{"id":386,"date":"2007-01-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/01\/books-of-the-year-roundup.html"},"modified":"2007-01-03T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-03T12:00:00","slug":"books-of-the-year-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/01\/books-of-the-year-roundup.html","title":{"rendered":"Books of the Year Round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sojo.net\/magazine\/archives\/soj0105\/images\/010531.jpg\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/>We&#8217;ve posted the favorite books read by our bloggers during 2006 over the last week or so, but thought it would be helpful to have a compilation of links to their lists for easy reference, so here it is. Click on each name for individual entries, or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2007\/01\/books-of-year-round-up.html\">&#8220;full entry&#8221; link<\/a> to see all of the lists in one long post.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2007\/01\/jim-wallis-books-of-year.html\"><b>Jim Wallis<\/b><\/a><br \/><\/b><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/diana-butler-basss-books-of-year.html\"><b>Diana Butler Bass<\/b><\/a><\/b><br \/><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/duane-shanks-books-of-year.html\"><b>Duane Shank<\/b><\/a><br \/><\/b><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/ryan-beilers-books-of-year.html\"><b>Ryan Beiler<\/b><\/a><br \/><\/b><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/bart-campolos-books-of-year.html\"><b>Bart Campolo<\/b><\/a><br \/><\/b><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/michael-battles-books-of-year.html\"><b>Michael Battle<\/b><\/a><\/b><br \/><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/brian-mclarens-books-of-year.html\"><b>Brian McLaren<\/b><\/a><br \/><\/b><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/shane-claibornes-books-of-year.html\"><b>Shane Claiborne<\/b><\/a><br \/><\/b><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/amy-sullivans-books-of-year.html\"><b>Amy Sullivan<\/b><\/a><br \/><\/b><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/tony-jones-books-of-year.html\"><b>Tony Jones<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fullpost\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Full book lists:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2007\/01\/jim-wallis-books-of-year.html\"><b>Jim Wallis <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0743285018\">Our Endangered Values<\/a>, by Jimmy Carter<br \/><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0307237699\">The Audacity of Hope<\/a><\/i>, by Barack Obama<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0375411356\">A Godly Hero<\/a>, by Michael Kazin<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0060652381\">A Grief Observe<\/a>d by C.S. Lewis<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0060750545\">To the Mountaintop<\/a>, by Stewart Burns<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0385516649\">The Politics of Jesus<\/a>, by Obery Hendricks<br \/>plus, re-reading lots of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/s?kw=Bonhoeffer+&amp;PID=29218\">Bonhoeffer<\/a><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/diana-butler-basss-books-of-year.html\"><b>Diana Butler Bass <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People often ask me what I&#8217;m reading. This year, I read a lot of books on politics\u2014and was impressed by a number of important books such as <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0743272234\">State of Denial<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/037541486x\">The Looming Tower<\/a>,<\/i> and <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0307237699\">The Audacity of Hope<\/a>. <\/i>But my <i>favorite<\/i> books of 2006 mostly go beyond the bestseller list and include:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0060845392\"><i>The Last Week<\/i><\/a> by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan. Borg and Crossan&#8217;s careful study of Mark&#8217;s account of the Passion is one of the most interesting exegetical treatments of Jesus&#8217; death I&#8217;ve ever read. I taught an Introduction to the Bible for several years at an undergraduate college\u2014but Borg and Crossan taught me things I never knew. Especially noteworthy: their exegesis of the &#8220;Render unto Caesar&#8221; passage and their discussion of Palm Sunday. Some people stereotype Borg and Crossan, but <i>The Last Week<\/i> breaks through many of those presuppositions. With its passion for personal and political transformation, this book will surprise you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0060771747\"><i>Leaving Church<\/i><\/a> by Barbara Brown Taylor. This is a wonderful, literary, and tender memoir of the pastoral life\u2014and Ms. Brown Taylor&#8217;s eventual exit from her pulpit to become a college professor. It is not, however, a story of loss. Instead, she writes of &#8220;leaving church&#8221; to find a broader participation in the priesthood of all believers, the &#8220;human church,&#8221; to which we all belong. She raises some difficult questions\u2014that will upset some readers\u2014in an inviting and intelligent way. <i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0743287126\">Tempting Faith<\/a>,<\/i> by David Kuo. Not only is Kuo&#8217;s book an honest assessment of religion in the Bush Administration, but it stands with Chuck Colson&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0800786335?