Re: What book are you reading? #4

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I just finished Theophilos by Michael D. O’Brien and Saint Monica: Model of Christian Mothers by F. A. Forbes. I am currently reading The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois.
 
Faith1960 said:
I just finished Troublemaker, by Leah Remini. It was about her time in Scientology. It turns out that Scientology is even worse than I thought. It’s a good read.
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Mrs. Rover just read that… I’m gonna tackle it after I finish Reflections on the Psalms by CS Lewis.
 
Rediscover Jesus by Matthew Kelly. Received It as a Christmas gift from the parish I attended for Midnight Mass on Christmas!🙂
 
-‘The Mathnawi’ by Rumi
-Futuh al Ghaib’ by Abdul-Qadir Jilani
-A transliteration of the Qur’an (for the purpose of memorizing verses)
 
‘A Travel Guide to Heaven’ by Anthony DeStefano
‘Beowulf’
‘Dissonance’ by Mariella Hunt (who’s a personal friend of mine ^^)
 
I love “Nefertiti” and am almost done with it. Next I will read Michelle Moran’s other Egyptian story of one of her daughters, called “The Heretic Queen.” Really stuck on the ancient Egyptian lately. Also, “Dreamers” by Angela Hunt is wonderful!🙂
 
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I love “Nefertiti” and am almost done with it. Next I will read Michelle Moran’s other Egyptian story of one of her daughters, called “The Heretic Queen.” Really stuck on the ancient Egyptian lately. Also, “Dreamers” by Angela Hunt is wonderful!🙂
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*PRIMAL Unleashed *by Jack Silkstone
 
Destiny, Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes, Tamim Ansary. It’s a history of the “Middle World” by an Afghani. The chapter on European history is fairly…bad, but that may owe to an outsider trying to write about another culture. His understanding of Christianity is utterly protestant: at one point he says that Christianity is fundamentally about the individual. :eek: Maybe he’s thinking of Objectivism. The history as a whole is fairly cavalier. “They came to a city named…well, I don’t know what it was called then, but now it’s the City of Shrieking Pain.” He seems to be writing for cowboys, referring to people as “folks”. It’s an oddly funny bit of pop history.
 
Provocations: The Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard compiled and edited by Charles E. Moore
 
Right now I’m reading Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by Tamim Ansary.

Potter, your mention of Ansary’s book intrigued me, so I downloaded a free sample of the Kindle edition of it. By the time I had finished Ansary’s Introduction I decided that I wanted to read it, so I bought the Kindle edition.

Regardless, or perhaps because of, the general informality of his narrative style (which reminds me very much of a dorm bull session among a bunch of history students cramming for exams—I’ve been there!) makes his book very readable.

One thing in particular to note about this book is something Ansary says in his Introduction: “My aim is mainly to convey what Muslims think happened, because that’s what has motivated Muslims over the ages and what makes their role in world history intelligible.”

I rather think that it is something more than a “oddly funny bit of pop history.” I would be interested in comparing notes with you about what Ansary has to say in this book.
 
As a Christmas gift from our parish, we each received Rediscover Jesus by Matthew Kelly. I just started it last night. So far it’s really good.
 
Faith1960 said:
As a Christmas gift from our parish, we each received Rediscover Jesus by Matthew Kelly. I just started it last night. So far it’s really good.
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we did too. so far I haven’t started it yet. glad to know it is good.
 
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