Keene’s Kwikies

Here is what I have been reading lately, with no guarantees that I actually finished the book.

Thy Kingdom Come–An Evangelical’s Lament Randall Balmer

Rome and Jerusalem:  The Clash of Ancient Civilizations Martin Goodman

The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus:  What’s So Good About the Good News? Peter J. Gomes

The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power Jeff Sharlet

True Compass Edward Kennedy

Where Men  Win Glory:  The Odyssey of Pat Tillman Jon Krakauer

The Appeal John Grisham

The Feast of Fools Harvey  Cox

The Noonday Demon:  An  Atlas of Depression Andrew Solomon

Colonialism and Resistance in  Belize:  Essays in Historical Sociology O. Nigel Bolland

Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe

The Age of the Gladiators:  Savagery and Spectacle in Ancient Rome Rupert Matthews

Empire of Blue Water:  Captain Morgan’s Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaw’s Bloody Reign Stephen Talty

Flirting with Mermaids John Kretschmer

The Slave Ship: A Human History Marcus Rediker

Acedia & Me:  A Marriage, Monks, and A Writer’s Life Kathleen Norris

When You Are Engulfed in Flames David Sedaris

How to Break a Terrorist Matthew Alexander

The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific J. Maarten Troost

Snow Orhan Pamuk

Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson

A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini

Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini

Cruising Guide to Belize and Mexico’s Caribbean Coast Including Guatemala’s Rio Dulce Captain Freya Rauscher

Six Theories of Justice Karen Lebacqz

Grace (Eventually):  Thoughts on Faith Anne Lamott

The Art of Pastoring:  Contemplative Reflections William C. Martin

Dickens of the Mounted Eric Nichol

The Shack William P. Young

Sailing Alone Around the Room Billy Collins

Luther and the Hungry Poor:  Gathered Fragments Samuel Torvend

No Country for Old Men Cormac McCarthy

The Solace of Fierce Landscapes:  Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality Belden C. Lane

Spiritual Landscapes:  Images of the Spiritual Life in the Gospel of Luke James L. Resseguie

Constantine’s Sword:  The Church and the Jews James Carroll

Self-Deception and Wholeness in Paul and Matthew Dan O. Via, Jr.

Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins:  Diversity, Continuity, and Transformation George W.E.  Nickelsburg

Original Blessing Matthew Fox

House of War:  The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power James Carroll

The Feast of Fools Harvey Cox

Saving Paradise:  How Christianity Traded Love of this World for Crucifixion and Empire Rita Nakashima Brock,    Rebecca Ann Parker

A Moveable Feast Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway

Proverbs of Ashes : Violence, Redemptive Suffering, and the Search for What Saves Us Rita Nakashima Brock

The Long Way Bernard Moitessier

Around the World in Wanderer III Eric Hiscock

A Testament of Hope:  The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. ed,  James M. Washington