Now I'm getting the chance to read books I didn't have time for before. Think of me whenever you see the slogan "So many books, so little time!" Now I've got the time.  Cheers, Fred.

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The Future of Faith

Posted Tue, 01/31/2012 - 6:48pm by fred
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Book Number: 
442
Date Fred Read: 
January 2012
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Harvey Cox
Total Pages: 
224
Publisher: 
Harper One
Year: 
2009

Harvey Cox is the Hollis Professor of Divinity emeritus at Harvard, where he has taught since 1965, both at Harvard Divinity School and in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. This book by this well-known Protestant theologist was published to coincide with his retirement in 2009. It was a gift I’ll treasure!  Read more

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The Fall of the Evangelical Nation: The Surprising Crisis Inside the Church

Posted Fri, 01/27/2012 - 6:14pm by fred
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Book Number: 
441
Date Fred Read: 
January 2012
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Christine Wicker
Total Pages: 
205
Publisher: 
Harper One
Year: 
2008

Christine Wicker as raised in Oklahoma, Texas and elsewhere in the South. For 17 years at the Dallas Morning News she was a feature writer, columnist, and religion reporter. She is the author of several books. This was book was loaned to me by a former evangelical Christian.  Read more

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Patience with God: Faith for People Who Don’t Like Religion (or Atheism)

Posted Sat, 12/10/2011 - 12:13pm by fred
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Book Number: 
434
Date Fred Read: 
December 2011
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Frank Schaeffer
Total Pages: 
228
Publisher: 
Da Capo Press
Year: 
2009

Frank Schaeffer is the author of the NY Times bestseller Keeping Faith and his memoir Crazy for God. An author of fiction and non-fiction, he has appeared on numerous television and radio shows. This gift book is “a spirited, witty, and provocative challenge to atheists and fundamentalists alike.”  Read more

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Everything Must Change: When the World’s Biggest Problems and Jesus’ Good News Collide

Posted Wed, 11/23/2011 - 12:53pm by fred
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Book Number: 
432
Date Fred Read: 
November 2011
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Brian McLaren
Total Pages: 
301
Publisher: 
Thomas Nelson
Year: 
2007

Brian McLaren is an internationally known speaker and author of many books on contemporary Christianity, including The Secret Message of Jesus (Book 170) in 2007 and A New Kind of Christianity (Book 383) in 2010. (For his books I've read, click on his name.) I bought this book because it was very highly recommended by Philip Clayton in his book 415.  Read more

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Transforming Christian Theology: For Church and Society

Posted Sat, 07/09/2011 - 4:31pm by fred
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Book Number: 
415
Date Fred Read: 
July 2011
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Philip Clayton
Total Pages: 
174
Publisher: 
Fortress Press
Year: 
2009

Philip Clayton, Ingraham Professor of Theology at Claremont School of Theology wrote or edited 15 books in theology, philosophy, and the religion-science debate. He directs the Transforming Theology project; it works to identify best practices in Christian thought and practice with the potential to transform church and society. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name).  Read more

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The Cloud of Unknowing

Posted Sat, 04/16/2011 - 5:25pm by fred
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Book Number: 
399
Date Fred Read: 
March 2011
Fred's Rating: 
2
Author: 
Mishtooni Bose
Total Pages: 
124
Publisher: 
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Year: 
2001

Mishtooni Bose, with a doctorate in English from Oxford, translated this Wordsworth Classics of World Literature, which was written by an anonymous late-14th-century author. She also provided a 13-pp introduction. Among her areas of study are books from the late Medieval period. This was a gift book.  Read more

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A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith

Posted Tue, 12/14/2010 - 4:54pm by fred
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Book Number: 
383
Date Fred Read: 
November 2010
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Brian McLaren
Total Pages: 
297
Publisher: 
HarperOne, 1 edition
Year: 
2010

Brian McLaren is an author, speaker, and pastor among innovative Christian leaders, thinkers, and activists. His many books include The Secret Message of Jesus (book 170). Named by Time Magazine as one of America’s top 25 evangelicals, he has appeared on Nightline and on Larry King Live. (For his books I've read, click on his name.)  Read more

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The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church’s Conservative Icon

Posted Mon, 11/08/2010 - 6:25pm by fred
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Book Number: 
380
Date Fred Read: 
November 2010
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Marcus J. Borg
Author: 
John Dominic Crossan
Total Pages: 
224
Publisher: 
HarperOne; 1 edition
Year: 
2010

Marcus J. Borg, a Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State, is a frequent speaker on contemporary Christianity. John Dominic Crossan, an Irish American former Catholic priest, is known for co-founding the Jesus Seminar. (For their books I’ve read, click on either name.)  Read more

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A People’s History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story

Posted Mon, 08/30/2010 - 8:15pm by fred
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Book Number: 
371
Date Fred Read: 
August 2010
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Diana Butler Bass
Total Pages: 
310
Publisher: 
HarperOne; 1 Reprint edition
Year: 
2010

Diana Butler Bass, with a Ph.D in church history from Duke, has taught at UC Santa Barbara, Rhodes College, and Virginia Theological Seminary. She has written 7 books. This current review will be finished after my church’s monthly Roundtable class discusses it over the next 9 months.  Read more

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Conversations with Scripture: The Gospel of Mark

Posted Tue, 08/24/2010 - 9:43pm by fred
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Book Number: 
370
Date Fred Read: 
August 2010
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Marcus J. Borg
Total Pages: 
108
Publisher: 
Morehouse Publishing
Year: 
2009

Marcus J. Borg, Canon Theologian, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland OR. Renowned worldwide in academic and church circles as a biblical and Jesus scholar, he was Hundere Chair of Religion & Culture in the Philosophy Dept, Oregon State U. (For his books I've read, click on his name.)  Read more

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