The best new books I've read in the last 30 days include volumes written this year and last year. From 2023 (5.0) The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness by Robert Waldinger and Marc Schultz (Simon & Schuster, 2023)(4.5) Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times by Otis Moss III (Simon & Schuster, 2023)(3.5) Polished: The Guide to Excellence for the Modern Professional by Tiffany L. Adams (River Grove Books, Read More …
Books
Top 10 Books of 2022 (#2019)
Welcome to the 13th annual So What Faith's Top 10 Books of the Year. Books are listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name Jennifer Garcia Bashaw. Scapegoats: The Gospel through the Eyes of Victims.Molly Phinney Baskette. How to Begin When Your World is Ending: A Spiritual Field Guide to Joy Despite Everything.Katelyn Beaty. Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church.Ryan P. Burge. 20 Myths About Religion and Politics in America.Gregg Read More …
5 Star Books Published in 2022 (#2018)
Welcome to the fourth annual edition of So What Faith's 5 Star Books of the Year! This year, 17% of all books rated received a rating of 5 or 5+ to earn this honor (in prior years the percentage has ranged from 15% to 17%). Anthony M. Annett. Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy.Jennifer Garcia Bashaw. Scapegoats: The Gospel through the Eyes of Victims.Molly Phinney Baskette. How to Begin When Your World is Ending: A Spiritual Field Guide to Joy Despite Read More …
Great New Books – December 2022 (#2017)
The best new books I’ve read in the last month are (5.0) How to Begin When Your World is Ending: A Spiritual Field Guide to Joy Despite Everything by Molly Phinney Baskette (Broadleaf Books, 2022)(4.5) The Magi: Who They Were, How They've Been Remembered, and Why They Still Fascinate by Eric Vanden Eykel (Fortress Press, 2022)(4.5) The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy by Anand Giridharadas (Alfred A. Knopf, 2022)(4.5) Care: How People of Read More …
Great New Books – November 2022 (#2014)
The best new books I’ve read in the last month are (4.5) Christianity's American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular by David A. Hollinger (Princeton University Press, 2022)(4.5) The First Advent in Palestine: Reversals Resistance, and the Ongoing Complexity of Hope by Kelley Nikondeha (Broadleaf Books, 2022)(4.5) When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe Read More …
Great New Books – October 2022 (#2012)
The best new books I’ve read in the last month are (5+) Reorganized Religion: The Reshaping of the American Church and Why It Matters by Bob Smietana (Worthy, 2022)(5.0) Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future by Patty Krawec (Broadleaf Books, 2022)(5.0) Fresh Expressions of the Rural Church by Michael Adam Beck and Tyler Kleeberger (Abingdon Press, 2022)(4.5) Hope: A User's Manual by MaryAnn McKibben Dana (William B. Eerdmans, 2022)(4.5) Read More …
Great New Books -September 2022 (#2010)
The best new books I’ve read in the last month are (5+) Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us by Mark Yaconelli (Broadleaf Books, 2022)(5.0) Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church by Katelyn Beaty (Brazos Press, 2022)(4.5) After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics and How to Fix It by Will Bunch (William Morrow, 2022)(4.5) Divine Laughter: Preaching and the Serious Read More …
Great New Books – August 2022 (#2008)
The best new books I’ve read in the last month are (5.0) The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide by Pamela Cooper-White (Fortress Press, 2022)(5.0) The Religion of American Greatness: What's Wrong with Christian Nationalism by Paul D. Miller (IVP Academic, 2022)(4.5) How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion by David McRaney (Portfolio, 2022)(4.5) Sola Mysterium: Celebrating the Beautiful Read More …
Great New Books – July 2022 (#2006)
The best new books I’ve read in the last month are (5+) Scapegoats: The Gospel through the Eyes of Victims by Jennifer Garcia Bashaw (Fortress Press, 2022)(4.5) Do I Stay Christian? A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned by Brian D. McLaren (St. Martin's Press, 2022)(4.5) It's Not You, It's Everything by Eric Minton (Broadleaf Books, 2022)(4.5)The Trayvon Generation by Elizabeth Alexander (Grand Central Publishing, 2022)(4.0) Practicing the Kingdom: Essays Read More …
Great New Books – June 2022 (#1995)
The best new books I’ve read in the last month are (5.0) We Need to Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy by Eboo Patel (Beacon Press, 2022)(5.0) Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns by Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern (University of California Press, 2022)(5.0) A Complicated Choice: Making Space for Grief and Healing in the Pro-Choice Movement by Katey Zeh (Broadleaf Books)(4.5) Indigenous Theology and the Western Worldview: A Read More …