I've been reading Swedish mysteries lately, the Kurt Wallander series by Henning Mankell. Thirty years ago, you would have to do a nationwide search for an English translation of a Swedish mystery writer. It might take a week or two to get it, if you could get it. The other day I downloaded The White Lioness in about 15 seconds.
I'm looking forward to reading Robert Caro's latest tome on Lyndon Johnson, and am interested in Watergate: A Novel, by Thomas Mallon. I've read several books on Nixon. The best was Nixon Agonistes by Garry Wills. Wills wrote it before Watergate. You could probably say that that book established Wills as a first-rate historian and interpreter of events.
In the past year or so, I've read four or five books by evangelical authors. John's Walton's The Lost World of Genesis 1 interprets the chapter as a hymn to God's creation of the universe. His point would not be controversial at all in mainline protestant circles, or Roman Catholic either. In the evangelical world, however, it will be interesting to see what kind of reception he gets.
Peter Enns' The Evolution of Adam is about the scriptural witness in regard to human origins. Enns argues his non-inerrant, pro-evolution case well. He is both thorough and concise, which is high praise. That said, his case is rather old-hat for us mainline protestants. We were taught this in seminary years ago.
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