David W. Congdon Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Senior Editor, @Kansas_Press @dwceditor | instructor @udseminary | New book: WHO IS A TRUE CHRISTIAN? (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
Heavenly Fatherland: German Missionary Culture and Globalization in the Age of Empire
Jeremy BestDavid W. CongdonNew open access article by Jeremy Best (author of the excellent 2021 book Heavenly Fatherland) on the way German missionary fundraising was connected to German nationalism in 1913. https://t.co/I27cjtwXeZ
Hardcover, 2021
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Polydoxy: Explorations in a Philosophy of Liberal Religion
Alvin J. ReinesDavid W. Congdon@alex_blondeau @JazzRobertson @AUSpur @nc_clair @DavidDark @AnnaCaudill4 @danscott77 Just chiming in to say I endorse the above, including the Rumi and Tillich quotes. That’s basically what I’m arguing. In my book I propose a version of polydoxy, derived from the Reform Jewish theologian Alvin Reines.
Hardcover, 1987
$41.99$21.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Overstory
Richard PowersDavid W. CongdonFinished Richard Powers's latest novel this week, which is a gut-wrenching, astrobiological follow up to The Overstory. Powers further explores the relation between ecojustice and neurodiversity that his previous novel began, but here it's set against a Trumpian dystopia. https://t.co/pZvT8b2Vr7
Paperback, 2019
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World
Katharine GerbnerDavid W. Congdon@Historian_Steve @DwilloCa @devoretext I can't speak to other religions, but in Christianity this is due to a combination of Platonic thought and an emphasis on eschatological salvation. But this same Platonism meant that it rarely translated into an idea of bodily equality (see Katharine Gerbner's Christian Slavery).
Paperback, 2019
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon JamesDavid W. CongdonLastly, I have to mention Marlon James's MOON WITCH, SPIDER KING, which is the second book in his Dark Star trilogy following BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF. This one impressed me even more than the first, and I am excited to read the conclusion. https://t.co/xdpUHu0fpE
Paperback, 2020
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Hunger Games
Suzanne CollinsDavid W. CongdonAgain, not expecting much here, but Suzanne Collins has really leaned into her anarcho-libertarianism with this awful, awful prequel to the Hunger Games trilogy. There's nothing enjoyable about this book. It rips off the best parts of the first book but with terrible characters. https://t.co/jgui5VuXhs
Hardcover, 2010
$33.35$16.67 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Ritual Animal: Imitation and Cohesion in the Evolution of Social Complexity
Harvey WhitehouseDavid W. CongdonOne of the book recs that I got from @maklelan was Whitehouse's THE RITUAL ANIMAL and now I'm working on a lecture about it for my class. It should be required reading. Among other things, it explains the militancy of white Christian nationalism better than anything else. https://t.co/8SYPncqYqH
Hardcover, 2022
$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Liberation Day: Stories
George SaundersDavid W. Congdon@Lady_Historian I just finished the latest Monk & Robot book and that series is incredible. George Saunders’s Liberation Day has a great audio cast. Kevin Wilson’s Now Is Not the Time to Panic. Celeste Ng’s Our Missing Hearts. Heather Radke’s Butts.
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Dangers of Christian Practice: On Wayward Gifts, Characteristic Damage, and Sin
Lauren F. WinnerDavid W. CongdonThe @synd_network panel on Lauren Winner's The Dangers of Christian Practice has been good so far. I especially like the exchange between Lerone Martin and Winner. Highly relevant to the descriptive/normative debate over reprehensible Christian activity. https://t.co/AUTHfkiY3O
Hardcover, 2018
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony DoerrDavid W. CongdonI finished Anthony Doerr's new novel CLOUD CUCKOO LAND last week and *highly* recommend it to all bibliophiles, but especially for classicists and those who have even a passing interest in ancient manuscripts and the way texts travel through time and cultures. https://t.co/4mtsef1Z0f
Paperback, 2022
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