Jonathan’s Comments (group member since Aug 27, 2011)

Jonathan’s comments from the Challenge: 50 Books group.

17) Bound for Beatitude: A Thomistic Study in Eschatology and Ethics by Reinhard Hütter

16) The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods, vol. 1: Presargonic Period (2700-2350 BC), edited by Douglas R. Frayne

15) The Pope: His Mission and His Task by Gerhard Ludwig Müller

14) Aquinas, Original Sin, and the Challenge of Evolution by Daniel W. Houck

13) Summa Theologiae, vol. 28: Law and Political Theory (1a2ae.90-97) by St. Thomas Aquinas and translated by Thomas Gilby

12) When Did Sin Begin? Human Evolution and the Doctrine of Original Sin by Loren D. Haarsma

11) From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology by John Dyer

10) The Church as Paradise and the Way Therein: Early Christian Appropriation of Genesis 3:22–24 by Christopher A. Graham

9) When Did Eve Sin?: The Fall and Biblical Historiography by Jeffrey J. Niehaus

8) Perelandra: A Novel by C.S. Lewis

7) It Is Right and Just: Why the Future of Civilization Depends on True Religion by Scott Hahn and Brandon McGinley

6) The Origin of Humanity and Evolution: Science and Scripture in Conversation by Andrew Ter Ern Loke

5) Summa Theologiae, vol. 27: Effects of Sin, Stain and Guilt (1a2ae.86-89) by St. Thomas Aquinas and translated by T. C. O'Brien

4) Summa Theologiae, vol. 26: Original Sin (1a2ae.81-85) by St. Thomas Aquinas and translated by T. C. O'Brien

3) The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science is Rewriting Their Story by Dimitra Papagianni and Michael A. Morse

2) Summa Theologiae, vol. 25: Sin (1a2ae.71-80) by St. Thomas Aquinas and translated by John Fearon

In the year 2007, I read 79 books.
In the year 2008, I read 100 books.
In the year 2009, I read 165 books.
In the year 2010, I read 145 books.
In the year 2011, I read 82 books.
In the year 2012, I read 62 books.
In the year 2013, I read 90 books.
In the year 2014, I read 87 books.
In the year 2015, I read 126 books.
In the year 2016, I read 113 books.
In the year 2017, I read 153 books.
In the year 2018, I read 100 books.
In the year 2019, I read 102 books.
In the year 2020, I read 64 books.
In the year 2021, I read 117 books.
In the year 2022, I read 65 books.
In the year 2023, I read 116 books.

Last year I managed to exceed my stated goal pretty nicely, despite a number of personal challenges - several minor surgeries, starting to pursue a new degree (MLIS), the usual demands of the pastorate, more Covid, and so forth.

In light of that, I'm reasonably confident that 80 is a realistic goal for this year, provided coursework doesn't kill me.

I begin with the following:

1) Eve's Children: The Biblical Stories Retold and Interpreted in Jewish and Christian Traditions (Themes in Biblical Narrative 5), edited by Gerard P. Luttikhuizen

116) Summa Theologiae, vol. 24: The Gifts of the Spirit (1a2ae.68-70) by St. Thomas Aquinas and translated by Edward D. O'Connor

115) Summa Theologiae, vol. 23: Virtue (1a2ae.55-67) by St. Thomas Aquinas and translated by W. D. Hughes

114) Short of Glory: A Biblical and Theological Exploration of the Fall by Mitchell L. Chase