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This first list is a few books I got into this year and below that, some I carry around all the time.<\/p>\n

Torture and the Eucharist<\/em><\/a>, by Willam Cavanaugh
An Ethic for Christians and other Aliens in a Strange Land<\/em><\/a>, by William Stringfellow
Wendell Berry Essays
The Paradise of God<\/em><\/a>, by Norman Wirzba
Myth of a Christian Nation<\/em><\/a>, by Greg Boyd
From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel<\/a>, by Joshua Tickell, Kaia Tickell, and Kaia Roman
Pax Romana and the Peace of Jesus Christ<\/em>, by Klaus Wengst
A Peculiar People<\/em><\/a>, by Rodney Clapp<\/p>\n

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Early Christians in their Own Words, by Eberhard Arnold (editor)
Daniel Berrigan Poetry
The Politics of Jesus<\/em><\/a>, by John H. Yoder
Selected Writings<\/em><\/a>, by Dorothy Day
Jesus and Empire<\/em><\/a>, by Richard Horsley
Pedagogy of the Oppressed<\/em><\/a>, by Paulo Freire
The Powers that Be<\/em><\/a>, by Walter Wink (and his trilogy<\/a>)
Jesus and the Disinherited<\/em><\/a>, by Howard Thurman
Is it Okay to Call God Mother<\/em><\/a>, by Paul Smith
Let Justice Roll Down<\/em><\/a>, by John Perkins
Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers<\/em><\/a>
Martin Luther King Jr. sermons<\/a> and \u201cLetter from a Birmingham Jail\u201d
The Simple Path<\/em><\/a>, by Mother Teresa
Little Flowers<\/em><\/a>, by St. Francis of Assisi
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Shane Claiborne<\/strong> is a founding partner of The Simple Way Community<\/a>, a radical faith community that lives among and serves the homeless in Kensington, North Philadelphia. He also the author of The Irresistible Revolution<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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