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Summer Reads: Inspiring, Informative Authors from the Desk of Gord Carkner

Munther Isaac, The Other Side of the Wall: a Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope. (recommended by a Christian PhD student from Egypt)

Niall Ferguson, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe.

Katie Kresser, Bezalel’s Body: The Death of God and the Birth of Art.

C. Kavin Rowe, Christianity’s Surprise: A Sure & Certain Hope.

Alvin Plantinga, Knowledge and Christian Belief. (a top Christian philosopher)

Michael Cassidy, The Church Jesus Prayed For: A Personal Journey into John 17. (a man with a vision for Africa)

E. Stanley Jones, Embodying Forgiveness: a Theological Analysis.

Ronan Farrow, Catch and Kill. (investigative journalism of powerful, corrupt men)

Richard B. Hays, Reading with the Grain of Scripture.  (reputable biblical scholar)

Latasha Morrison, Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation.

Julia and Kevin Garratt, Two Tears on the Window. (a Canadian story about grace amidst Chinese imprisonment—Ute’s Pic)

David A. Sinclair, Lifespan: Why We Age and Why We Don’t Have to. (a medical paradigm shift?)

Andrew LePeau, Write Better: A Lifelong Editor on Craft, Art and Spirituality. (long time editor of IVP)

Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21^st Century. (reckoning with the future—implications of the biotech and infotech revolutions)