Q & R: What are you reading?
Here’s the Q:
What are you reading these days?
Here’s the R:
I just finished reading two books that I really enjoyed and believe others will enjoy too.
1. Subversive Meals is a book about the original meaning of the eucharist. It is fascinating, well-researched, and yet accessible. It’s an example of what good yet readable religious scholarship looks like. The subject, the eucharist, is tremendously important … and you’ll feel so even more strongly after reading this important book. R. Alan Street deserves your attention in this valuable contribution to ecclesiology, biblical scholarship, and practical ministry.
https://wipfandstock.com/store/Subversive_Meals_An_Analysis_of_the_Lords_Supper_under_Roman_Domination_during_the_First_Century/
2. Culture Moves (Thomas Rochon) explores how cultures change – through critical communities and movements, through the formation of identity and solidarity. Obviously, for my work, this has been an essential book, joining Greg Leffel’s Faith Seeking Action as a primer on social movement theory.
I’m also reading (belatedly) Garrison Keillor’s Life Among the Lutherans. A delight. For fans of Prairie Home Companion, I’ll just say two words: pontoon boat.