americans Really Believe Rodney Stark 2008
Who Stole my Church? What to do When the Church You Love Tries to Enter the 21st Century Gordon MacDonald 2007
Whose Community? Which Interpretation? Philosophical Hermeneutics for the Church Merold Westphal 2009

So What?

What books have you read recently? How have they informed and/or transformed your faith?