We need your help deciding which books to read for this book club. Remember that the general theme is how faith and culture intersect, which could mean faith influencing the surrounding society or cultural influences on religious and philosophical worldviews.
You decide. Drop a comment here with the book's title and author.
We'll keep a running tally, put it to a vote or something, or just draw straws. Not sure what the selection process will look like, but I assure you that it will lack any kind of rationale or mathematical computation.
Most likely, we'll buy a copy of each book and put a spider monkey in a room with them. Whichever books he doesn't shred to pieces, we'll read. Something sensible like that.
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Jesus wants to save Christians
This is a bit of a wordy suggestion, maybe, but have you guys thought of Pagan Christianity? I read somewhere in the past few weeks that you (Jeff) had read it and I wondered what this might be like for you. I know it was insanely compelling, teaching an untold history of the early church, which, in turn brings up many questions about the church as we know it.
My problem with the book is that it presented problems on a grand scale with no real time spent on what the solution looks like. To be perfectly frank, it had many of my friends lost. In fact, some strayed from church altogether, thinking they needed to be away from the institutionalized without knowing what the organic should be. These problems became known as problems caused by "the book". For example, when one of my friends left his job as youth minister, "the book" did it.
There are many issues that arise on many fronts from reading a book like Pagan Christianity. I know that if I had read it with a group of people that could have discussed it, griped about it, and then helped to reconcile it with my walk, it would have been easier. All that to say, I don't know if I'm recommending that everyone read it, but if you're going to do such, I can't think of a better (online) format or place than this. Just a thought...
One book that really gave me a shake was:
"Under the Overpass" by Mike Yankoski
thanks, rob. i like both those books.
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