Jon’s Reading List

This stuff is here because people ask, and I forget. I’ll try to add links to powells.com and reviews and such later… Updated now for 2006…

LibraryThing.com

I’m experimenting with a new service called LibraryThing, which allows users to post the contents of their personal libraries. Entries can be “tagged” with arbitrary tags; I’ve created some tags to maintain the lists below. You can find my user profile here. If you are so inclined, you can find an RSS feed which tracks recent additions.

Currently Reading:

See LibraryThing: andersoj currently-reading.

• Maddox, Randy L.: Responsible Grace: John Wesley’s Practical Theology
• Foster, Richard: Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home
• Chittister, Joan: The Rule of Benedict: Insights for the Ages
• Buechner, Frederick: The Eyes of the Heart : A Memoir of the Lost and Found

To Do List:

See LibraryThing: andersoj to-do

• Buttazzo, Giorgio: Soft Real-Time Systems: Predictability vs. Efficiency[a]
• Lynch, Nancy: Distributed Algorithms
• MacIntyre, Alasdair: After Virtue — An unexpected gift from my cousin…
• Michalewicz, Zbigniew and David Fogel: How to Solve It: Modern Heuristics
• Peterson, Eugene: Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, Eerdmans. [a][christian century review (via findarticles)]
  [MHAJ interview][MHAJ#75]

Periodicals I’m Reading:

This is just a quick list of the periodicals I read with some diligence. More to come… If you’re interested in a more up-to-date list, see my daily reading link list.

• Christian Century
• Books & Culture
• New York Review of Books
• Sojourners
• Mars Hill Audio Journal
• First Things

2006 Completed Books:

See LibraryThing: andersoj completed in 2006

• Kidd, Sue Monk: Secret Life of Bees. [Loaned from Susan]

2005 Completed Books:

See LibraryThing: andersoj completed in 2005

Alas. I keep adding things to this list before they ever hit the “currently reading” list. And the contents of the “currently reading” list seem to betray a lack of attention. Sorry. Hopefully the act of writing the list will create a bit of accountability. –JA

• Coetzee, J.M.: Disgrace [a] Recommendation from Kevin Stoller
• Sacks, Jonathan: Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations (Sunday School text at Blacksburg Presbyterian)
• Sacks, Jonathan: To Heal a Fractured World : The Ethics of Responsibility[publisher’s site]
• Culler, Singh, and Gupta: Parallel Computer Architecture : A Hardware/Software Approach, Kaufmann, ISBN 1558603433. [a] [culler’s home]
  Course text for VT course ECE5504, Computer Architecture.
• Kumar, Anurag, D. Manjunath, Joy Kuri : Communication Networking : An Analytical Approach, Kaufman, ISBN 0124287514. [a]
  Course text for VT course ECE5565, Network Architecture and Protocols.
• Kurose & Ross: Computer Networking : A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0321227352. [a] [aw home][text home]
  Course text for VT course ECE5565, Network Architecture and Protocols.
• Smith, Dave: To Be of Use : The Seven Seeds of Meaningful Work[a]
• McGrath, Alister:Knowing Christ, Doubleday, 2002. [a][author’s page]
• Butazzo, Giorgio C.: Hard Real-Time Computing Systems: Predictable Scheduling Algorithms and Applications (course text for Dr. Ravindran’s RT class at VT)
• Weigel, George: The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God [a]
• Wilsey, Sean:Oh, the Glory of it All
• LaMott, Anne: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
• Tickle, Phyllis: The Shaping of a Life
• Schut, Michael, ed.: Simpler Living, Compassionate Life: A Christian Perspective
• Fowler, James W.: Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning [fowler@emory]
• Hendra, Tony: Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul. [a][randomhouse][FT review][hendra’s page][commonweal review]
• Winner, Lauren: Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity - [A][beliefnet excerpt]
• Haddon, Mark: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Vintage, 2004 — I read this during an incredibly problematic airplane trip, and the time flew by. Haddon’s work is is straightforward, endearing, challenging, and (darkly) funny. Strongly recommended. [Haddon Interview]
• Cobb, John B. Jr.: Sustainability: Economics, Ecology, and Justice Available in full-text online at [religion-online]
• Webber, Christopher L.: A User’s Guide to the Holy Eucharist Rites I & II: A User’s Guide to the Book of Common Prayer
• Howard, Thomas: Evangelical is Not Enough: Worship of God in Liturgy and Sacrament — [Some extended Howard quotes]
• Shea, Mark P.: By What Authority?: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition
• Sayers, Dorothy: Letters to a Diminished Church: Passionate Arguments for the Relevance of Christian Doctrine
• Johnson, Luke Timothy: The Real Jesus: The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of the Traditional Gospels
• McGrath, Alister: In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How it Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture
• Leiva-Merikakis, Erasmo: The Way of the Disciple
• Henry, Patrick: The Ironic Christian’s Companion (I’d say don’t bother.)
• Daniell, David: The Bible in English: Its History and Influence
• Greene, Janet, Ruth Herzberg, and Beatrice Vaughan: Putting Food By, 4th ed.
• Wallis, Jim: God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets it Wrong and Left Doesn’t Get It
• Lathrop, Gordon W.: Holy Things: A Liturgical Theology

Older Stuff:

• Sifton, Elizabeth: The Serenity Prayer: Faith and Politics in Times of Peace and War
• Dawn, Marva: Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down
• Wright, N.T.: What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity?
• Winner, Lauren: Girl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life[a]
• Winner, Lauren: Mudhouse Sabbath [a]
• Kunstler, James Howard: Home from Nowhere: Remaking Our Everyday World for the 21st Century