Books!

Books have guided me on my spiritual and activism journey. It seems there is usually another book with my name on it just around the corner.

Here is a list of some books of rather recent vintage that have guided this Peace Advocate and provided the backdrop to my blog. I provide the list by author and group by subject or relatedness. The year given is the year of publication. I share these books to let folks know where I am coming from and with hope that some may perk readers' interest. There are a number of other books by some of these authors that readers may find helpful.


I will have to give some credit to my husband. He and I have both had a chance to read the last few years since our children have been grown and he has retired. He has pointed out a number of them to me and we have had some good discussions.

Karen Armstrong ~ 

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  A History of God (1993)
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  Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths (1996)
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  The Battle for God: Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (2000)
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  The Great Transformation: The Beginning of our Religious Traditions (2006)

John Dominic Crossan ~

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  Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994)
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  With Jonathan Reed ~ In Search of Paul: How Jesus' Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdom (2004)
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  God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now (2007)

Marcus J. Borg ~

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  The Heart of Christianity (2003)
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  Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary (2006)

John Dominic Crossan and Marcus J. Bog ~

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  The first Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus' Birth (2007)

Brian D. McLaren ~

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  Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope (2007)

Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin ~

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  Three Cups of Tea : One Man's Mission to Fight Terror and Build Nations--One School at a Time (2006) 

Greg Mortenson ~

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  Stones into Schools : Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan (2009)   

 Malalai Joya with Derrick O'Keefe ~ 

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  A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice (2009)