{"id":3918,"date":"2008-08-07T22:50:32","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T04:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=3918"},"modified":"2013-06-11T07:42:31","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T13:42:31","slug":"top-emergent-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/top-emergent-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Top emergent books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tall Skinny Kiwi<\/strong> shared his top 5 emergent books for American readers<\/span> back in June on his blog (just saw the post :-().<\/p>\n

Here’s his top 5 (plus a few others) ::
\n1. Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures, by Ryan Bolger and Eddie Gibbs.
\n2. The New Conspirators, Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time, by Tom Sine.
\n3. The Emerging Church, by Dan Kimball.
\n4. The Church on the Other Side, by Brian McLaren.<\/p>\n

Runners-up for 5th:
\nThe New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier, by Tony Jones.<\/p>\n

Revolution, by George Barna.
\nThe Irresistible Revolution, by Shane Claibourne.
\nThe Great Emergence, by Phyllis Tickle.
\nThe Tangible Kingdom: Creating Incarnational Community.
\nAlso: Rising From the Ashes: Rethinking Church, by Becky Garrison. <\/p>\n

Worth a mention: It might be almost 40 years old but “The Emerging Church” by Bruce Larson and Ralph Osborne (1970).<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

To be honest, as someone who was called an “emergent sympathizer” today I haven’t read any of these books — yet. I actually ordered two of them<\/a> earlier today and hope to read them soon – that is if a couple others I’m expecting don’t reach my mail box first.<\/p>\n

The books I’ve read and recommend as part of the “emergent movement” and or just faith in general are (in no particular order):<\/p>\n

Everything Must Change by Brian McLaren. Probably one of the first “real emergent” books I read and one that had a great impact on my thinking and understanding.
\nJesus for President by Shane Claiborne. Another great book that talks more about the history of kings, empires and the role of God-followers along the way.
\nA Christianity Worth Believing by Doug Pagitt. This book has left me asking a lot of questions. It’s not one I’ve recommended to a lot of people just for that reason but I thoroughly enjoyed the read.
\nA Peculiar People by Rodney Clapp. I don’t know that Rodney Clapp considers himself emergent by any means but his ideas really came to life after reading many of these other books before hand.<\/p>\n

btw – if Mr. Tall Skinny Kiwi<\/a> happens upon this blog post – we’d love to have you join us for an episode of the something beautiful podcast<\/a>. tell us when and we’ll take care of the rest. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

related ::<\/strong>
\ntall skinny kiwi ::emerging church: top 5 books for american reporters<\/span>
\nsomething beautiful podcast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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