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Here We Go Reading Books in May

Four murder mysteries, two spy novels and four books on mission: some of what I got round to reading this month.

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Books I Have Read: Vulnerable Mission

‘I have little doubt as to the good intentions of the vast majority of mission efforts from the North to the South today. I do doubt whether many practitioners in the North understand what is happening in the South.’

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Books I Have Read: Letters on Missions

A failed missionary writes an impassioned plea for others to get involved in the work that he couldn’t do. Fascinating stuff from the late 1700s.

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Books I Have Read: May Meandering

The books I’ve read and studied over the last month, when I wasn’t reading and studying for work. This is a theology-free zone.

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Books I Have Read: Mission Matters – Love Says Go

An enthusiastic short review of an excellent book. You really should buy it.

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Books I Have Read: The Church and The World

If you run a theological or mission library, you really should have a copy of this book on your shelves. There is a lot of good stuff in here that students will want to turn to for a wide range of essay and seminar topics.

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Books I Have Read: For Their Rock Is Not As Our Rock

This is an excellent introduction to the theology of religions. However, there are lots of long words and quite a few Latin phrases; it isn’t an easy read – but it is worth it.

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Books I Have Read: The Shepherd’s Life

“If we want to understand the people in the foothills of Afghanistan, we may need to try and understand the people in the foothills of England.” This may well be the best book I will read this year and you should read it, too.

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Books I Have Read: March Miscellany

From a novel loosely based on the blues to a tour of the languages of Europe, by way of Ancient Rome, 1970s London, the Suez Canal and the highlands of Scotland. My bed-time reading this month.

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Books I Have Read: Surprised By Scripture

“In the New Testament the second Coming is not the point at which Jesus snatches people up, away from the earth to live for ever with him somewhere else, but the point at which he returns to reign not only in heaven but upon the earth. “