Category: Read Me Project
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That Old Time Religion, First Century Version
Wylen, Stephen M. The Jews in the Time of Jesus: An Introduction. New York: Paulist Press, 1996. [An installment of the “Read Me” Project] The Jews in the Time of Jesus ended up on the Read Me shelf because a book about 1st century Judaism looked so fascinating, and at the same time useful and…
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A Journey to the Heart
Carla Power. If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Qur’an. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2015. [An installment of the “Read Me” Project] If the Oceans Were Ink ended up on the Read Me shelf because it was an accessible book about Islam, in particular…
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Revelations, on Revelation
Elaine Pagels. Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, & Politics in the Book of Revelation. New York: Penguin, 2012. [An installment of the “Read Me” Project] Revelations by Elaine Pagels made its way to the “Read Me” shelf because learning something more about the Bible, church history and early church politics always sounds like a good thing. If…
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A Course in Miracle-Making
Brett, Regina. Be The Miracle: 50 Lessons for Making the Impossible Possible. New York: MJF Books, 2012. [An installment of the “Read Me” Project] Be The Miracle got to the Read Me Shelf from the sale table at Barnes and Noble, and was still wearing its “members pay only” sticker. I try to avoid buying…
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From Socrates to Sartre at Super Speed
T.Z. Lavine. From Socrates to Sartre: The Philosophic Quest. New York: Bantam Books, 1984. [An installment of the “Read Me” Project] How this book ended up on the Read Me Shelf is a mystery. It doesn’t look like it came from any of the usual book stores, and it’s old. This makes me think that…
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On One of the Islams
Robert Day McAmis. Malay Muslims: The History and Challenge of Resurgent Islam in Malay Southeast Asia. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2002. [An installment of the “Read Me” Project]
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Orientalism At Last
Reflections on reading Edward W. Said. Orientalism. 25th Anniversary Edition with a New Preface by the Author. New York: Vintage, 2003 (originally 1978, Afterword 1994). [An installment of the Read Me Project.] In some sense, Orientalism has been on the Read Me shelf for decades. Everyone has their unread classics – there are English majors…
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The Mismeasure of Man
My notes on: Gould, Stephen Jay. The Mismeasure of Man. Revised edition. New York: W.W. Norton, 1996. [An installment of the “Read Me” Project] The Mismeasure of Man ended up on the “read me” shelf because our daughter had to write a research paper in English her first semester in college, in which she took…
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Toxic Charity
Lupton, Robert D. Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It). New York: HarperCollins, 2011. [An installment of the “Read Me” Project] I don’t remember how this book got on the “read me” shelf. Presumably because it seemed relevant to church issues. Lupton’s main point is that a…
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The “Read Me” Project
I thought I wouldn’t need to make any resolutions for 2018. I figured I could just keep working on the ones I make every year. There are some things I’m already actually good at, and every year, I think “I’m going to keep on doing that.” I’ll read the Bible every morning. I’ll take the…
Matters of Interpretation 