Embarking

Books Read in 2008

Note:  The following book list does not necessarily amount to either a recommended reading list or books with which I necessarily agree.  In fact, my general reading strategy involves reading many things that I don’t agree with in order to more deeply understand my own beliefs, to shape and form them more clearly, and to understand the viewpoint of those with whom I may not, at first blush, agree.  If you are interested in recommendations (these or other) feel free to contact me.

Here are some books that I’ve read recently:

• Reclaiming the Center: confronting evangelical accomodation in postmodern times ed. by Millard Erickson et al
• Christianity and the Postmodern Turn: six views by Myron B. Penner Editor (contributors include Douglas Gievett, R. Scott Smith, Kevin VanHoozer, John Franke, James KA Smith, and Merold Westphal)
• Gum, Geckos, and God by Jim Speigel
• Culture Matters: a call for consensus on Christian Cultural Engagement by T.M. Moore.
• Whose Afraid of Deconstruction by James KA Smith
• Everything Must Change by Brian McLaren
• How to Be Evangelical without being Conservative by Roger Olson
• Reformed and Always Reforming: the postconservative approach to evangelical theology by Roger Olson
• What Would Jesus Deconstruct? by John Caputo
• Signs of Emergence: a vision for the church that is organic/ networked/ decentralized/ bottom up/ Communal/ flexible/ always evolving by Kester Brewin
• Radical Reformission by Mark Driscoll
• GloboChrist: the Great Commission Takes a Postmodern Turn by Carl Raschke

I’ve also been doing some rereading of a few things I read several years back: 

• Renewing the Center: evangelical theology in a post-theological era by Stanley Grenz
• Beyond Foundationalism: shaping theology in a postmodern context by Stanley Grenz and John Franke
• Evangelical Futures by John G. Stackhouse, ed.
• Irresistable Revolution by Shane Claiborne
• Revisioning Evangelical Theology by Stanley Grenz