{"id":2283,"date":"2012-12-17T05:37:49","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T09:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=2283"},"modified":"2013-06-11T12:31:26","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T16:31:26","slug":"holiday-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=2283","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>At this time of year, among other things I’m often thinking of what I might read over the holidays, and I typically have in mind more books than I can possibly get to. So I thought I’d share the books recently purchased or received (often due to the generosity of my colleague, Ben Mitchell) which I have before me hoping to get to them- at least some of them- over the break.<\/p>\n

I’ve been waiting to read Brian Godawa’s Enoch Primordial: Chronicles of the Nephilim, The Lost Book Two<\/em><\/a>. My enjoyment of the first book in this series (commented on here<\/a>) has made me anticipate this prequel. And, actually, since starting work on this piece I’ve finished this one! It’s a great story in line with the previous volume of Godawa’s series.<\/p>\n

For Christmas I’m reading Douglas Wilson’s God Rest Ye Merry: Why Christmas is the Foundation for Everything<\/a> <\/em>and just starting Adam English’s The Saint Who Would be Santa Claus: The True Life and Trials of Nicholas of Myra<\/em><\/a>. Wilson is a great writer with good insight on culture and biblical theology which is great for a book on Christmas. I’ve long been interested in Adam English’s topic so this is another book I’ve had my eye on.<\/p>\n

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I still haven’t read Hunter Baker’s The End of Secularism<\/a>,<\/em> and he kindly gave me a copy. His thesis only becomes more and more relevant. I’ve been wanting to read some more A. J. Conyers, and recently picked up The Listening Heart: Vocation and the Crisis of Modern Culture<\/em><\/a> & The Long Truce: How Toleration Made the World Safe for Power and Profit.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

In November I saw Paul R. Kolbet’s Augustine and the Cure of Souls: Revising a Classical Ideal<\/a>,<\/em> and it caught my interest. I don’t know the author, but the early church’s leading theologian on a topic dear to my heart- oh yeah!\u00a0 Harold Bloom’s The Shadow of a Great Rock: A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible<\/a><\/em> is a continuation of my interest in the KJV. I’ve been very interested in Tim Grass’s F. F. Bruce: A Life<\/em><\/a> especially after Ben Mitchell’s strong commendation. Ben also pointed me to Marilyn Chandler McEntyre, Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies<\/a> <\/em>which looks very compelling.\u00a0 Lastly, I picked up Daniel Grotta’s J. R. R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle Earth <\/a><\/em>due to Louis Markos’s recommendation in his book On the Shoulders of Hobbits<\/a><\/em> which I enjoyed last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At this time of year, among other things I’m often thinking of what I might read over the holidays, and I typically have in mind more books than I can possibly get to. So I thought I’d share the books recently purchased or received (often due to the generosity of my colleague, Ben Mitchell) which …<\/p>\n

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