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2012 Reading List


This was my reading list for 2012!

Note:  I try to read a range of books - from hyper fundamentalists to heretics.  Not all books reflect my theological views.
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Four Views on Hell - William Crockett (Author), Stanley N. Gundry (Series Editor), John F. Walvoord (Contributor), Zachary J. Hayes (Contributor), Clark H. Pinnock (Contributor)
A Royal Priesthood?  The Use of the Bible Ethically and Politically - Dialogue with Oliver O’Donovan
Blue Parakeet - Scot McKnight
God is Not One - Stephen Prothero
War and the American Difference:  Theological Reflections on Violence and National Identity
- Stanley Hauerwas
Laying Down the Sword:  Why We Can’t Ignore the Bible’s Violent Verses
- Philip Jenkins
Coffeehouse Theology - Ed Cyzewski
Church in the Present Tense - Scot McKnight (Author), Kevin Corcoran (Author), Peter Rollins (Author), Jason Clark (Author)
Surprised by Meaning - Alister McGrath
Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? - C. John Collins
The Evolution of Adam - Peter Enns
Is God a Moral Monster? - Paul Copan
With:  Reimagining the Way You Relate to God - Skye Jethani
Scripture between Identity and Creativity: A Hermeneutical Theory Building upon Four Interpretations of Job - Pieter Martinus Wisse
Questions to All Your Answers - Roger Olson
The Hermeneutics of Charity - James KA Smith, Henry Isaac Venema (Editors)
How to Read the Bible For All Its Worth - Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart
Scripture and the Authority of God - NT Wright
Cruel Harvest, A Memoir - Fran Elizabeth Grubb
Biblical Hermeneutics:  5 Views - Porter and Stovell (Editors)
Inspiration and Incarnation - Peter Enns
The Bible Made Impossible - Christian Smith
An Introduction to Second Temple Judaism - Lester L. Grabbe
Neighbors and Wise Men - Tony Kriz
Scribes, Visionaries and the Politics of Second Temple Judea - Richard A Horsley
Triune Atonement - Andrew Sung Park
Following God Through Mark:  Theological Tension in the Second Gospel - Ira Brent Driggers
Red Letter Revolution - Shane Claiborne and Tony Campolo
Insurrection - Peter Rollins (suggested by Ana Patricia)
A Theology of Liberation - Gustavo Guiterrez (suggested by flammetta)
The King Jesus Gospel - Scot McKnight
The Sacredness of Questioning Everything - David Dark
A Religion Against Itself - Robert Jenson

About Alvin Rapien _______________
I am a theology nerd (theonerd). My main interests include hermeneutics (philosophical and exegetical), the social-historical contexts of Scripture, and ecumenism.
I like reading, running, and drinking coffee.
I have a wonderful girlfriend named Aubrey .
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