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For people who may be going through grief and loss, or anticipating it, a brief book list, culled from a larger list here (also note this list has books for children to understand death of loved ones):

author: title (publisher) ISBN

Harold Bauman: Living Through Grief (Lion 1999) 0 745 94136 2

Harold S Kushner: When Bad Things Happen to Good People (Anchor 2004) 1 400 03472 8

David Carroll: Living with Dying: A Loving Guide for Family and Close
Relatives (Marlowe) 1 569 24998 9

M Callanan & P Kelley: Final Gifts - Understanding and Helping the Dying (Hodder &
Stoughton 1994) 0 340 57481 X

pax hominibus,agape to all,joel

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Here is a quick list of books that my friend Andy recommended, so I'm stashing/sharing the list here before I lose them.

American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, by Susannah Clarke (Edwardian-era magicians)
Perdido St. Station and The Scar, by China Mieville
Old Man's War series by John Scalzi,
Beyond the Mountains of Madness, by HP Lovecraft
Declare, Anubis Gates, Last Call, and Expiration Date, by Tim Powers
Hellboy Series, and PBRD Series, by Mike Nignola
The Atrocity Archives and The Jennifer Morgue, by Charles Stross




chant/prayer/mantra: mmm sci-fi!


pax hominibus,
agape to all,
joel

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I don't work at the library any more, but I have a few notecards with book titles on them that my sweetie wants me to throw out so I'm going to digitize them.

1. God's Beauty Parlour, by Stephen Moore
2. Eat, Drink and Be Merry, for Tomorrow we Live, by Michael Taylor
3. Brave New World Order, by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer
4. Conscience vs. Law, by Jeremiah Newman (special note: p.19 is interesting)
5. Faith and Choice in the Works of Joss Whedon, by K. Dale Koontz
6. Lesbian Nuns, by Rosemary Curb
7. Jesus' Strategy for Social Transformation, by Emerito P. Nacpil
8. Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others, by Sara Ahmed
9. The Artifice of Love: Grotesque Bodies and Song of Songs, by Fiona C. Black
10. Charts of Cults, Sects and Religious Movements, by H. Wayne House
11. An Army with Banners: The Real Face of Orangeism, by William Brown
12. Moral Problems, by James Rachels
13. A Manual for Writers, by Kate L. Turabian
    

pax hominibus,
agape to all,
joel

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Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, by Doug McAdam is a book which I have been meaning to add it to my reading list. I recommend it to anybody interested in being a change-agent. For one of my classes, we read chapter three, and I was really impressed with the way he exposes new ground for political leverage.

If you know me, and like me, feel free to order me a copy.


pax hominibus,
agape to all,
joel

Labels: anti-oppression, book list, personal bookmarks, politics

some of my fellow seminarians were asking for a soft-copy compiled list of the books from my powerpoint presentation in class, so rather than just emailing it around (and leaving unavailable to my non-seminary friends), i figure i'll post it here with a link from email. enjoy.

2007:
•Proverbs of Ashes – Rebecca Parker
•The Writer as an Artist – Pat Schneider
•Islam for Dummies – Malcolm Clark
•The Second Greatest Story Ever Told – Gorman Bechard
•Webmastering for Dummies
•Review my Care Through Touch materials
•The Foucault Reader – Michel Foucault
•Breathe! You Are Alive – Thich Nhat Hanh
•Parallelities – Alan Dean Foster
•Recovering the Scandal of the Cross - Joel B. Green and Mark D. Baker
•A Chosen Faith: Intro to UU – John Buehrens and Forrest Church
•Structure, Style and Usage: Rhetoric and Reasoning – Hulon Willis

2008:
•The 3-Dimensional Voice – Joni Wilson
•The Early History of Heaven – J. Edward Wright
•George Lakoff – Metaphors We Live By
•Faith Without Certainty – Paul Rasor
•On Liberty – John Stuart Mill
•JPod – Douglas Coupland
•Stony the Road we Trod: African American Biblical Interpretation – Cain Hope Felder
•Set Your Voice Free – Roger Love
•Becoming Christ: Transformation through Contemplation - Brian C. Taylor
•Daily Life at the Time of Jesus - Miriam Feinberg Vamosh
•Washington and Rome: Catholicism in American Culture – James R. Kelly
•The Diamond Age – Neal Stephenson

