Spirituality and Religion
May 2023

Recent Releases
Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says About the End
by Bart D. Ehrman

What it's about: popular misconceptions about the biblical Apocalypse, with a deep dive into the text and context of the Book of Revelation.

Don't miss: the examination of the social and political consequences of misunderstandings about Armageddon throughout history.

About the author: Bart D. Ehrman is a bestselling New Testament scholar whose previous work includes Misquoting Jesus and Jesus Before the Gospels. 
Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or, How I Stumbled and...
by Peter Enns

What it is: a persuasive and engaging treatise in favor of developing a relationship with your faith that can handle the titular "curveballs" life throws your way.

Topics include: scripture-based arguments in favor of flexibility; the Bible as a "messy, complex, dense mine of wisdom."

Reviewers say: Curveball is "
a convincing, accessible argument for facing religious uncertainty head-on, and will leave readers with insights about using doubt to enrich one’s faith" (Publishers Weekly). 
Christendom: The Triumph of A Religion, A.D. 300-1300
by Peter Heather

What it's about: Christianity's journey from a small sect of scattered, isolated groups of believers to a continent-spanning movement with connections in the highest circles of power.

Don't miss: an illuminating and richly detailed section about the Christianization of northwest Europe and the unique strategies missionaries deployed there. 

About the author:  
Peter Heather is a historian of late antiquity and early medieval Europe and professor at King's College London.
The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science
by Alan Lightman

What it's about: "Spiritual materialism" or the idea that a scientific worldview can (and maybe should) coexist with spirituality.

Read it for: the lyrical and engaging writing and thought-provoking questions it raises.

About the author: In addition to his scholarly work, professor, physicist, and writer Alan Lightman is also known for his fiction, including Einstein's Dream and Three Flames.  
All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
by Beth Moore

What it is: a candid, inspiring memoir about joining -- then leaving -- the Southern Baptist Convention and finding a more sustainable way of engaging with faith during politically fraught times. 

Reviewers say: "The frank views expressed in this remembrance will divide opinion, but the quality of Moore’s writing is indisputable" (Kirkus Reviews).

You might also like: Where the Light Fell by Philip Yancey or Becoming Free Indeed by Jinger Vuolo.
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