JB's Challenge List for 2016

[Exanimis]

Congratulations, on reading 2/3rds of your goal for the year. I admire you dedication to your chosen subject matter.

[Jonathan]

51) Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film by Glenn Kurtz

[Jonathan]

Thank you very much, Exanimis!

52) West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story by Tamim Ansary

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53) The Contemporary Arab Reader on Political Islam, edited by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi

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54) The Patient Ferment of the Early Church: The Improbable Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire by Alan Kreider

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55) The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows by James Bryan Smith

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56) In the Shade of the Qur'an Vol. 1 (Fi Zilal al-Qur'an): Surah 1 Al-Fatihah & Surah 2 Al-Baqarah by Sayyid Qutb

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57) Your God Is Too Safe: Rediscovering the Wonder of a God You Can't Control by Mark Buchanan

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58) Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 by Charles Murray

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59) Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus by C. Christopher Smith and John Pattison

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60) The Fractured Republic: Renewing America’s Social Contract in the Age of Individualism by Yuval Levin

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61) Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time by Jeremy Courtney

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62) When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty by Hugh Kennedy

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63) Muslims in Non-Muslim Lands: A Legal Study with Applications by Amjad M. Mohammed

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64) Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots by Thomas S. Kidd

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65) Amends by Eve Tushnet

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66) Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

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67) Jesus in the Qur'an by Geoffrey Parrinder

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68) A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World by Paul E. Miller

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69) Refuting ISIS: Second Edition by Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi

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70) If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty by Eric Metaxas

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71) Tree of Salvation: Yggdrasil and the Cross in the North by G. Ronald Murphy

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72) Islamism: What it Means for the Middle East and the World by Tarek Osman

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73) The Complete Works of Liudprand of Cremona, translated by Paolo Squatriti

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74) Faith in the Voting Booth: Practical Wisdom for Voting Well by Leith Anderson and Galen Carey

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75) Islam and Revolution I: Writings and Declarations of Imam Khomeini by Sayyid Ruhollah Moosavi Khomeini and translated by Hamid Algar

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76) Unchanging Witness: The Consistent Christian Teaching on Homosexuality in Scripture and Tradition by S. Donald Fortson and Rollin G. Grams

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77) Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies by St. Gregory Palamas and edited/translated by Christopher Veniamin

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78) The Shari'a and Islamic Criminal Justice in Time of War and Peace by M. Cherif Bassiouni

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79) The Art of Neighboring: Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside Your Door by Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon

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80) Black Flags: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the Islamic State by Joby Warrick

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81) Church, World, Mission: Reflections on Orthodoxy and the West by Alexander Schmemann

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82) The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History by Robert Tracy McKenzie

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83) The Principles of State and Government in Islam by Muhammad Asad

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84) Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich

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85) From Embers to a Flame: How God Can Revitalize Your Church by Harry L. Reeder III

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86) It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian: How the Community of God Transforms Lives by Tod E. Bolsinger

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87) The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus: The True Life and Trials of Nicholas of Myra by Adam C. English

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88) The Good and Beautiful Life: Putting on the Character of Christ by James Bryan Smith

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89) Initiative to Stop the Violence: Sadat's Assassins and the Renunciation of Political Violence by al-Gama'ah al-Islamiyah and translated by Sherman A. Jackson

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90) Sermon on the Mount by Scot McKnight

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91) Sermon On The Mount: Restoring Christ's Message to the Modern Church by Charles L. Quarles

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92) Paper Memory: A Sixteenth-Century Townsman Writes His World by Matthew Lundin

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93) The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 10: Sermons and Discourses, 1720-1723 - obviously by Jonathan Edwards

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94) The Sermon on the Mount: The Character of a Disciple by Daniel M. Doriani

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95) Writings Against the Saracens by Peter the Venerable

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96) Old Testament Narratives, edited and translated by Daniel Anlezark

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97) The Diary of Edmund Harrold, Wigmaker of Manchester, 1712-1715, written by Edmund Harrold and edited by Craig Horner

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98) The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 13: The "Miscellanies", Entry Nos. a-z, aa-zz, 1-500 by Jonathan Edwards

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99) Izetbegović of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Notes from Prison, 1983-1988 by Alija Izetbegović