Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Progressive & Religious Reads: Six for the Summer
PRR Reads: Six for Summer
Summer is well under way, and we are fortunate to have a number of great books out that will feed the mind and the soul and make great additions to the beach bag or day pack. We've picked a handful of our recent favorites below (listed in alphabetical order by author).
Summer is well under way, and we are fortunate to have a number of great books out that will feed the mind and the soul and make great additions to the beach bag or day pack. We've picked a handful of our recent favorites below (listed in alphabetical order by author).
A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story
In the same spirit as Howard Zinn's groundbreaking work The People's History of the United States, Butler Bass's A People's History of Christianity brings to life the movements, personalities, and spiritual disciplines that have always informed and ignited Christian worship and social activism.
by Diana Butler Bass (HarperOne)
Currently: $14.03 Buy Now at AmazonIn the same spirit as Howard Zinn's groundbreaking work The People's History of the United States, Butler Bass's A People's History of Christianity brings to life the movements, personalities, and spiritual disciplines that have always informed and ignited Christian worship and social activism.
The Future of Faith in American Politics: The Public Witness of the Evangelical Center
by David P. Gushee (Baylor University Press)
Currently: $14.98 Buy Now at Amazon
David Gushee argues convincingly that there is in U.S. politics an evangelical center of voters who do not identify with the politics and religion of either the right or the left. He suggests that the evangelical center is poised for growth; this book could be its manifesto.
Currently: $14.98 Buy Now at Amazon
David Gushee argues convincingly that there is in U.S. politics an evangelical center of voters who do not identify with the politics and religion of either the right or the left. He suggests that the evangelical center is poised for growth; this book could be its manifesto.
unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity... and Why It Matters
by David Kinnaman & Gabe Lyons (Baker Books)
Currently: $10.94 Buy Now at Amazon
Based on groundbreaking Barna Group research, unChristian describes the increasingly negative reputation of Christians, especially among young Americans.They are perceived as being judgmental, anti-gay, and too political. Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation
by Eboo Patel (Beacon Press)
Our Price: $17.21 Buy Now at Amazon
Patal is the founder of the Interfaith Youth Core, an organization that unites young people of different religions to perform community service and explore their common values. Patel argues that such work is essential, manifesting the faith line that will define the 21st century.
Patal is the founder of the Interfaith Youth Core, an organization that unites young people of different religions to perform community service and explore their common values. Patel argues that such work is essential, manifesting the faith line that will define the 21st century.
Home: A Novel
by Marilynne Robinson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Our Price: $13.21 Buy Now at Amazon
The only fiction book on our list, but a beautiful companion piece to her prize-winning novel Gilead. Home is a moving and healing book about families, family secrets, and the passing of the generations, about love and death and faith. In the tradition of George Eliot, Robinson has earned the reputation of being not only one of our generation's best writers but also one of our most insightful theologians.
The only fiction book on our list, but a beautiful companion piece to her prize-winning novel Gilead. Home is a moving and healing book about families, family secrets, and the passing of the generations, about love and death and faith. In the tradition of George Eliot, Robinson has earned the reputation of being not only one of our generation's best writers but also one of our most insightful theologians.
Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice
by Rabbi Or Rose & Margie Klein (Jewish Lights)
Currently: $17.04 Buy Now at Amazon
This groundbreaking anthology features over 35 articles on a wide range of social justice topics by leading and emerging Jewish intellectuals, activists, and communal leaders. It provides a set of intellectual and spiritual resources to encourage a sophisticated conversation about Judaism, social justice, and environmental responsibility.
Currently: $17.04 Buy Now at Amazon
This groundbreaking anthology features over 35 articles on a wide range of social justice topics by leading and emerging Jewish intellectuals, activists, and communal leaders. It provides a set of intellectual and spiritual resources to encourage a sophisticated conversation about Judaism, social justice, and environmental responsibility.
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