2009:
•A Testament of Hope – The Essential Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr.
•Leaves of the Heaven Tree: The Great Compassion of the Buddha
•Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought - George Lakoff and Mark Johnson
•Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate – Naomi Klein
•The Coming of the Cosmic Christ – Matthew Fox
•God’s Politics – Jim Wallis
•A Marxist Looks at Jesus – Milan Machovec
•Faith of a Heretic – Walter Kaufmann
•Liberating Eschatology - Letty M. Russell and Serene Jones
•Towing Jehovah – James Morrow
•The Kin of Ata are Waiting for You – Dorothy Bryant
•Speak to Influence: How to Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Voice – Susan Berkley
•The Lotus Sutra
•Godel, Escher, Bach – Douglas Hofstadter
•Saccidananda: A Christian Approach to Advatic Experiences – Abhishiktananda et. al.
•Blink – Malcolm Gladwell
•World Without End: Christian Eschatology From A Process Perspective - Joseph A. Bracken
•The Bondage of the Will – Martin Luther

2010:
•Thinking for a Change – John C. Maxwell
•She’s Come Undone – Wally Lamb
•A Path with Heart – Jack Kornfield
•The New Human Revolution – Daisaku Ikeda
•Selections from Emerson
•Review Care Through Touch materials
•The Postman – David Brin
•Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity – Bruce Bawer
•The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: Satipatthna - Nyanaponika
•The Music of the Primes – Marcus du Sautoy
•The Political Realism of Reinhold Niebuhr – Colm McKeogh
•The Ancient Wisdom of Origen – John Clark Smith
•The Culture of Make-Believe – Derrick Jensen
•Dawn - Octavia Butler
•Pedagogy of the Heart – Paolo Freire
•The Souls of Black Folks – W.E.B. Du Bois

2011:
•The Man Who Loved Only Numbers – Paul Hoffman
•The Qur’an
•Tools for Speaking and Singing – Gertrude Wheeler Beckman
•Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind – Shunryu Suzuki
•Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field – Barbara Ann Brennan
•The Gospel According to America: A Meditation on a God-Blessed, Christ-Haunted Idea – David Dark
•America’s God – Mark A. Noll
•The Life of God (As Told by Himself) – Franco Ferrucci and Raymond Rosenthal
•Understanding the Bible – John Buehrens
•The Amazing Laws of Cosmic Mind Power – Joseph Murphy
•City of Quartz – Mike Davis
•There is a Balm in Gilead: The Cultural Roots of Martin Luther King, Jr. – Lewis V. Baldwin
•Drumming at the Edge of Magic – Mickey Hart and Jay Stevens

2012:
•The Gospel According to America: A Meditation on a God-Blessed, Christ-Haunted Idea – David Dark
•America’s God – Mark A. Noll
•The Life of God (As Told by Himself) – Franco Ferrucci and Raymond Rosenthal
•Understanding the Bible – John Buehrens
•Seven Years in Tibet – Heinrich Harrer
•The New Ambidextrious Universe – Martin Gardner
•The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ – Nicolas Notovitch
•Plants of the Gods: The Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers - Richard Evans Schultes, et. al.
•Afterburn: Reflections on Burning Man – Lee Gilmore, Et. al.
•Strange Birds from Zoroaster’s Nest – Laina Farhat-Holzman
•Confuscius – The Analects
•A History of the Devil – Gerald Messadie
•Saved – From What? - Early Ashby Johnson
•After Christianity – Gianni Vattimo
•Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian Realism – Robin W. Lovin

