doomfelter's Reviews (23)

Religionless Christianity: Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Troubled Times

Jeffrey C. Pugh

DID NOT FINISH: 56%

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This book feels dated in the face of the current regime, but perhaps it's just not for me. Pugh's scholarship on Bonhoeffer is excellent, but I don't feel as though he goes far enough in his examination of political violence. Perhaps I'm missing out by not finishing it, or maybe he's evolved in his thinking, but he seems overly dedicated to a privileged, nonviolent position I don't think he justifies well. 

The Cost of Discipleship

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

DID NOT FINISH: 18%

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I'll come back at some point, but it really is his most conservative book, and it gets rather uncomfortable at points. I get the historical context, but it's easy to see why Bonhoeffer is easily exploited by the Christian right. 

Life on Mars

Tracy K. Smith

4.5

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Smith finds a way to capture the cosmos in everyday life. 

Indecent Theology: Theological Perversions in Sex, Gender and Politics

Marcella Althaus-Reid

5.0

challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced

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Absolutely essential to anyone studying liberation theology! 

The Way of Chuang Tzu

Thomas Merton

4.0

challenging funny hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

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Merton always did right by his colleagues from the East. This is no different.

Warlike, Howling, Pure

Areïon

4.5

challenging dark inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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A much needed charge of spirituality into anarchy!

Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell, Together

Dean Spade

5.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Very straight to the point while still being challenging! 

Tao: The Watercourse Way

Alan Watts

4.5

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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Beautiful work. Wonder what it would have been like if he had finished it.

The Eye of the Heron

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.25

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Le Guin has yet to disappoint me, and this book certainly did not. Such an easy but also excellent read. 

Waiting for God

Simone Weil

4.25

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced