Matthew Loftus 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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What Are Christians For?: Life Together at the End of the World
Jake MeadorMatthew LoftusI gotta say that @jake_meador's book "What Are Christians For?" is a solid read. He shows how colonialism, racism, environmental destruction, and our current sexual chaos are all the result of a disregard for the natural order -- and what to do about it. https://t.co/0aidJlniW2
Hardcover, 2022
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice
Wendell BerryMatthew Loftus"No individual person is purely a settler or an exploiter, but perhaps every person must submit to the rule of one law or the other." - Wendell Berry, in an excerpt from his new book (!) "The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice" https://t.co/nqwvXWM9R0
Paperback, 2022
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry
Paul StarrMatthew LoftusFascinating details here from Paul Starr's The Social Transformation of American Medicine on how the American Federation of Labor helped scuttle compulsory health insurance. https://t.co/BN9gV8Oz5X
Paperback, 2017
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Flourishing: Health, Disease, and Bioethics in Theological Perspective
Neil MesserMatthew Loftus"Flourishing" by Neil Messer is a really great book that doesn't seem to get enough love in health/theology circles. Takes up a bunch of solid, foundational questions about health and disease in theological context: https://t.co/Qq94ta0auU
Paperback, 2013
$36.50$18.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries
Rodney StarkMatthew Loftus@The_CaptH go read The Rise of Christianity by Rodney Stark. You are speaking based on inspirational anecdotes, not historical evidence.
Paperback, 1997
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics
Oliver O'DonovanMatthew Loftus"The resurrection of Christ, upon which Christian ethics is founded, vindicates the created order in this double sense: it redeems it and it transforms it."- Oliver O'Donovan, Resurrection and Moral Order
Paperback, 1994
$30.50$15.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline of Evangelical Ethics
O. O'DonovanMatthew Loftus"The resurrection of Christ, upon which Christian ethics is founded, vindicates the created order in this double sense: it redeems it and it transforms it."- Oliver O'Donovan, Resurrection and Moral Order
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Begotten or Made
Oliver O'DonovanMatthew LoftusFew books get more relevant with age; Begotten or Made is one of them. Get your copy now! https://t.co/4bqkRSPJXe
Paperback, 1984
$59.00$34.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Animal Farm: (Annotated Edition)
George OrwellMatthew Loftus"In fact, many liberators did end up like the pigs in George Orwell’s Animal Farm – retaining or recreating the very same colonial structures they had once railed against." https://t.co/BNM00xUdVC
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Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition
George OrwellMatthew Loftus"In fact, many liberators did end up like the pigs in George Orwell’s Animal Farm – retaining or recreating the very same colonial structures they had once railed against." https://t.co/BNM00xUdVC
Paperback, Mass Market, 2004
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book