James Martin, SJ. The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life. HarperOne: 2010. ISBN: 9780061432682. Meet the Author The Rev. James Martin, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, and is the culture editor of America, the national Catholic magazine. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business with a bachelor's degree in finance. After working for six years in corporate finance and human resources, he entered the Society of Jesus Read More …
Books
Review of The Heartbeat of God (#0243)
Katharine Jefferts Schori. The Heartbeat of God: Finding the Sacred in the Middle of Everything. Skylight Paths, 2011. ISBN: 9781594732928. Meet the Author The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori is the twenty-sixth Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church. In that role, she serves as the chief pastor to the Episcopal Church's 2.4 million members in 16 countries and 110 dioceses. Jefferts Schori entered the priesthood when she was ordained in 1994 following a Read More …
Review of Spiritual Envy (#0240)
Michael Krasny. Spiritual Envy: An Agnostic's Quest. New World Library, 2010. ISBN: 9781577319122. Meet the Author Michael Krasny is a professor of English at San Francisco State University, where he has taught since 1970. He is a widely published scholar and literary critic as well as a fiction writer. Krasny is the co-author of Sound Ideas (2009) and author of Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life (2007) and Spiritual Envy: An Read More …
Review of If the Church Were Christian (#0231)
Philip Gulley. If the Church Were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jesus. Harper One: 2010. ISBN: 9780061698767. Meet the Author Philip Gulley is a Quaker minister, author, and tv show host. Gulley has served in pastoral ministry for twenty-five years and is currently the Senior Pastor of Fairfield Friends Meeting near Indianapolis. He has written sixteen books including the Harmony series of novels, chronicling life in the eccentric Quaker community of Harmony, Indiana Read More …
Review of New Feminist Christianity (#0229)
Mary E. Hunt and Diann L. Neu, eds. New Feminist Christianity: Many Voices, Many Views. Skylight Paths, 2010. ISBN: 9781594732850. Meet the Editors and Authors Mary E. Hunt (pictured on the left) and Diann L. Neu (pictured on the right) are co-founders and currently serve as co-directors of WATER (Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual), which is an an international community of justice-seeking people who promote the use of feminist values to make religious and Read More …
Review of American Grace (#0227)
Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell. American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us. Simon & Schuster, 2010. ISBN: 9781416566717. Meet the Authors Robert D. Putnam (shown in the yellow shirt) is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He has written a dozen books, translated into seventeen languages, including the best-selling Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of 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 …
Top 10 Books Published in 2010 (#0220)
There have been many insightful books published this year. Today, I offer my list of the "Top 10 Books Published in 2010" Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Prophet, Spy – A Righteous Gentile Vs. The Third Reich Eric Metaxas Christians are Hate-Filled Hypocrites . . . and Other Lies You’ve Been Told: A Sociologist Shatters Myths From the Secular and Christian Media Bradley R. E. Wright God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World – and Why Their Differences Matter Read More …
Review of One.Life (#0219)
Scot McKnight. One.Life: Jesus Calls, We Follow. Zondervan, 2010. ISBN: 9780310277668. Meet the Author Scot McKnight is professor of religious studies at Northpark University. He is a leading authority on the New Testament, early Christianity, and the historical Jesus. McKnight has written over 20 books including The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others (read how this book has influenced me), Fasting (read my review), The Real Mary: Why Read More …
Review of All That Jesus Asks (#0217)
Stan Guthrie. All That Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us. Baker Books: 2010. ISBN: 9780801071546. Meet the Author Stan Guthrie is an author, editor, and literary agent who earned an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Florida and a graduate degree in missions from Columbia International University. He has written two books: Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century (2001) and All That Read More …