The God and Culture 2008 Summer Reading Menu

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Memorial Day weekend seems the appropriate time to release a recommended list of books for your summer reading. 

  1. Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
  2. A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger Than You by Paul David Tripp
  3.  For Us and for Our Salvation: The Doctrine of Christ in the Early Church by Sephen J. Nichols
  4. Embryo: A Defense of Human Life by Robert P. George
  5. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
  6. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini
  7. The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis
  8. Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose by Flannery O’Connor
  9. Death in Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #11) by P. D. James
  10. Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming by Bjorn Lomborg
  11. The Innocence of God by Udo Middelmann
  12. Religion and the Rise of Western Culture by Christopher Dawson
  13. Jesus Made in America: A Cultural History from the Puritans to the Passion of the Christ by Stephen J. Nichols
  14. The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America (Early American Studies) (Early American Studies) by John Fea
  15. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller
  16. The Courage to Be Protestant: Truth-lovers, Marketers, and Emergents in the Postmodern World by David Wells
  17. Christ and Culture Revisited by D. A. Carson
  18. The Great Exchange: My Sin for His Righteousness by Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington
  19. The Future of Justification: A Response to N. T. Wright by John Piper
  20. In My Place Condemned He Stood: Celebrating the Glory of the Atonement by J. I. Packer and Mark Dever

8 thoughts on “The God and Culture 2008 Summer Reading Menu”

  1. Pixel,

    I poked around in MEL (Michigan eLibrary) and did find a good number of books by David F. Wells, John Piper, and RC Sproul. Lots of good theology for the borrowing.

    Of my picks, #16 is not listed, neither is #20 no, but #13 is. I ordered 1 by Wells, and one by Sproul. Should be some interesting reading.

  2. Ed,

    I did a check and the following books on this list are in the network. You are not limited to just the one from Eastpointe, you have an wntire network to checkout books from. It is a great thing.

    1. Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

    4. Embryo: A Defense of Human Life by Robert P. George

    5. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

    6. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini

    7. The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis

    8. Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose by Flannery O’Connor

    9. Death in Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #11) by P. D. James

    10. Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming by Bjorn Lomborg

    15. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller

    Several books by the following
    David Wells
    John Piper

  3. It’s just a beautiful examination of the spiritual aspects of writing and reading.

    And plus, it’s Flannery O’Connor.

  4. Pixelmaster, (Windows MSPaint master??), not a great chance that the public library has these titles unless I get a librarian to order them. They are brand new titles, and if you browse the shelves, you rarely see any new books. But my 20yr old son works at the library, so I may be able to do just that!

    Joel, just what part of Occasional Prose do I need, the title doesn’t attract me, I am LONG way from being a poet.

  6. Thank you for the list Paul, I will be reading…good for you Pixel I believe in libraries too.

  7. Hey Ed, If you are from eastpointe then you are part of a huge library network that might already have many of these books. I read a lot but hardly spend a dime, my tax dollars used wisely.

  8. I could spend so much money on books, and need to limit my spending. I am, however, very happy with my purchase of my MacArthur Study Bible. I am enjoying it immensely.

    If I could buy a few, and only a few, they would be: First choice, #16, Second choice, #20, and third choice, #13

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