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=sojourners-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0800786335\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Born Again<\/span><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none;margin: 0px\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=sojourners-20&amp;l=as2&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;o=1&amp;a=0800786335\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/> and Mark Hatfield&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/087680427x\"><i>Between a Rock and a Hard Place<\/i><\/a> as a classic of evangelical spiritual memoir in relation to politics. Kudos to Kuo for both strong content and reinvigorating an important genre in spiritual autobiography.<i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1557254893\">Mind the Ligh<\/a>t,<\/i> by J. Brent Bill. This is not a &#8220;big&#8221; book. Rather, it is, like Bill&#8217;s earlier piece, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1557254206\">Holy Silence<\/a>,<\/i> a small, gentle take on Quaker spirituality. He walks his readers through a path to encounter God&#8217;s light\u2014complete with &#8220;illuminating&#8221; exercises for individuals and groups. A refreshing book full of good news\u2014especially in contrast to all the darkness in the world today.<\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0393062112\"><i>The Shia Revival<\/i><\/a> by Vali Nasr and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/074329047x\"><i>The Faith Club<\/i><\/a> by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner examine important issues in understanding tensions between Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Although very different, one scholarly (Nasr) and the other deeply personal (Idliby et al), these books move from theory and theology to the impact of religious difference in the contemporary world.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0312312644\"><i>All Mortal Flesh<\/i><\/a> by Julia Spencer-Fleming is the fifth in her Reverend Clare Fergusson mystery series\u2014and it is clearly the best. Here, the priest-detective becomes a suspect in the murder of her almost-lover&#8217;s wife and the narrative is full of ruminations on doubt, sin, and guilt. And the mystery is appropriately grim and grisly with an ending that I never could have guessed. Spencer-Fleming left me breathless waiting for the next installment!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/duane-shanks-books-of-year.html\"><b>Duane Shank<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0375411356\">A Godly Hero<\/a>, by Michael Kazin<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0060750545\">To the Mountaintop<\/a>, by Stewart Burns<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/\nbiblio\/0802843247\">For the Nations<\/a>, by John Howard Yoder<a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/081664179x\"><br \/>The Conscience of a Liberal<\/a>, by Paul Wellstone<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1594512663\">Gandhi and Beyond<\/a>, by David Cortright<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/068485712x\">At Canaan\u2019s Edge<\/a>, Taylor Branch <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/ryan-beilers-books-of-year.html\"><b>Ryan Beiler<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I may not have school-age kids like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/bart-campolos-books-of-year.html\">Bart Campolo<\/a>, but this list represents pretty much everything I&#8217;ve read this year &#8211; as much as I&#8217;d like to pretend that these are the &#8220;best&#8221; of the many many volumes I&#8217;ve consumed. Maybe because I read just before bed, and tend to fall asleep after a page or two, especially when reading nonfiction&#8230; Also note that many of these books are very, very short, and almost none were published in 2006.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0836193040\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Monday Marriage: Celebrating the Ordinary<\/span><\/a>, by Gerald and L. Marlene Kaufman. I&#8217;m getting married on March 31, and this book was a quick but helpful read in creating realistic expectations as my fianc\u00e9 and I prepare to mutually submit to each other in love the wedding industrial complex.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0393312836\">A Clockwork Orange<\/a>, by Anthony Burgess. This edition includes the &#8220;lost&#8221; final chapter that was excised from all U.S. versions prior to 1987 &#8211; including Stanley Kubric&#8217;s film.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1592443303\">Christus Victor<\/a>, by Gustaf Aul\u00e9n The subtitle pretty much says it all: &#8220;An Historical Study of the Three Main Types of the Idea of Atonement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0425161293\">Hocus Pocus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0385334141\">Mother Night<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0425164349\">Timequake<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0385333501\">Welcome to the Monkey House<\/a>, by Kurt Vonnegut. Not that his books don&#8217;t tackly deadly serious themes, but it&#8217;s Vonnegut&#8217;s humor that prompts me to down one of his novels after some grueling theological treatise &#8211; and sends me to the &#8220;V&#8221; section every time I visit a used book store.