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Right now, I'm reading St. Francis of Assisi by G.K. Chesterton. I'm about half way through and I really like it. This is first writing of his that I've read.
The first of his? PLEASE read Orthodoxy first then The Everlasting Man. I will do that. I own The Everlasting Man but I will have to get Orthodoxy from the library. I plan on reading both. Although I like both books, I have always appreciated Everlasting Man a great deal more. Thanks. I will definitely read that next. I really like St. Francis of Assisi. Its short, but a really good read. It opened up my eyes quite a bit to St. Francis. I have the second volume of the Chesterton collected works which contains St. Francis, The Everlasting Man, and St. Thomas Aquinas. |
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I have read "The Ratzinger Report," which came out when he was still a Cardinal, I think. And I also read his book "Jesus of Nazareth." I enjoyed them both. Haven't read his book on Holy Week yet.
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The first of his? PLEASE read Orthodoxy first then The Everlasting Man. I will do that. I own The Everlasting Man but I will have to get Orthodoxy from the library. I plan on reading both. Although I like both books, I have always appreciated Everlasting Man a great deal more. Thanks. I will definitely read that next. I really like St. Francis of Assisi. Its short, but a really good read. It opened up my eyes quite a bit to St. Francis. I have the second volume of the Chesterton collected works which contains St. Francis, The Everlasting Man, and St. Thomas Aquinas. Hey, that's the one I have.  |
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Just went on Audible, and I found this: "'Nine for the Devil: A John the Lord Chamberlain Mystery, Book 9.'" It's by Mary Reed. The blurb reads as follows: "The year is 548, and Empress Theodora is dead of disease. Such is the belief of everyone in Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire - everyone except Emperor Justinian, who orders John, his Lord Chamberlain, to find her murderer or suffer the consequences. There is no sign of foul play, but many of the aristocrats at the imperial court had good reason to want Theodora dead. Suspects include General Artabanes, forced to occupy a house with an unloved wife, and Justinian’s cousin Germanus, who has seen his career blocked. Also suspect are Antonina and her husband, General Belisarius, enraged by Theodora’s attempt to marry their daughter to her grandson by compelling the young couple to live together. Could the exiled and much hated former tax collector John the Cappadocian have played a role? Might Gaius, palace physician, have tampered with Theodora’s medication? Pope Vigilius, who was detained in the capital due to a religious controversy, is not above suspicion. Even friends of John the Lord Chamberlain are acting strangely, including Anatolius the lawyer and Felix, captain of the palace guards. As if it isn’t difficult enough to seek a murderer who seems to be a figment of the emperor’s grief-deranged imagination, John must also grapple with domestic upheavals. His daughter, living on an estate outside of the city, is about to give birth, and his aging servant, Peter, is dying. Will John be able to serve justice, his loved ones, and the emperor?" Wow, the Eastern Empire. Neat!  |
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Wow! John Lord Chamberlain books, I'm going to have to look for those! Patricia Briggs is having a booksigning tonight, and as she's the only NYT bestselling author who's also been a customer of mine, I'm practically obligated to go and buy at least one of her books (such a hardship, lol!). That will cover me for fiction for a while, though.
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« Reply #2264 on: March 13, 2012, 02:13:09 PM » |
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I just got Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat. Her father was Russian Orthodox, so she was raised Orthodox Christian in Iran.
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« Reply #2265 on: March 13, 2012, 02:50:22 PM » |
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Finished the Bible a few weeks ago. Highly recommended.
St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation of the Word of God. It was good to read, but it didn't live up to the hype for me.
How the Irish Saved Civilization: I loved this book, even though I'm not Irish, and in spite of a few inaccuracies.
Currently reading the Phikokalia: besides the Bible, this might be the most exciting thing I've ever read. Some people would find that weird.
Also currently reading Calvin's Institutes, the dimmest view of human nature ever, probably reflecting the state of society around him.
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Ah, yes. A classic Lenten Season read, that one. Some of it is pretty interesting, some... I also recently read a book on free will by Sam Harris. Sort of meh. Was very let down. Let me guess... The Moral Landscape? Okay, I confess: In addition to some Christian books I've been reading for Lent, I've also been dipping into The Borderlands of Science, by Michael Shermer. And I'm about halfway through Demon Haunted World - Science as a Candle in the Dark, by Carl Sagan. Not exactly Lenten reading, either.  |
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LOL@your "Lenten" reading ... it does a mind good! But the book by Harris wasn't The Moral Landscape (which I've also read), but this one:  Very short book, and not a whole lot of meat to it either. At least it didn't read like an I'm-purposely-going-to-be-as-boring-as-possible philosophy text. |
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« Reply #2271 on: March 20, 2012, 04:26:47 PM » |
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Just picked up the newest book by your favorite Bible scholar and mine... . . Bart D. Ehrman!  Here's a snippet from the introduction: "Every week I receive two or three e-mails asking me whether Jesus existed as a human being. When I started getting these e-mails, some years ago now, I thought the question was rather peculiar and I did not take it seriously. Of course Jesus existed. Everyone knows he existed. Don't they?" He argues that, yes, Jesus did exist. Still too early to tell what I think overall, however. EDIT--I said "to" when I should have said "too" |
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« Reply #2278 on: March 28, 2012, 02:30:42 AM » |
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At the moment, I am reading Thomas Merton's The Seven Story Mountain as well as The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris West.
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About 10 years ago I gave my Dad some books, and I just got them back to read again! I feel like it's Christmas morning or something, except in this case I wasn't the one who recently ordered them, waited for them to arrive, opened the box, wrapped them, put them under the tree, and looking on longingly for weeks waiting to open them. Er... in other words, getting them this time came as a surprise, but it's always fun to get books Saint Nektarios: The Saint of Our Century, by Sotos Chondropoulos The Roots of Christian Mysticism: Texts From the Patristic Era With Commentary, by Olivier Clement The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis |
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Spiritual: The Way of the Spirit: Reflection on Life in God
Personal: LOTR (Two Towers presently) I finished American Sphinx and am now working on Doris K Goodwin's Team of Rivals (Lincoln's presidency and cabinet). I finished LOTR and am now working on Game of Thrones, first volume of A Song of Ice and Fire. I'm still working on my spiritual book quoted above. |
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Going to start The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo soon; contemplating starting on A Song of Fire and Ice as well... hmmm...
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