Additions to the Book List
Following is a list of recent additions to the B&D book list. Included are items from
an "Amazon recommends" list or recommended by B&D members and other
sources:

  • When Jesus Came to Harvard: Making Moral Choices Today. In a revised
    and expanded version of The Last Word, leading biblical scholar N.T. Wright
    shows how both evangelicals and liberals are guilty of misreading Scripture
    and reveals a new model for understanding God’s authority and the Bible.


  • Uncommon Gratitude. The prolific Benedictine nun Chittister (The Liturgical
    Year) joins the erudite archbishop of Canterbury in a series of reflections on
    finding the hidden face of God in a variety of circumstances and offering
    praise.

  • The Lost Meaning of the Seventh Day. Written by an Adventist physician-
    theologian, it has been described by one reviewer as "truly a magnum opus
    on the Sabbath, it is this generation's most complete and insightful work on
    the topic." Here's a link to a video of a presentation by the author and a panel
    of commentators at Loma Linda University.

  • The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time. A Los Angeles
    Times review of this book says: "culture critic Judith Shulevitz (Slate, the New
    York Times) addresses the philosophical idea of the Sabbath from both a
    personal and a collective point of view. Part history, part meditation, the book
    delves into the Sabbath in Judaism and Christianity while invoking a wealth
    of nonreligious sources." View her presentation at the Sixth and I Historic
    Synagogue. Additional links to reviews of and interviews about the book can
    be found here.



  • Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate.  Walter
    Brueggemann describes this book as "a frolicking commentary on the
    assault that Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens have mounted
    against religion. The premise of his book is that 'faith is for the most part
    performative rather than propositional.'"

  • Understanding Genesis: Contemporary Adventist Perspectives is a volume
    of papers written by SDA theologians and scientists, most of whom hold
    faculty appointments at Adventist colleges and universities in North America.
    The various chapters provide a spectrum of views on a variety of topics,
    including non-fundamentalist interpretations of the Genesis creation and
    flood narratives, a consideration of theistic evolution or progressive
    creationism, the validity of the evidence dating the geological column and
    human prehistory, and other related topics.

  • Christianity for the Rest of Us. The author interviewed 350 members of
    mainline churches and reports in this book, "mainline congregations are
    riddled with anxiety about the powerful voice of the Religious Right in politics
    and mainliners are seeking new ways of communicating their own public
    theologies." Read more about the book at the author's Website and view a
    brief interview with the author.



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