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0156997789\">You Can&#8217;t Keep a Good Woman Down<\/a>, by Alice Walker. Compelling short stories of the complexities of overlapping racial, political, and sexual identities. Part of my self-assigned white male homework.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1570751579\">Black Theology and Black Power<\/a>, by James Cone. More white-guy-homework, and as with Walker, this is critical education on the Black American experience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1562790587\">Monnew<\/a>, by Ahmadou Kourouma. A gift from my fianc\u00e9, who wrote her senior thesis on French colonialism in Africa. Kourouma chronicles the arrival of the French in a fictional African nation through the eyes of animist\/Muslims who alternately resist and appease thier &#8220;Christian&#8221; exploiters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0679736395\">Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness<\/a>, by William Styron. Recommended reading for anyone who has a loved one that struggles with depression &#8211; i.e., just about everyone. You will never fully understand the darkness that they grapple with, but you should at least try, and this book will help. It was also interesting to read a memoir by the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0679736638\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Confessions of Nat Turner<\/span><\/a> and then read a character in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0156997789\">You Can&#8217;t Keep a Good Woman Down<\/a> criticizing it. My books are talking to each other!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0310214637\">Changes that Heal<\/a>, by Dr. Henry Cloud. Obviously written for an evangelical Christian audience (and hence lays the proof-texting on a bit thick), this book&#8217;s greatest contribution is to help remove the stigma of mental illness and affirm the value and necessity of seeking qualified therapists &#8211; when many in the church harmfully assign such problems to deficiencies of faith.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1594482225\">The Areas of My Expertise<\/a>, by John Hodgman. You may recognize Hodgman from apperances on <span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Daily Show<\/span>, where he&#8217;s a fake expert commenting on fake news. This book is something of a fake almanac &#8211; a mishmash of one-quarter fact, two-thirds fabrication, and five-eighths hilarious hogwash. (If you&#8217;re annoyed by my fuzzy math, you may not enjoy this book.)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/bart-campolos-books-of-year.html\"><b>Bart Campolo<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Much as I love him, the length and depth of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/brian-mclarens-books-of-year.html\">McLaren&#8217;s list<\/a> makes me sick. Hey, some of us have school-aged kids over here!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0310266300\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Irresistable Revolution<\/span><\/a>, by Shane Claiborne<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0316172324\">Blink<\/a>, by Malcolm Gladwell<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0316881716?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=sojourners-20\">Walking the Dog<\/a>, by Walter Mosley<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0310535913\">A Wideness in God\u2019s Mercy<\/a>, by Clark Pinnock<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0609610589\">Blood Done Sign My Name<\/a>, by Timothy Tyson<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/michael-battles-books-of-year.html\"><b>Michael Battle<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1401308589\">The Five People You Meet in Heaven<\/a>, by Mitch Albom<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0156030209\">The Life of Pi<\/a>, by Yann Martel<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0674002717\">Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl<\/a>, by Harriet Jacobs<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0143037889\">The Singularity Is Near<\/a>, by Ray Kurzweil<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0451527925\">Paradise Lost<\/a>, by John Milton<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/brian-mclarens-books-of-year.html\"><b>Brian McLaren<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In 2006 I read <span style=\"font-style: italic\">so many <\/span>excellent books, old and new. Here are about 20 of my favorites &#8230; in no order of importance:<\/p>\n<p>Fiction:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1594480001\">The Kite Runner<\/a>, by Khal<br \/>\ned Hosseini<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0060786507\">The Poisonwood Bible,<\/a> by Barbara Kingsolver<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0061092177\">Small Gods<\/a>, by Terry Pratchett<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1400031044\">My Name is Asher Lev<\/a>, by Chaim Potok<\/p>\n<p>Nonfiction:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0743235789\">A Passion for Islam<\/a>, by Caryle Murphy<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0812971892\">No God But God<\/a>, by Reza Aslan<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1887208070\">The Great Turning<\/a>, by David C. Korten<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0807047090\">Beyond Growth<\/a>, by Herman E. Daly<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1929229488?