{"id":3957,"date":"2008-07-22T00:20:11","date_gmt":"2008-07-22T00:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/07\/books-about-god.html"},"modified":"2008-07-22T00:20:11","modified_gmt":"2008-07-22T00:20:11","slug":"books-about-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/07\/books-about-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Books about God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I will begin reading soon some books about God, and I thought I&#8217;d give some of you a heads-up on what&#8217;s coming. I will be reading these two books for sure:<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/creation.jpg\" title=\"creation.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/07\/creation.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"creation.jpg\" \/><\/a><!--more|inline--><br \/>\nPeter Kreeft&#8217;s fine book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FGod-Who-Loves-You-Excelling%2Fdp%2F1586170171%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1216676106%26sr%3D1-1&amp;tag=jescre-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">The God Who Loves You<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jescre-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0px !important\" \/><\/em>.<br \/>\nJames Kugel&#8217;s historical critical study, written at a readable level, called <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FGod-Old-Inside-World-Bible%2Fdp%2F0743235851%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1216676297%26sr%3D1-1&amp;tag=jescre-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">The God of Old<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jescre-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0px !important\" \/><\/em>.<br \/>\nWhat are some good books about God you&#8217;ve read or seen of late?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will begin reading soon some books about God, and I thought I&#8217;d give some of you a heads-up on what&#8217;s coming. 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