 | Contemplatives in Action: The Jesuit Way by William A. Barry
Buy new: $8.54 / Used from: $2.44 A short read but excellent. Keeping in mind that this is a very specialized area of interest, but if one is interested in Jesuit spirituality in particular or spirituality and missions in general, here's a great book.
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 | DC Versus Marvel Comics by Ron Marz
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $7.49 Just for fun. Brings back a lot of boyhood fun and speculations about who would win in a fight between one hero or another
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 | Utopia (Penguin Classics) by Thomas More
Buy used from: $0.01 Interesting read, to look back at what More thought would be a paradise on earth in the 16th cent; some good thoughts, some silly, he creates a communistic 4-class society w/ little mobility
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 | Jesuits: History and Legend of the Society of Jesus by Manfred Barthel
Buy used from: $0.09 Bathel's text gives a great overview of the Society though not necessarily from a sympathetic perspective. Good writing, storytelling. Facts aren't always correct (de Nobili section makes me cringe)
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| The Ramayana, As Told by Aubrey Menen by Aubrey Menen
Buy used from: $30.00 A fun, well-written way to get the basic story of the Hindu epic. Unapologetically anti-brahmin, however. You'll still need to read an orthodox version.
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 | Hinduism : A Very Short Introduction by Kim Knott
Buy new: $8.60 / Used from: $4.49 This does an excellent job of being exactly what it says it is.
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 | The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights: From the Winchester Manuscripts of Thomas Malory & Other Sources by John Steinbeck
Buy used from: $0.67 This book is just wonderful! Steinbeck really pours his heart into this one and left me very hungry for more.
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| The New Lottie Moon Story by Catherine B. Allen
Buy used from: $7.99 First few chapters are not extremely well-written but the last two-thirds are compelling and inspiring; extremely well-researched throughout; it is the standard Lottie bio right now
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 | From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions by Ruth A. Tucker
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $15.45 If you are mostly interested in protestant, evangelical missions in the last couple centuries, this book is quite exaustive. Catholics and anything pre-reformation is pretty limited. Not a bad read.
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 | Dads Toddlers & Chicken Dance by Peter Downey
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $0.01 Got better towards the end of the book. Not as good as So You're Gonna Be a Dad.
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 | A History of the Christian Church by Williston Walker
Buy new: $46.80 / Used from: $24.54 Great and well-written history; emphasis is on theological development and church controversy
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 | The Meal Jesus Gave Us by Tom Wright
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $4.58 Short and simple but profound and very inspiring; I would consider this a must-read for ministers on the Lord's Supper.
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 | Bread And Wine: Readings For Lent And Easter
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $4.20 The idea for this book rocks and many of the readings are great, others are just so-so, still others pure drivel
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 | Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller
Buy new: $9.74 / Used from: $2.50 Hype aside, this book is actually good. It made me mad and won me over--I think that's best, don't you? It is an honest discussion of Christian spirituality that is good medicine for the believer.
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