- Bacon, Josephine. The Illustrated Atlas of
Jewish Civilization. London: Quantum Books, 2003.
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Oh what you didn't know!
Actually more of a history than an atlas. |
- Barth, Karl. Dogmatics in Outline.Toronto:
Harper & Row, 1959.
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Likely the greatest theologian of
the 20th Century explains his beliefs briefly, relating them to
the Apostles' Creed. |
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- Cahill, Thomas. The Gifts of the Jews; How a
Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and
Feels. New York: Doubleday, 1998.
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Part of a series; describes original
thought brought to the world by each culture. |
- Campell, Antony F. & O'Brien, Mark. Sources
of the Pentateuch.Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993.
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So . . . would you really
like to know who wrote the five books of Moses? |
- Carter, Warren. Pontius Pilate: Portraits of a
Roman Governor. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical
Press, 2003.
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A very different approach to
figuring out what happened and some of the roots of anti-semitism
as Pilate was rehabilitated in the early years. |
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- Crossan, John Dominic. God & Empire.
San Francisco, Harper Collins, 2007.
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Now, do you want to think, really
think about what the Bible means? Some real challenges to
traditional thought. |
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- Countryman, William. Living on the Border of the
Holy; Renewing the Priesthood of All. Harrisburg,
PA: Morehouse Publishing, 1999.
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Makes you do some real thinking
about what God expects of you, and how we may all serve. |
- Davis, Kenneth C. Don't Know Much About The
Bible. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.
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A fine first read; much more fun
that scholarly. |
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- Dunn, Greig & Ambidge, Chris (Eds.) Living
Together In The Church Including Our Differences.
Toronto: ABC Publishing, 2004.
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Explains the case being made for
same-sex blessings. |
- Gomes, Peter J. Strength for the Journey
San Francisco, Harper, 2003
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A collection of delightful and
thoughtful sermons by a truly great thinker. |
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- Harpur, Tom. The Pagan Christ: Recovering the
Lost Light. Toronto: Thomas Allen, 2004.
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Popular, some fascinating ideas, but
don't get too upset by it. Harpur is a former Anglican
priest who has gone on to very different thinking. |
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- Kerr, Hugh T. (ed.) Readings in Christian Thought (2nd
Ed'n). Nashville: Abington Press, 1966.
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Needs updating, but contains
wonderful essays by significant Christian thinkers. |
- Lacey, Rob. The Word On The Street.
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2004.
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The Bible summarized and paraphrased
in street language. Not for the timid, but teens love it
So do a lot of grandparents! |
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- Mays, James L. (ed.) Harper's Bible Commentary. Toronto:
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1988.
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Ever wonder why it says it that way,
or what it means? Everyone needs a commentary! Great
and inexpensive for the serious Bible reader but too simple for
the serious student. (See Freedman above.) |
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- Taylor, Barbara Brown. The Preaching Life Cambridge
Massachusetts, Cowley Publications, 1993.
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Another collection of sermons by a
well-loved and respected preacher |
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- Wouk, Herman. This Is My God. Garden
City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1959.
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An important primer on Judaism by an
acclaimed playwrite. |
