Recommended Books

Cover for The Myth of a Christian Religion by Gregory A BoydFor those out there wanting more reading with thought similar to mine, here are my top 12 recommended books. I had a hard time at the bottom of the list deciding which two out of the last five to leave off to make it an even 10, but 12 is a more biblical number anyway so let's go with that. Most of it I would agree with, although not all of it. In some cases I just thought it was great for getting me thinking even if I didn't end up at all the same results. The order is in approximately my order for what I'd suggest first.

  1. The Myth of a Christian Religion: Losing Your Religion for the Beauty of a Revolution by Greg Boyd
  2. The End of Religion: Encountering the Subversive Spirituality of Jesus by Bruxy Cavey
  3. Across The Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology by Greg Boyd and Paul Eddy
  4. The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why by Phyllis Tickle
  5. The Nonviolent Atonement by J. Denny Weaver
  6. A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith by Brian McLaren
  7. God of the Possible: A Biblical Introduction to an Open View of God by Greg Boyd
  8. The Evolution of God by Robert Wright
  9. Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution by John Howard Yoder, edited by Theodore J. Koontz and Andy Alexis-Baker
  10. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
  11. I Sold My Soul on eBay: Viewing Faith Through an Atheist's Eyes by Hemant Mehta
  12. Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith by Rob Bell