Partner Book List
Any individual who becomes a member of MBS at the Psalmist level or higher may choose one book from this list for free.
Recommended By:
Mike Colyott - Resource Director
Robert Wright unveils an astonishing discovery: there is a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved.
Recommended By:
Rev. Anne Robertson - MBS Executive Director
Life among the Lutherans is a collection of stories about the struggles of ordinary people in an imperfect world . . . . . .
Author:
Kate Dugan & Jennifer Owens, editors - Foreword by Mary Ann Hinsdale
Recommended By:
Rev. Dr. Donald Wells - Executive Director Emeritus
Young Catholic women speak out in humorous, poetic, and intriguing stories.
Author:
Anne Robertson - MBS Executive Director
Recommended By:
Rev. Anne Robertson
This book examines relationships of intimacy, authority, rivalry, and otherness.
Recommended By:
Mike Colyott - Resource Director
Prothero explores "27 texts that have served as 'scripture' of sorts in American public life."
Recommended By:
Mike Colyott - Resource Director
Burt shows that God’s authority is no less inherently problematic and in need of justification than the legitimacy of secular government.
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.
Author:
Jennifer Howe Peace, Or Rose, & Gregory Mobley
Can we learn to live together with mutual respect, working together for the creation of a more compassionate and just world?
Recommended By:
Rev. Anne Robertson, Executive Director
Mobley plunges beneath the Bible's surface to reveal its "backstories" -- the tales that constitute the backbone of the people Israel/body of Christ.
Recommended By:
Mike Colyott - Resource Director
A startling exploration of the history of the most controversial book of the Bible, by the bestselling author of Beyond Belief.