2013:
•The Constitution of the U.S.A.
•Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the U.S. from Washington to Kennedy
•Ishmael – Daniel Quinn
•All Men Are Brothers – Mohandas K. Gandhi
•Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa – Joan Jacobs Brumberg
•Peace is Every Step – Thich Nhat Hanh
•Planet Drum – Mickey Hart and Fredric Liebermann
•The Mystery of Quaker Light – Peter Bien
•In Search of the Christ Sophia - Jann Aldredge-Clanton
•A History of Collective Joy – Barbara Ehrenreich
•Sikhism: Its Impact – Mehervan Singh
•The Ecology of Commerce – Paul Hawken
•The Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future – Bill McKibben
•Universal Salvation: The Current Debate – Robin A. Parry
•Einstein’s God: Albert Einstein’s Quest as a Scientist and as a Jew to Replace a Forsaken God - Robert N. Goldman and Albert Einstein
•Behind the Eurocentric Veils – Clinton M. Jean

2014:
•Review Resources from Care Through Touch materials
•James Cone – The Spirituals and the Blues

2015:
•Inferno - Dante
•The Dead Sea Scriptures
•Walden & The Essay on Civil Disobedience – Thoreau
•Rome in America: Transnational Catholic Ideology from the Risorgimento to Fascism – Peter R. D’Agostino
•Great People of the Bible and How They Lived
•Bridges to Infinity: The Human Side of Mathematics
•Purgatorio - Dante
•What’s So Amazing About Grace? – Philip Yancey
•A Sound of Thunder – Ray Bradbury
•On the Road – Jack Kerouac
•Soul Work: Anti-Racist Theologies in Dialogue – Marjorie Bowen’s Wheatley and Nancy Palmer Jones
•Paradiso – Dante
•The Brothers Karamazov – Fyodor Dostoevsky

2016:
•Footprints of a Dream: The Story of the Church for the Fellowship of all Peoples – Howard Thurman
•The Woundedland – Stephen R. Donaldson
•The Republic of Plato
•The Bhagavad-Gita
•Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card
•The One Tree – Stephen R. Donaldson
•The Teaching of Buddha – Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai
•The Late Great Planet Earth – Hal Lindsey
•Steppenwolf – Hermann Hesse
•Uprooting Racism – Paul Kivel
•White Gold Wielder – Stephen R. Donaldson
•The Jazz of Preaching: How to Preach with Great Freedom and Joy – Kirk Byron Jones
•Love Meets the Dragons – Tom Owen-Towle and Reed Farrington
•Transformer (Lou Reed) – Victor Bokris
•The Dancing Wu Li Masters – Gary Zukav


ALSO, the name of the software I used to make that diagram for the presentation is called "Freemind" which is available from http://freemind.sourceforge.net. And its provided free of charge, donations appreciated however. Another piece of similar, and likely more powerful software, is called Inspiration, which costs $70, but is more powerful (than Freemind beta 0.8). For me, its overkill, since I just need something to map my mind, and the tight form of Freemind's default diagramming saves me a little time. In the parenthetical statement above, I mentioned the Freemind is a beta version. It never crashed on me, and other than needing to install a Java runtime library prior to using it, it was simple and easy to use.



lyrics: "Dance of the Mad," by Pop Will Eat Itself. Lyrics worth reading. Much of their music I don't get crazy about, but the single this song was on, which also includes "Preaching to the Perverted," has a strong upbeat vibe worth listening to, if you can find it.

colors: same as before I guess.

mood: same as before.

chant/prayer/mantra: so many books, so little time.


pax hominibus,
joel

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if you've been reading, you know i work at the library at my seminary. while working there, i write down in my PDA the titles of books that attract my attention. all of the books on this list are books that i would like to read, or at least peruse and ponder. i know that i would never be able to read all of the books on my list, so if i can spend 30 minutes to an hour on most books, just to discover the tasty nuggets within that inspire, i'd consider that better than par.

some of these books, i'd like to read as a matter of cultural relevancy, some for personal inspiration/development, some to better the depth and breadth of my theology, and some for other reasons, or just because it looked interesting. here's the list:

