2009 Reading List

So far my reading list for the new year includes the following:

1. Cultural Interpretation : Reorienting New Testament Criticism by Brian Blount

2. Silencing the Past:Power and the Production of History by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

3. Living Gently in a Violent World: The Prophetic Witness of Weakness by Stanley Hauerwas and Jean Vanier (Courtesy of IVP, thanks to Adrianna Wright)

4. Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace, and Healing by Emmanuel Katongole & Chris Rice (Courtesy of IVP, thanks to Adrianna Wright)

5. Blackening of the Bible: The Aims of African American Biblical Scholarship by Michael Joseph Brown

6. How to do Things with Words by J. L. Austin

7. The Lord's Prayer through North African Eyes by Joseph Brown ( A courtesy of T & T Clark

8. The Drama of Doctrine by Vanhoozer

9. The Witness of Jesus, Paul and John: An Exploration in Biblical Theology by Larry R. Heyyer (Courtesy of IVP, thanks to Adrianna Wright)

10. New Horizons in Hermeneutics by Thiselton

11. The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge by Peter L. Berger

12. Limite Inc by Jacques Derrida

13. Of Grammatology by Jacques Derrida

14. Orientalism by Edward W. Said

15. Color Conscious: The Political Morality of Race by K. Anthony Appiah and Amy Gutmann

16. Foundations of An African Ethic: Beyond the Universal Claims of Western Morality by Benezet Bujo

17. The Afrocentric Idea by Molefi Kete Asante

18. The Psychic Life of Power by Judith Bulter

19. The Representation of Self in Everyda Life by Erving Goffman

20. Facing Racial Revolution: Eyewitness Accounts of the Haitian Insurrection

21. Masters of the Dew Jacques Roumain

22. Before Haiti: Race and Citizenship in French Saint-Domingue by John D. Garrigus

23. The Art of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter

24. Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo by Mary Douglas

25. God in Serach of Man By Abraham Joshua Herschel

26. A Concise New Testament Theology by I. Howard Marshall (Courtesy of IVP, thanks to Adrianna Wright)

27. Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments by Childs (Courtesy of Fortress)

28. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by Vincent B. Leithc (ed)

29. African Americans and the Bible by Wimbush

30. Social-Science Commentary on the Gospel of John by Malina and Rohrbaugh

31. Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective by Sanders an Issler (Courtesy of B & H Academics)

32. Believers Baptism by Schreiner and Wright (Courtesy of B & H Academics)

33. Enthroned on Our Praise by Pierce (Courtesy of B & H Academics)

34. Doctrine that Dances by Smith (Courtesy of B & H Academics)

35. Buried Hope or Risen Savior? by Quarles (Courtesy of B & H Academics)

36. The Renewal of Trinitarian Theology by Leupp (Courtesy of IVP, special thanks to Adrianna Wright)

37. The Spirit in the Gospels and Acts by Keener (Courtesy of Hendrickson)

38. The Holy SPirit and Spiritual Gifts by Turner (Courtesy of Hendrickson)


On Writing

1. On Writing Well: The Classic Gudie to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser

2. Writing with Power: Techniques for Mastering Writing Process by Peter Elbow

3. Style: Toward Clarity and Grace by Joseph M. Williams

* In addition, I'm writing five book reviews for 3 professional journals, 3 papers to be published, and I will be given 2-3 paper presentations this year. That's all I can handle for now. So help me God!