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Three African-American Classics by W.E.B. DuBois

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Preaching& Preachers by Martyn Lloyd-Jones

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Calvin: Origins and Development of His Religious Thought

by Franecois Wendel

bookshelves: re-reading, currently-reading

read in February, 2008

My rating:

Al said: "A fine scholarly work written as a general introduction for the non-specialist."

Aug 04, 2011 04:13pm · see review

Al is currently reading:

Christian Theology: An Introduction

by Alister E. McGrath

bookshelves: currently-reading

My rating:

Al said: "Seems an excellent summary so far and well written for the non-specialist.

I could imagine this text being the basis for a study group...."

Aug 30, 2010 02:50pm · see review

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Al gave to: On the Edge of the Primeval Forest/More from the Primeval Forest by Albert Schweitzer read in December, 2011	My rating:
Am currently reading Albert Schweitzer's collection of contemporary reports from his time as a missionary doctor in what at the time was the French colony of Equatorial Africa (now Gabon) from 1912 to 1917. The reports are grouped together in the boo...more
Dec 28, 2011 10:53am · see review
Al gave to: Calvin: Origins and Development of His Religious Thought by Franecois Wendel read in February, 2008	My rating:
A fine scholarly work written as a general introduction for the non-specialist.
Aug 04, 2011 04:13pm · see review
Al marked as to-read: Words Of Life: Scripture As The Living And Active Word Of God by Timothy Ward	My rating:
Aug 04, 2011 03:39pm
Al gave to: Paul's Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in Their Cultural Setting by Robert J. Banks	My rating:
Jul 26, 2011 03:37pm
Al marked as to-read: Common Objects of Love: Moral Reflection and the Shaping of Community; The 2001 Stob Lectures by Oliver O'Donovan	My rating:
Jul 18, 2011 02:57pm
Al marked as to-read: Why God Won't Go Away: Is the New Atheism Running on Empty? by Alister E. McGrath	My rating:
Jul 18, 2011 02:38pm
Al marked as to-read: Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More by John C. Medaille	My rating:
Jul 18, 2011 02:36pm
Al gave to: The Reformers and Their Stepchildren by Leonard Verduin read in July, 2011	My rating:
Verduin explores the often-misunderstood and sometimes maligned "left wing" of the Protestant Reformation of the C16 who, while embracing the Protestant doctrine of justification, went further in their vision of the nature of the church. Unlike Calv...more
Jul 07, 2011 12:11pm · see review
Al marked as to-read: From Irenaeus to Grotius: A Sourcebook in Christian Political Thought 100-1625 by Oliver O'Donovan	My rating:
Just finished intro to section on the Patristic age in which the author outlines the different factors that influenced early Christian attempts to express a theology of politics: 1. Life pre- and post-Constintine 2. Importance of the issue of milit...more
Jul 07, 2011 12:10pm · see review
Al marked as to-read: Kierkegaard and radical discipleship: a new perspective. by Unknown Author 139	My rating:
Jul 07, 2011 12:10pm