1. th scroll of th war of th sons of light and th sons of darkness. - yadin
2. storm warning - billy graham
3. seeing children, seeing god: a practicl theo of childrn & poverty - pamela couture
4. mapping paradise: a history of heavn on earth - scafi (bL 540 s23, size 2)
5. salvation & suicide (jonestown) - chidester - bp 605 p46 c48
6. shaman's path - doore
7. techgnosis: myth, magic, & mysticism in th info age - davis
8. maría's metaphysical anthropology - lópez-morillas
9. dharma art - trungpa
10. postmetaphysical thinkin - habermas
11. th voyage of no return: ibn arabi - addas
12. talks on beelzebub's tales - bennett
13. soul, body, and survival: essays on th metaphysics of human persons - corcoran
14. godlust: facing th demonic, embracing th divine - walters
15. drones, clones, & alpha babes: retrofitting star rek's humanism, post 9/11 - relke
16. those preachin' women - mitchell
17. th eschat econ: time & th hospitality of god - knight
18. fr th healing of nations. th bk of revelation in an age of cultural conflict - gonzalez
19. shoes tht fit our feet: srcs fr a constructive blk theo - hopkins
20. why r we deaf to th cry of th earth? - mcdonagh
21. th hum: call & response in af-amer preachng - crawford
22. cognitive neuroscience: th biology of th mind - qp 360.5 g39 2002
23. th cherry tree - ikeda/wildsmith (pz 7 m4784133, size 2)
24. discover yr conflict mgmt style - leas
25. th bible frm scratch: a lightning tour from gen-rev - jenkins
26. th power of th poor in history - gutierrez
27. pendle hill pamphlet #289: quakers & hindus - bx 7615 p39 v.280-289
28. tattooed walls - (size 2) nd 2638 n4 r67
29. th origins of om manipadme hum -studholme
30. th doctrinal theo of th evangelical luth chrch - heinrich schmid
31. my ministry - goodell - bx 8333 g6 m88
32. blasphemy: art that offends - (size 2) n 72 r4 p53
33. reviving ophelia: saving th selves of adolescent girls - pipher
34. imagery of lynching - apel
35. jesus' strayegy fr social xformation - nacpil - bx 8349 s65 n33
36. *distributive justice - rescher
37. th faith of 50 million: basebal, relig, & amer culture - evans/herzog
38. purity & danger - douglas
39. a thoughtful soul: refl frm swedenborg: bx 8711 a7 d65
40. th art of crossing cultures - storti
41. dirt, undress, & diff: crit persp's on th body's surface - masquelier
42. th elem forms of relig life - durkheim
43. an alternative future fr america II - hn 65 t44 1970 - theobald
44. institution of th xtian relig - calvin
45. history & th triune god - moltmann
46. thbible tells me so: uses & abuses of holy scripture - hill/cheadle
47. bible of th oppressed - tamez
48. th psychology of relig - bL 53 p825
49. homo deva: evolution's next step - belknar
50. mass leisure - larrabee
51. money & power - ellul
52. colour & healing - mayer - rm 840 m39
53. elecric liturgy - benson
54. a psych study of relig conversion - jones
55. dostoevsky's concept of sporitual rebirth - khrapovitsky
56. xtianity, poverty & wealth - taylor
57. our pro-socialist churches - bx 6 f4 j65
58. basic principles of monastic spirituality - merton
59. th interrogation of joan of arc - sullivan
60. th intrareligious dlg - bL 87 p26
61. th queer god - marcella althaus-reid
62. radhakrishnan: th profile of a universalist - b 5134 r34 h3
63. i am that - muktananda
64. th god that failed (on soviet communism) - hx 59 c75 1963
65. th muqaddimah: an intro to history - ibn khaldun (xlated frm arabic)
66. *fritz eichenberg: works of mercy - ne 1112 e32 a4
67. three essays on universal law: karma, will & love - singer
68. agnosis: theo in th void - pattison
69. realist xtian theo in a po-mo age - patterson
70. *ethics: th fundamentals - driver
71. parables fr our time - oldenhage
72. th homiletical plot: th sermon as narrative art form - lowry
73. put on yr own oxygen mask first: redscovering ministry - easum

lyrics: from "the ridge" by Information Society,
Now she's walking slowly onward
Through the garden you can't know
Her dance so beautiful so twisted
A spinning madness in the snow

She's got a black hole in there with her
She's got the sun all in there too
They're her partners in her eternal dance
She's not aware of time moving past her
She's not aware of getting any further

She walks the ridge
So glassy sharp
You can't find her now
You can't speak to her now

colors: green and gray, with rainbows.

mood: psychically crushed, but surviving

chant/prayer/mantra: bring it on, but not just yet please.


pax hominibus,
joel

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Here is a list of some other books that I've found at the library or heard about from other people that I wish I had time to read.

