So What Faith

Greg Smith

Great New Books – June 2023 (#2051)

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The best new books I’ve read in the last 30 days are listed below. 

  • (5.0) The Everyday Advocate: Living Out Your Calling to Social Justice by Ross Murray (Fortress Press, 2023)
  • (4.5) Jesus Sophia: Returning to Woman Wisdom in the Bible, Practice and Prayer by Sally Douglas (Cascade Books, 2023)
  • (4.5) The Other Evangelicals: A Story of Liberal, Black, Progressive, Feminist, and Gay Christians by Isaac B. Sharp (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2023)
  • (4.5) A Front Porch for All People by John Edgar (Cascade Books, 2023)
  • (4.0) Reading for the Love of God: How to Read as a Spiritual Practice by Jessica Hooten Wilson (Brazos Press, 2023)
  • (4.0) Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society by Arline T. Geronimus (Little, Brown Spark, 2023)
  • (4.0) Trauma-Informed Evangelism: Cultivating Communities of Wounded Healers by Charles Kiser and Elaine A. Heath (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2023)
  • (4.0) Dear Revolutionaries: A Field Guide for A World Beyond the Church by Lenny Duncan (Broadleaf Books, 2023)

The Everyday Advocate

Ross Murray returns to So What Faith with the publication of his second book: The Everyday Advocate: Living Out Your Calling to Social Justice. His first book, Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Youth Ministry, received 4.5 stars in June 2021.

Whether you are overwhelmed by the many worthy causes to advocate for and seemingly innumerable ways to get involved, already engaged in advocacy but hoping to deepen your impact, or simply searching for practical ways to live out your faith, you’ll find practical wisdom, guidance, and encouragement in The Everyday Advocate.

Welcome Back

Two authors on this month’s list have been mentioned in previous years here on So What Faith.

Jessica Hooten Wilson appeared twice in 2022. Her first mention was for the publication of a book she wrote: The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints . Hooten Wilson returned the following month for a book she co-edited: Learning the Good Life: Wisdom from the Great Hearts and Minds That Came Before .

Lenny Duncan has been featured on numerous occasions, including