best read lately:
Thomas Sugrue’s Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit offers a broad range of facts, knowledge and thoughts concerning the link between racial discrimination and economic opportunity in Detroit following the years of World War II. Although it isn’t the typical genre i prefer to read, (and i was assigned this book for a class), i found Sugrue’s thoughts very intriguing. This book inspired my post: Economic Discrimination
living as an ordinary radical.
shane claiborne, prominent activist and radical, writes The Irresistible Revolution. a true story experience of shane’s faith experience from childhood to college to india. “…this book will comfort the disturbed, disturb the comfortable, and invite believers to change the world with Christ’s radical love.”
for thought:
blue like jazz. donald miller.
peppermint filled pinatas. eric bryant.
mere christianity. cs lewis.
jesus for president. shane claiborne.
battlecry for a generation.
red moon rising.
searching for god knows what. donald miller.
the organic god. margaret feinberg.
the fear of the lord. john bevere.
the purpose driven life. rick warren.
on change and social justice:
everything must change. brian mclaren.
the great awakening. jim wallis.
the revolution, a field manual for changing your world. edited by heather zydek.
adventures in missing the point. brian mclaren and tony campolo.
the irresistible revolution. shane claiborne.
contemporary:
tuesdays with morrie. mitch albom.
the 5 people you’ll meet in heaven. mitch albom.
erwin mcmanus books:
soul cravings.
the barbarian way.
an unstoppable force.
uprising.
chasing daylight.
rob bell books:
sex god.
velvet elvis.
on urban change/development and planning:
the city in history. lewis mumford.
the death and life of great american cities. jane jacobs.
the city of quartz. mike davis.
origins of the urban crisis. thomas sugrue.
on community economics:
making a place for community.
on theories of politics and/or political violence:
the lesser evil. michael ignatieff.
on violence. hannah arendt.
political writings. john locke.
the politics. aristotle.
