Tag: Christianity
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BR305) “The Black Church” Book Review
The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 3/5 rating. 220 pages. Book #21 of 2023. Read June 18, 2023. This book talks all about the Black Church. It is no monolith and is many things in today’s America, but it has had a huge impact on…
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BR248) “The Screwtape Letters” Book Review
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. 2/5 rating. 209 pages. Book #15 of 2022. Read March 13, 2022. These are a series of satirical letters from the demon Screwtape to his protege Wormwood. I didn’t really get the hype about these letters. Screwtape advises Wormwood throughout about a myriad of ways to win over his…
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BR141) “God” Book Review
God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction by Dan Barker. 4/5 rating. 303 pages. Book #66 of 2020. Read September 26, 2020. This was a completely eye-opening book! Dan has extensive knowledge of the bible from his nineteen years of being an evangelical Christian, and eventually a pastor. He became disillusioned and now uses…
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BR52) The Evolution of God Book Review
The Evolution of God by Robert Wright. 4/5 rating. Book #127 of 2019. Read November 12, 2019. This fascinating book takes an anthropological view of religion’s history: tracing the path from hunter-gatherer shamanic religions to the three Abrahamic world religions of today. It first discusses the importance of religion as an arbiter of morality during…