Non-Fiction
Pilgrim: A Theological Memoir – Tony Campolo
I received a copy of Pilgrim: A Theological Memoir about a week before I made an international move from the US to Australia and I was left in a quandary: Do I pack this book […]
Genre: Biography
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The Church Must Grow Or Perish: Robert H. Schuller and the Business of American Christianity – Gerardo Marti and Mark T. Mulder
The books in the Library of Religious Biography have a habit of taking an individual that I did not really like – be it their personality, morality, or methodology – and making me if not […]
Academic
Christmaker: A Life of John the Baptist
John the Baptist is often seen an apertif, an amuse-bouche, a prelude, or an entry into the story of Jesus. He whets our appetite for the Kingdom of God by dancing in his mother’s womb […]
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One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon’s Search for Salvation – Daniel Silliman
It’s hard to feel empathy for Richard Nixon, but in One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon’s Search for Salvation, Daniel Silliman manages to paint a complex portrait of a lost and troubled man whose search for […]
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Machen’s Hope – Richard Burnett
Biographies tend to be written by folks who align with their subjects in some fashion—socially, politically, religiously. There are exceptions, of course, but by and large those who are interested in chronicling an individual’s life […]
Non-Fiction
Bread and Bibles: D.L. Moody’s Evangelism and Social Action – Gregg Quiggle
This unique study of D. L. Moody’s life combines biographical elements with a focus on specific themes from his ministry. Gregg Quiggle explores how this well-known nineteenth-century pastor and evangelist served others throughout his ministry, […]
Non-Fiction
Between Two Sounds: Arvo Pärt’s Journey to His Musical Language – Joonas Sildre and Adam Cullen
This unique graphic novel biography tells the story of Arvo Pärt, an Estonian composer who was passionate about innovative, different types of music and chafed against the restrictions of the communist regime. The story begins […]
Non-Fiction
From Chains to Change – Steven Allen Young and Eric Wilson
Memoir can be a difficult genre. Every life is story. Some stories are more interesting than others. Some stories deserve to be written down and known beyond the general circle of family and friends. But […]
Non-Fiction
A Quilted Life: Reflections of a Sharecropper’s Daughter – Catherine Meeks
A Quilted Life: Reflections on a Sharecropper’s Daughter is a beautifully woven autobiography that intertwines personal history with cultural commentary. Writing with the experience of a lifetime, Catherine Meeks reflects on her journey from sharecropper’s […]
Non-Fiction
Confessions of a Former Prosecutor – Preston Shipp
Stare too closely at the American justice system and you’ll soon be confronted with the reality that it is anything but just. Preston Shipp entered the system as a full believer in law and order. […]