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=sojourners-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1929229488\">A Framework for Understanding Poverty<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none;margin: 0px\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=sojourners-20&amp;l=as2&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;o=1&amp;a=1929229488\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/>, by Ruby K. Payne<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0743285018\">Our Endangered Values<\/a>, by Jimmy Carter<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1400034639\">War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning<\/a>, by Chris Hedges<\/p>\n<p>Poetry by:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1593761074\">Wendell Berry<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0811215202\">Denise Levertov<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0807068772\">Mary Oliver<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Biography:<\/span><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0743244583\">Chronicles<\/a>, by Bob Dylan<\/p>\n<p>Theology:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1570751366\">Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor<\/a>, by Leonardo Boff<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1570753725\">Christ the Liberator<\/a>, by Jon Sobrino<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1589661028\">A Future for Africa,<\/a> by Emmanuel M. Katongole<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0664230466\">Sex and the Single Savior<\/a>, by Dale . B Martin<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/080063490x\">Jesus and Empire<\/a>, by Richard A. Horsley<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0060843233\">God and Empire<\/a>, John Dominic Crossan<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1557255059\">How (not) to Speak of God<\/a>, by Peter Rollins<\/p>\n<p>Spirituality:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0310266300\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Irresistable Revolution<\/span><\/a>, by Shane Claiborne<\/p>\n<p>There have been many other good books too, but it&#8217;s hard to know when to stop! The best of the best, for me, was Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor, by Leonardo Boff. It filled my mind and heart with worship.<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/shane-claibornes-books-of-year.html\"><b>Shane Claiborne<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This first list is a few books I got into this year and below that, some I carry around all the time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0631211993\"><em>Torture and the Eucharist<\/em><\/a>, by Willam Cavanaugh<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1592448747\"><em>An Ethic for Christians and other Aliens in a Strange Land<\/em><\/a>, by William Stringfellow<br \/>Wendell Berry Essays<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0195157168\"><em>The Paradise of God<\/em><\/a>, by Norman Wirzba<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0310267307\"><em>Myth of a Christian Nation<\/em><\/a>, by Greg Boyd<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0970722702\">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<br \/><em>Pax Romana and the Peace of Jesus Christ<\/em>, by Klaus Wengst<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0830819908\"><em>A Peculiar People<\/em><\/a>, by Rodney Clapp<\/p>\n<p>Early Christians in their Own Words, by Eberhard Arnold (editor)<br \/>Daniel Berrigan Poetry<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0802807348\"><em>The Politics of Jesus<\/em><\/a>, by John H. Yoder<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1570755817\"><em>Selected Writings<\/em><\/a>, by Dorothy Day<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/080063490x\"><em>Jesus and Empire<\/em><\/a>, by Richard Horsley<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0826412769\"><em>Pedagogy of the Oppressed<\/em><\/a>, by Paulo Freire<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0385487525\"><em>The Powers that Be<\/em><\/a>, by Walter Wink (and his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/080061786x\">trilogy<\/a>)<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0807010294\"><em>Jesus and the Disinherited<\/em><\/a>, by Howard Thurman<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1565630130\"><em>Is it Okay to Call God Mother<\/em><\/a>, by Paul Smith<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0830743073\"><em>Let Justice Roll Down<\/em><\/a>, by John Perkins<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0835809021\"><em>Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers<\/em><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0446523461\">Martin