These are book reviews from Joe Burnham. These reviews are part of the curated content and recommended reading suggested in the Abundance Reconstructed newsletter, a monthly email that explores faith on the other side of Christian deconstruction.
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I initially learned about Chris Arnade’s book, Dignity through an interview on The Hill’s YouTube show, Rising. Before the interview ended, I bought the book on Audible and it quickly took the top spot in my playlist. Read more
The morning after Super Tuesday 2020 I picked up Resident Aliens. Deeply discouraged and hurting for our country, I needed something to help me focus my pain on some thing productive. I remember scanning through Hauerwas and Willimon’s work while earning my Masters of Divinity at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, and something told me it …
Amusing Ourselves to Death, originally written in 1985 and then re-released 20 years later, is an opportunity to take a long and hard look in the mirror. Just be prepared to not like what you see. Read more
I bought Intimacy years ago. Apparently, based on a receipt I found marking a page, I picked it up and read at least part of it a couple years ago. Apparently at the time I was not ready to embrace its offerings. However, last week, I picked it up again and the second essay brought …
I picked up Soulcraft at the recommendation of Dan Dolquist of Wild Village. I originally connected to Dan through Illuman, a men’s group founded by Father Richard Rohr. The connection came at the perfect time to join his yearlong Bad to the Bone experience. I previously mentioned this at the end of my review of We. …
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