So last year I took up the challenge of reading 100 books in 2010. I am sad to announce that I didn't make my goal. In the end I only read 80. Of course there were hundreds of pages of parts of books that I read, many many dictionary articles, and over 100 articles that ranged from 10-55 pages each. But actual books that I read start to finish, 80. I have decided that this years goal is 101 books for 2011. I enjoyed keeping track of what I read and being able to look back over the list. Most of these books were well worth the time to read.
For those who care here is my completed 2010 list:
1 Religious No More - Mark Baker *
2 Thirteen Moons: A Novel - Charles Fraizer
3 Interpretation First Corinthians - Richard Hays *
4 Take This Bread - Sara Miles
5 Justification - NT Wright
6 The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture - Shane Hipps *
7 Free of Charge - Miroslav Volf
8 Paul a Very Short Introduction - EP Sanders *
9 Revivals, Awakenings, and Reform - William G. McLoughlin *
10 A Wind In The Door - Madeline L’Engle *
11 The Gospel According to Lost - Chris Seay
12 The Art of Reading Scripture - ed. Ellen F. Davis and Richard Hays *
13 The Souls of Black Folk - W.E.B. Du Bois *
14Double Take -Tim Geddert *
15 All Right Now - Tim Geddert *
16 Jesus Matters - ed. James R. Kraybill and David W. Shenk
17 A Multi-Site Church Road Trip - Geoff Surratt, Greg Ligon, Warren Bird
18 Drops Like Stars - Rob Bell
19 Ungodly Women - Betty A. DeBerg *
20 The Story of Christianity Volume 1 Justo L. Gonzalez *
21 The Story of Christianity Volume 2 Justo L. Gonzalez *
22 Canadian Evangelicalism in the 20th Century - John Stackhouse Jr, *
23 The Burning Land - Bernard Cornwell
24 St. Patrick - Jonathan Rogers
25 Texts Under Negotiation - Walter Brueggemann *
26 Different Eyes: The Art of living Beautiful - Steve Chalke and Alan Mann
27 The Little Book of Restorative Justice - Howard Zehr
28 The Little Book of Biblical Justice -Christ Marshall
29 The Act of Bible Reading - Edited by Elmer Dyck
30 Reading Scripture with the Church: Toward a Hermeneutic For Theological Interpretation - A.K.M Adam, Stephen E. Fowl, Kevin J. Vanhoozer, and Francis Watson. *
31 Between Two Horizons - Edited by Joel B. Green and Max Turner *
32 Sensual Orthodoxy - Debbie Blue
33 A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada - Mark A. Noll *
34 The Moral Vision of the New Testament - Richard Hays *
35 The Nature of Atonement - ed. James Beilby and Paul R. Eddy *
36 Mark: the way for all Nations - Willard Swartley *
37 Inca Gold - Clive Cussler
38 Proclaiming the Scandal of the Cross - Ed. Mark Baker *
39 Christus Victor - Gustaf Aulén **
40 The Smell of Sawdust: What evangelicals can learn from their fundamentalist heritage - Richard J. Mouw.
41 Recovering the Scandal of the Cross - Joel Green and Mark Baker *
42 The Nonviolent Atonement - J. Denny Weaver **
43 Flickering Pixels - Shane Hipps
44 Listening For the Heartbeat of God - J. Philip Newell
45 Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypocrites… and Other Lies You’ve been told - Bradley Wright.
46 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - JK Rowling
47 Believers Church Commentary: Mark - Tim Geddert *
48 I’m a Stranger here Myself - Bill Bryson
49 Let the Reader Understand - Robert Fowler *
50 Harry Potter: and the Chamber of Secrets - JK Rowling
51 What does the Old Testament say about God? - Claus Westermann
52 The Drama of Scripture - Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen **
53 Models of God - Sallie McFague*
54 Against the Tide - Miroslav Volf **
55 Restless Gods - Reginald Bibby *
56 Rethinking Christ and Culture - Craig Carter *
57 Exclusion and Embrace - Miroslav Volf **
58 Harry potter and the prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling
59 The Sacred Canopy - Peter Berger*
60 Brands of Faith - Mara Einstein*
61 Beyond Opinion - Ravi Zacharias
62 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - JK Rowling
63 Holy Trinity Perfect Community - Leonardo Boff*
64 Harry Potter and the Order of thee Phoenix - JK Rowling
65 Pornland - Gail Dines
66 The Openness of God - Clark Pinnock*
67 Can God be Trusted - John Stackhouse*
68 No Future without Forgiveness - Desmond Tutu*
69 The Gospel According to Jesus - Chris Seay
70 Free of Charge - Miroslav Volf (yes I read it twice)**
71 The End of Memory - Miroslav Volf**
72 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - JK Rowling
73 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow - JK Rowling
74 Embodying Forgiveness - L. Gregory Jones
75 The Magicians Nephew - C.S. Lewis
76 Celtic Prayers from Iona - J. Philip Newell
77 The Fort - Bernard Cornwell
78 Fasting - Scot McKnight
79 Practicing our Faith - Dorothy Bass *
80 Open Secrets - Richard Lischer *
I was asked after I posted this what my top five were. In no particular order I think
The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture - Shane Hipps
Free of Charge - Miroslav Volf
The Moral Vision of the New Testament - Richard Hays
Models of God - Sallie McFague
The Sacred Canopy - Peter Berger
Honorable Mentions go to
Take This Bread - Sara Miles
Fasting - Scot McKnight
Open Secrets - Richard Lischer
Revivals, Awakenings, and Reform - William G. McLoughlin
Mark Commentary - Tim Geddert
* Means that it was a required reading for school
** Means that it was not a required reading for school, but was directly related to school I was doing.
