My 2008 Reading List (so far)
With every new year comes new lists of things we all would like to accomplish, take for instance the reading list. How many of you have compiled, if not physically, at least a mental list of all the books, authors and ideas you’d like to read about in 2008? What are the ones you’re most excited about? After seeing Josh’s list I thought I’d make my own.
I’ve got quite a list working already:
Books Leftover from Last Year
Alain Badiou, Ethics [Finished 3.24.08]- Alasdair MacIntyre, Edith Stein
- Carole Spencer’s, Holiness: The Soul of Quakerism
- Corey Beals, Levinas and the Wisdom of Love
- Miguel De La Torre, Liberating Jonah
Books I’ve Already Read (at least most of)
- Richard Johnson et al, The Practice of Cultural Studies [Finished 3.18]
- Stephen Bevans, Models of Contextual Theology
- Stephen Bevans, Constants In Context
- Kelton Cobb, Theology and Popular Culture
- Chris Barker, Culture Studies: Theory and Practice
- Gary Hall et al, New Culture Studies
- Donald McGavran,The Bridges of God
- Slavoj Zizek, The Puppet and the Dwarf
- Slavoj Zizek, Welcome to the Desert of the Real
- Elton Trueblood, The Validity of Christian Missions
- John Howard Yoder, The Priestly Kingdom
- John Howard Yoder, The Royal Priesthood
- Catherine Belsey, Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction
- Pink Dandelion, The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction
- Barry Taylor, Entertainment Theology
- Henry Jenkins: Convergence Culture
- Peter Rollins, The Fidelity of Betrayal: The Ir/Religious Heart of Christianity
- Shane Claiborne, Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals
- James Wm McClendon, Convictions
- Alain Badiou, St Paul: Foundation of Universalism
- James K. A. Smith, Jacques Derrida: Live Theory
Books I know I am excited to read in the coming year
- Soren Kierkegaard, Works of Love
- Soren Kierkegaard, Attack Upon Christendom
- Lieven Boeve, God Interrupts History: Theology in a Time of Upheaval
- Stephen Duncombe, Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy
- Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison
- Donna Haraway, Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature
- Peter Vernezz, Bob Dylan and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy)
- Jean-Francois Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge
- Slavoj Zizek, For They Know Not What They Do: Enjoyment as a Political Factor (Radical Thinkers)
- Sarah Kay, Zizek: A Critical Introdution
- Gadamer, Truth and Method
- James Wm McClendon, Biography as Theology
- James Wm McClendon, Doctrine
- James Wm McClendon, Ethics
- Rex Butler, Slavoj Zizek:Live Theory
As you can see my overwhelming interests for the year will be in culture studies, which reflects the majority of the work I am doing in the next couple quarters. It will be interesting to look back on this in ten months and see if this is the path I followed.
Are there any I should add to my list? How about you, what are you looking forward to reading?