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Post by What Hat on May 16, 2012 12:19:06 GMT -5
What? Another nomination thread already?
Well, I'm thinking that we should always have an open nomination thread. That way, if someone comes across a suitable or interesting title, they will have a place to post it.
Also, let's carry over the following titles from the previous thread, as they all attracted interest in the previous thread.
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
Without Sin: the Oneida Community by Spencer Klaw
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
We'll keep this thread open until late July, so we've got a while before we have to think too hard about the Fall selections. In the meantime we can focus on our Summer selections.
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Post by Dubious Disciple (xdc) on May 28, 2012 10:13:18 GMT -5
Is God a Moral Monster? by Paul Copan. It's a response to the New Atheism's criticisms of Old Testament morality, and Copan's bias is obvious, yet I was pleasantly surprised as I read.
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Post by SharonArnold on May 29, 2012 15:31:10 GMT -5
Hey DD, I was skimming your book reviews and I was disappointed to not see this one there:
The Christ is Not a Person: The Evolution Of Consciousness And The Destiny Of Man (J.C. Tefft)
I liked your 5 stars for Jill Bolte Taylor, and I bought the audio version (doing lots of gardening) of Holy Ghost Girl on your (and Scholargirl's) recommend.
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Post by Dubious Disciple (xdc) on May 29, 2012 16:01:57 GMT -5
Thanks, Sharon, I contacted Tefft to see about a review copy, it looks great! Are you recommending this book for the Fall nomination? If not, I might move our conversation to keep the nomination thread clean.
I discuss Jill Bolte Taylor in my book about John's Gospel! That was a really inspiring book for me.
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Post by SharonArnold on May 29, 2012 18:02:56 GMT -5
Thanks, Sharon, I contacted Tefft to see about a review copy, it looks great! Are you recommending this book for the Fall nomination? If not, I might move our conversation to keep the nomination thread clean. I discuss Jill Bolte Taylor in my book about John's Gospel! That was a really inspiring book for me. No, I wasn't recommending the book for the fall nomination - but I would certainly read your review if you wrote one! I've lived my own life and thought my own thoughts for long enough that I am no longer a good judge of what others might perceive as "weird". And, indeed, there are enough times when I express things that I think are self evident - only to find that others I'm communicating with don't see things that way at all. This book may be one of those things. However, I do think the first part of this book title - "The Christ is not a Person" is worth reflecting upon - whether or not someone ever reads the book. |
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Post by What Hat on May 31, 2012 20:53:20 GMT -5
Thanks, Sharon, I contacted Tefft to see about a review copy, it looks great! Are you recommending this book for the Fall nomination? If not, I might move our conversation to keep the nomination thread clean. I discuss Jill Bolte Taylor in my book about John's Gospel! That was a really inspiring book for me. No, I wasn't recommending the book for the fall nomination - but I would certainly read your review if you wrote one! I've lived my own life and thought my own thoughts for long enough that I am no longer a good judge of what others might perceive as "weird". And, indeed, there are enough times when I express things that I think are self evident - only to find that others I'm communicating with don't see things that way at all. This book may be one of those things. However, I do think the first part of this book title - "The Christ is not a Person" is worth reflecting upon - whether or not someone ever reads the book. I'd be curious where this writer takes that idea. It's certainly not a new idea, and I mean that in a good way. Borg and Tolstoy both distinguish the entity of Christ from the person Jesus, and it's very much become my own way of thinking. Christ is something within all of us; though only perfectly manifested in the person of Jesus. Is this Tefft's line of thinking, or is it something else entirely? |
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Post by Dubious Disciple (xdc) on Jul 7, 2012 18:45:35 GMT -5
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Post by SharonArnold on Aug 16, 2012 10:55:12 GMT -5
I just noticed this - haven’t visited this thread for a while. Great review and interesting discussion following it. Thanks. P.S. I really do need to hang out on your site more, there’s lots of interesting stuff there. |
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Post by snow on Sept 8, 2012 14:46:18 GMT -5
The Family by Jeff Sharlet. Would anyone like to read that and share ideas?
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Post by Scott Ross on Sept 8, 2012 23:08:16 GMT -5
How about 'The Shack'? I read it a few years ago, but wouldn't mind reading it again. It was the #1 Paperback trade fiction seller on the New York Times best sellers list from June 2008 to early 2010.[3] In 2009 it was awarded the "Diamond Award" for sales over 10 million copies by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.[4]
The title of the book is a metaphor for “the house you build out of your own pain”, as Young explained in a telephone interview.[5] He also states to radio host talk show Drew Marshall that The Shack "is a metaphor for the places you get stuck, you get hurt, you get damaged...the thing where shame or hurt is centered."[6]
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Post by Dubious Disciple (xdc) on Sept 9, 2012 10:53:43 GMT -5
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Post by snow on Sept 9, 2012 11:38:34 GMT -5
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