1. Stony th Road we Trod: African Amer bibl interp
2. howard thurman -th luminous dkness
3. the foucault reader - michel foucault
4. dorothy bryant - th kin of ata are waiting for you
5. mike davis - city of quartz
6. jean baudrillard - simulations
7. th postman (aftr ww3) - david brin
8. a history of collectiv joy - barbara ehrenreich
9. romans 8:18-30: "suffering doesn't thwart future glory" - bs 2665.2 g54
10. please understand me II - david keirsey
11. what the doormouse said: how th 60s counterculture shaped pc's
12. hanna arendt - feminist liberation
13. th origin of satan - elaine pagels
14. metaphors we live by: p 106 L235
15. how to better yr life with mind control: bf 1141 g6
16. *proverbs of ashes: bt 265.3 b76
17. strange birds frm zoroaster's nest: bL 85 f37
18. unsnarling th wrld knot: bd 418.3.g75
19. th light bearers: carrying hope & healing to th middle east battleground: ds 62.7 h37
20. th history of jerusalem:.th early muslim period (638-1099)
21. th alternative xmas catalog: gt 4985 a4 1974
22. claiming reality: phenomenology & women's experience: hm 24 L455
23. democracy & its critics: jc 423 d2478
24. walk in th light & 23 tales by tolstoy: pg 3366 a1 m3
25. th ox-herder pix: zen buddhism's.version of 'th pilgrim's progress': pt2687 k85 a513
26. th mark of cain: pn 710 b22
27. sacred space (interfaith): na 4600 s23 size 2
28. mere theology: a guide to c.s.lewis' thought: bx 5199 L53 v38
29. trance, healing, and hallucination: bv 5090 t7
30. th god-players: bt 701.2 j3
31. 'th last things' in a process persspective: bt 821.2 p57
32. th future of hope: theology as eschatology as eschatology: bt 823 f85
33. christ & narcissus: prayer in a self-centered wrld: bv 210.2 m398
34. rethinking rights & responsibilities: th moral bonds of community - jc 571 d9264
35. th moral imagination (peace-bldg): jz 5538 L43
36. th life of god in th soul of man: bv 4500 s3 1868
37. theology, music & time - mL 3921 b44
38. th spirituals & th blues (cone) - mL 3556 c66
39. killing rage: ending racism - e 185.615 h645
40. a marxist look at jesus - bt 202 m2913
41. jesus: th man & th myth - bt 202 m312
42. th teaching of contempt (TOC) - ds 145 i743
43. th hell jc nevr intended: bt 837 w74
44. hippies, hindus & rock & roll: bv 4596 h5 L37
45. th relig art of warhol - n 6537 w28 d56 size 2
46. faith in mind: a guide to ch'an practice - bq 9288 s51 f2
47. th collected works of erasmus - pa 8500 1974 v.1-86
48. th jesus legend - bt 303.2 w427
49. god th problem - bt 102 k34
50. pomosexuals: challenging assumptions about gendr & sexuality - hq 76.25 p66
51. th republic of plato - jc 71 p35
52. aristotle on political enmity & disease - jc 71 a7 k34
53. lost scriptures: bks tht did not make it into th NT - bs 2832 e37 (sfts)
54. th bondage of th will (luther) - bj 1460 L8
55. th way of mindfulness (bq 1320 s2522 e5 t53)
56. anqels & ministers of grace (bs 1199 a5 f5)
57. purple violet squish (bv 4470 w5)
58. th miracle of dialogue (bv 4012.2 h6)
59. world wo/ end xtian eschat frm a process persp (bj 1406 w68)
60. angels: ministers of grace (bt 966.2 m25)
61. between two qardens (bt 708 n43)
62. mephistopheles: th dvl in th modern wrld - bt 981 r865
63. purging racism frm xtianity - bt 734.2 e38
64. sikhism - its impact: bL 2018 s517
65. th messiah - bm 615 p75
