I love this reading list idea, Scott. I'll have to get busy, though, I've only read four of them.

Great list. Can i ask how you got those links to pop out like that? Makes for a very good interface. Is it a plugin or somwething that works with amazon?

thanks

Scott - if you haven't read it yet, start with Yoder. ;)

Christian - it's a bit of code that I snagged from the Amazon associates webpage - it's called link enhancer or some such. I thought it was rather nifty. ;)

I have Politics of Jesus, but haven't gotten through it yet - it made me feel witless. I'll have to sit down with it and wade through.

great list.. i've got some serious reading ahead of me to play catch up.

Scott - Yoder's not the most engaging writer, but it's worth the effort. It's no worse than a lot of other stuff I read though. ;)

The ones by Bevans, Sedmak, and Schreiter are written from a Catholic perspective, I believe - some amazing work on contextual theology there. Schreiter's book was another that's a dense read at times but worth the effort.

jeff - knowing some of your interests, I think you'd find a lot in Brueggemann's Prophetic Imagination that you'd appreciate. He's got a great way of talking about justice that's eye-opening.

oh what a great list. Wright is so good, and I loved blue like Jazz.

Tell us, what - of all books (other than the Bible) has impacted you most? When and why?

If I had to pick one, it would be Yoder's Politics of Jesus. That book completely reoriented the way I read scripture. I don't think I can do justice to what it's done for my theology. The piece I just posted contains the quote that shook my theology to its core - it was one of those stunning revelations that forces a decision. If I agreed with it, I couldn't continue to think of the gospel as primarily personal, spiritual and eternal. It's as simple and as radical as that. ;)