Over the last month I’ve read ten recently published books. My April list of recommended reads features four books published in 2020 and six published in 2021. (5+) Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way and Presence by Diana Butler Bass (HarperOne, 2021) (4.5) Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage by Anne Lamott (Riverhead Books, 2021) (4.5) Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues by David Read More …
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Great New Books – March 2021 (#1918)
Over the last month I’ve read ten recently published books. My March list of recommended reads features one book published in 2020 and nine published in 2021. (5.0) The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Penguin Press, 2021) (4.5) A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal edited by Sarah Bessey (Convergent, 2021) (4.5) Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York by Elizabeth Passarella (Nelson Books, Read More …
Great New Books -February 2021 (#1914)
Over the last month I've read ten recently published books. My February list of recommended reads features two books published in 2020 and eight published in 2021. (5.0) Thrive: The Leader's Guide to Building A High Performance Culture by Andrew Freedman and Paul Elliott (Shift Media, 2021) (4.5) The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again by Robert D. Putnam (Simon & Schuster, 2020) (4.5) How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity Read More …
Great News Books -January 2021 (#1909)
My first post of the year focused on great new books features eight volumes published in 2020 and two published in 2021. (5.0) Faith After Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About It by Brian D. McLaren (St. Martin's Press, 2021) (4.5) The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism by Katherine Stewart (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020) (4.5) Future Church: Seven Laws of Real Church Growth by Will Mancini and Cory Hartman (Baker Books, 2020) (4.5) Read More …
Top 10 Books of 2020 (#1904)
Welcome to the 11th annual So What Faith list of the top ten books of the year (books are listed in alphabetical order by author's last name): Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons. Just Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity. Lisa Greer and Larissa Kostoff. Philanthropy Revolution: How to Inspire Donors, Build Relationships, and Make a Difference. J. Douglas Holladay. Rethinking Success: Eight Essential Practices for Finding Meaning in Work and Life. Robert P. Jones. White Read More …
Top 20 Books of 2020 (#1902)
This year I read 120 books published in 2020, and shared my ratings here on So What Faith. Based on my ratings, the top 20 books are Author Title Sarah CiavarriFinding Our Way to the Truth: Seven Lies Leaders Believe and How to Let Go of Them Kaitlin B. CurticeNative: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering GodKathy EscobarPracticing: Changing Yourself to Change the WorldGuthrie Graves-FitzsimmonsJust Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity Lisa Greer and Larissa Read More …
Great New Books – December 2020 (#1901)
My latest list of great books features ten volumes published in 2020: (5.0) Finding Our Way to the Truth: Seven Lies Leaders Believe and How to Let Go of Them by Sarah Ciavarri (Fortress Press, 2020) (4.5) Without Oars: Casting Off into a Life of Pilgrimage by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson (Broadleaf Books, 2020) (4.5) Republican Jesus: How the Right Has Rewritten the Gospels by Tony Keddie (University of California Press, 2020) (4.5) The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Read More …
Great New Books – November 2020 (#1896)
My latest list of great books features ten volumes published in 2020: (5.0) Always a Guest: Speaking of Faith Far From Home by Barbara Brown Taylor (Westminster John Knox, 2020) (4.5) Sanctuary: Being Christian in the Wake of Trump by Heidi B. Neumark (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2020) (4.5) Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta (HarperOne, 2020) (4.5) The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket Read More …
Great New Books – October 2020 (#1892)
My latest list of great books features ten volumes published in 2020: (5+) Make Change: How to Fight Injustice, Dismantle Systemic Oppression, and Own Our Future by Shaun King (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020) (5.0) Just Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons (Broadleaf Books, 2020) (5.0) Veritas: A Harvard Professor, A Con Man, and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife by Ariel Sabar (Doubleday, 2020) (5.0) After Evangelicalism: The Path to a Read More …
Great New Books – September 2020 (#1887)
My latest list of great books features ten volumes published in 2020: (5+) Philanthropy Revolution: How to Inspire Donors, Build Relationships, and Make a Difference by Lisa Greer and Larissa Kostoff (HaperCollins, 2020) (5.0) White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones (Simon & Schuster, 2020) (4.5) Better Together: Making Church Mergers Work, Expanded and Updated by Jim Tomberlin and Warren Bird (Fortress Press, Read More …