66. 50 jewish messiahs - bm 615 r33
67. dynamics of salv - br 65 g66 w56
68. th seminary student writes - br 117 c67
69. crystal & cross - br 128 n48 e67
70. pq 2198 b18 a23
71. th art of chi kung: ra 781.8 w66
72. th gestalt art experience: rc 489 a7 r48
73. th star bk fr ministers - bv 4016 h5
74. th mystery of quaker light - bx 7732 p4 v.384
75. revelation & th environmnt - bs 2825.2 p371
76. beyond th ordinary: 10 strengths of US congregations - bv 700 w65
77. passion & paradise:.human & divine emotion, gregory of nyssa - bv 4817 s52
78. eschatology & utopia: th rel in a hist perspective: bt 821.2 L343
79. white soul: country music, th church, & wrking americans: mt 3524 s26
80. th gospel according to america: a medit on a god-blessed, christ-haunted idea: br 526 d36
81. picturing god: bL 205 p53
82. philosophy in the flesh: the embodied mind... - bd 418.3 L35
83. anarchy, state, & utopia: jc 571 n68
84. how we see god, & why it matters: a multicultural view thru kids drawings & stories: bL 205 L 34
85. kundalini & th chakras: bL 1238.56 k86 p38
86. pedagogy of th heart (paulo freire) - Lc 71 f7413
87. understanding media: th extension of man (mcLuhan): p 90 26
88. 50 key words of th church: br 95 s76
89. th mcLuhan explosion: p 90 m263 c7
90. th puppetmastr (moon): bx 9750 s4 y36
91. energize yr audience! Lc 5225 L42 u54
92. wrestling w/ angels: bt 966.3 s85
93. th concept of god in global dialogue: bL 473 c66
94. framing in discourse: p 302 f72
95. th gospel according to dr seuss: bv 4501.3 k 45
96. wht is mysticism? Bv 5082.2 k6
97. saved - frm wht? Bt 751.2 j6
98. jc & th angels: bt 198 c32
99. perspectives on th parables: bt 375.2 t65
100. christianity, evolution & th environ: bt 712 r53
101. death by despair: bt 714 m34
102. romans: an interp outln: bs 2665.5 s83
103. th rhetorical strat of 1 peter: bs 2795.3 t58
104. light on pranayama (iyengar): ra 782 i95
105. do u understnd wht u read? Bs 511.2 k813
106. r we amused? (wmn in th bibl): bs 575 a74
107. a wrld abandnd by god: pq 653 L44
108. we pledge our hearts (celebrate love/mrrge): pn 6071 L7 w4
109. global civilization: a buddh/islamic dialog (ikeda): bq 8419.4 i85 i34
110. th tantric distinction: bq 8915.4 h66
111. alphabet of creation: bm 525 a52 s53
112. causality: th central philo of buddh: bq 4240 k34
113. a relig tht thinks - a psy study: bx 9842 w53
114. footprints of a dream (thurman): bx 9999 s3 c5
115. long walk to freedom - dt 1949 m35 a3
116. xtian voices in u.u.: bx 9867 c47
117. religion & econ: normative social theory: hb 72 r45
118. th political realism of reinhold niebuhr: bx 4827 n5 m37
119. reinhold niebuhr & christian realism: bx 4827 n5 L68
120. th bk of mormon (annotated): bx 8623
121. true parents (s.m.moon): bx 9750 s45 g37
122. sun myung moon: th man & his ideals: bx 9750 s48 c58
123. dark side of th moonies: bx 9750 s48 h44
124. xtianity: does it have a founder?: bt 203 w47
125. intro to th parables ofjc: bt 377 s75
126. th 7 churches not in th book of rev: v 652.1 m58
127. stigmata of st. Francis of Assisi: bx 4700 f6 s279413
128. devils: n 8140 n47
129. genocide in NW calif: e 78 c15 n65
130. shamanism in w. North Amer: e 78 w5 p17
131. groupthink: e 744 j29
132. social deviance: hm 291 f27
133. alienation: concept, term, & meaning: hm 291 j57
134. th orifice as sacrificial site: gn 298 a46