Luther King Jr. sermons<\/a> and \u201cLetter from a Birmingham Jail\u201d<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0345397452\"><em>The Simple Path<\/em><\/a>, by Mother Teresa<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/159030375x\"><em>Little Flowers<\/em><\/a>, by St. Francis of Assisi<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/amy-sullivans-books-of-year.html\"><b>Amy Sullivan<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I do enough heavy reading professionally &#8211; when I read for pleasure, I&#8217;m looking for a good novel, or very entertaining non-fiction. These five are guaranteed beach, holiday, or plane reading:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1586482580\"><em>My Fundamentalist Education: A Memoir of a Divine Girlhood<\/em><\/a>, by Christine Rosen<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1400063795\"><em>Black Swan Green: A Novel<\/em><\/a>, by David Mitchell<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0143036610\"><em>Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise<\/em><\/a>, by Ruth Reichl<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0393328627\"><em>The History of Love: A Novel<\/em><\/a>, by Nicole Krauss<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0385489129\"><em>My Losing Season<\/em><\/a>, by Pat Conroy<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/tony-jones-books-of-year.html\"><b>Tony Jones<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0767902890\">The Things they  Carried<\/a>, by Tim O&#8217;Brien<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/006112009x\">One Hundred Years  of Solitude<\/a>, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/\nwww.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1573222453\">The Kite  Runner<\/a>, by Khaled Hosseini<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1557255059\">How (Not) to Speak  of God<\/a>, by Peter Rollins<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0687331269\">Philosophy and  Theology<\/a>, by John D. Caputo<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/our-books-of-year.html\"><b><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Sojourners <\/span>magazine<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic\">You can <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sojo.net\/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&amp;issue=soj0611&amp;article=061135\">read capsule reviews with the full article<\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic\">, but here are the titles:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0664229557\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\"><br \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0664229557\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Justice in a Global Economy: Strategies for Home, Community, and World<\/span><\/a>, edited by Pamela Brubaker, Rebecca Todd Peters, and Laura Stivers <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1594710899\"><br \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/1594710899\">Bridges to Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton<\/a>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/s?kw=Bridges+to+Contemplative+Living+with+Thomas+Merton&amp;x=69&amp;y=6\">series <\/a>edited by Jonathan Montaldo and Robert Toth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBeyond-Prisons-Interfaith-Paradigm-Failed%2Fdp%2F0800638328%2Fsr%3D11-1%2Fqid%3D1166815977&amp;tag=sojourners-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\"><br \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBeyond-Prisons-Interfaith-Paradigm-Failed%2Fdp%2F0800638328%2Fsr%3D11-1%2Fqid%3D1166815977&amp;tag=sojourners-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Beyond Prisons: A New Interfaith Paradigm for Our Failed Prison System<\/span><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none;margin: 0px\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=sojourners-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/> by Laura Magnani and Harmon Wray <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0310271053\"><br \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0310271053\">Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?<\/a> <\/em>by Philip Yancey <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0802313434\"><em><br \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0802313434\"><em>Donegal Suite<\/em><\/a>, by John McNamee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0802830471\"><em><br \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0802830471\"><em>Encountering Ecclesiastes<\/em><\/a>, by James Limburg <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0830836012\"><em><br \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0830836012\"><em>The New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World\u2019s Poor<\/em><\/a>, by Scott Bessenecker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0567025519\"><em><br \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/partner\/29218\/biblio\/0567025519\"><em>Vital Christianity: Spirituality, Justice, and Christian Practice<\/em><\/a>, edited by David L. 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