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From Byron<\/a>
Rules:
i. List the most helpful book you’ve read in this category;
ii. Describe why you found it helpful; and
iii. Tag five more friends and spread the meme love.<\/p>\n

Prefatory note: this is HARD; if you’ve been reading theology for twenty years how do you assess?? But I’ll be disciplined, and just put one book into each.<\/p>\n

1. Theology
Theology after Wittgenstein, Fergus Kerr. The key to integrating my philosophical and theological interests into some sort of harmony: “That considering the execution of an innocent man is a more promising starting point for sustaining Christian theology than proving that God exists might be one unsurprising conclusion” [flowing from W’s philosophy].<\/p>\n

2. Biblical Theology
The Prophetic Imagination, Walter Brueggemann. Totally shaped how I understand not just the OT but also what I’m supposed to be doing in my ministry.<\/p>\n

3. God
The Darkness of God, Denys Turner. Describes the rigorous intellectual context for the mystical tradition and what it means to talk about God.<\/p>\n

4. Jesus
Jesus and Judaism, EP Sanders. I’d probably disagree with a lot of this now but it was the backbone of the NT part of my degree.<\/p>\n

5. Old Testament
Leviticus as Literature, Mary Douglas. Fascinating and humanising.<\/p>\n

6. New Testament
What St Paul Really Said, Tom Wright. Concise, readable, essential.<\/p>\n

7. Morals
The Peaceable Kingdom, Stanley Hauerwas. Explains why most “Christian Ethics” is nonsense, and what we should be doing instead.<\/p>\n

8. (Church) History
At the Origins of Modern Atheism, William Buckley. The fish rots from the head down.<\/p>\n

9. Biography
The Shame and the Sacrifice, Edwin Robertson. The book that introduced me to Bonhoeffer’s life and thought.<\/p>\n

10. Evangelism
The Forgotten Ways, Alan Hirsch. Need to re-read this, but it’s an excellent manifesto for authentic church – easy to enter but demanding for disciples.<\/p>\n

11. Prayer
The Roots of Christian Mysticism, Olivier Clement. Practical and integrates doctrine and spirituality; also functions as a great introduction to the Church Fathers.<\/p>\n

Tags (exceeding my allowance): your meme, should you choose to accept it: Paul<\/a>, Jon<\/a>, Justin<\/a>, Joe<\/a>, Tim<\/a>, Tim<\/a> and Phil<\/a>.
.<\/p>\n

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