The ten best recently published books I read over the last month are
- (5+) Crisis & Care: Meditations on Faith and Philanthropy edited by Dustin D. Benac and Erin Weber-Johnson (Cascade Books, 2021)
- (5.0) What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society by Minouche Shafik (Princeton University Press, 2021)
- (4.5) Open and Relational Theology: An Introduction to Life-Changing Ideas by Thomas Jay Oord (SacraSage, 2021)
- (4.5) Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith by Obery M. Hendricks, Jr. (Beacon Press, 2021)
- (4.5) Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story by Julie Rodgers (Broadleaf Books, 2021)
- (4.0) No One Can Succeed Alone: Learn Everything You Can from Everyone You Can by Robert Refkin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021)
- (4.0) Tongue-Tied: Learning the Lost Art of Talking About Faith by Sara Wenger Shenk (Herald Press, 2021)
- (4.0) Sacred Earth: Sacred Soul: Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World by John Philip Newell (HarperOne, 2021)
- (3.5) Good Works: Hospitality and Faithful Discipleship by Keith Wasserman and Christine D. Pohl (William B. Eerdmans, 2021)
- (3.5) A Catechism of the Heart: A Jesuit Missioned to the Laity by Benjamin James Brenkart (Wipf and Stock, 2020)
Crisis & Care
Crisis & Care: Meditations on Faith and Philanthropy is a collection of essays by fifteen contributors engaged in a variety of professional pursuits connected to Christian philanthropy. Each essay focuses on one or more ways that faith and philanthropy has changed following the crises that have occurred since the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. Most importantly, the volume is filled with examples of creative adaptations and unexpected innovations.