135. author of liberty: jc 433 s4
136. sexuality & th black church: bt 83.9 d68
137. th paradox of existentialist theology: bt 84 s57
138. th story of th copts: bx 133.2 m583
139. *ppl need ppl - hm 132 s65
140. to do th wrk of justice (cath u.s. Plan): hn 39 u6 n3 1978
141. can god & caesar coexist? K 3258 d75
142. x fr all ppl - n 8050 c39
143. a guide to good singing & speech: mt 820 g22
144. afterburn: reflections on burning man: nx 510 n48 a34
145. becoming x: bv 5091 c7 t38
146. imagine ourselves richly (native amer) - e 98 r3 v43
147. satan is left-handed & other stories - e 169.1 s26
148. th integration of islam & hinduism in w. Europe: d 1056.2 m87 i58
149. daily life in th time ofjesus - ds 112 d233
150. paul & his theology: a brief sketch: bs 2651 f5
151. th cloud of unknowing: bv 5080 c5
152. rome in america: bx 1406.3 d34
153. washington & rome: bx 1406.2 z6413
154. th franciscan tradition of celibate chastity: bx 3603 c45
155. th jewish ppl in th 1st century: ds 122 j48
156. there is a balm in gilead: e 185.97 k5 b35
157. th negro baptist pulpit: bx 6452 b7
158. getting into th formula of concord: bx 8069.4 k58
159. or & argent (pics): cr 151 h45
160. th gnostic scriptures: bt 1390 g494
161. behind th eurocentric veils: gn 645 j42
162. how much do we deserve? Hb 523 g54
163. th late great planet earth: bs 647.2 L5
164. coming of age in th milky way: q 125 f425
165. survival into th 21st century: ra 784 k85
166. plants of th gods: qk 99 a1 s39
167. why ppl join th church: bv 820 r3
168. discover yr spiritual type: bv 4501.2 w37
169. to relieve th human condition: r 724 m2922
170. modern cosmology & th xtian idea of god: qb 981 m77
171. *wrinkles in time: qb 981 s695
172. same sex: hq 76.25 s24
173. catullus, et.al. pa 6156 a2
174. more than cool reason: pn 228 m4 L27
175. th gospel according to oprah: pn 1992.4 w56 n45
176. th life of god (as told by himself): pq 4866 e77 m6613
177. th ancient wisdom of origen: Br 65 o68 s65
178. theo of angels & devils' bt 966.2 v35
179. liberating eschat: bt 823 L53
180. shafted: hf 1746 s53
181. th sexual politics of meat: hv 4708 a25
182. atonement, christology & th trinity: bt 265.3 b78
183. who wrote th bible? Bs 1225..2 f75
184. symbolism ofevil: bt 715 r48
185. 22 keys to being a minister: bv 4011.3 L56
186. th heart of buddhist meditation: bq 1320 s2522 e5
187. recovering th scandal of th cross: bt 265 b35
188. th gospel according to superman: bv 4501.2 g3
189. u r peter: bx 955.2 c4313
190. between jesus & th market: br 1642 u5 k56
191. more money, more ministry: br 1642 u5 m67
192. th war prayer (twain): ps 1322 w3
193. choosing reality (physics & th mind): qc 6 w28
194. airwaves to th soul (relig broadc): bv 656 h54
195. einstein's god: qc 16 e5 g67
196. th city of god (st. Aug): br 65 a64 e5
197. we shall see him as he is: bx 382 s6413.

lyrics: "Jesus, forgive me, Jesus, I'm sorry, help guide me out of this mess." - off a home-spun CD I got from the lovely woman at the chiropracter's office. the disc is by one of the teachers at her school.

colors: orange, white blue

mood: studious

chant/prayer/mantra: in the beginning was the word, and then it multiplied (see list above).


pax hominibus,
joel

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i haven't been able to sleep, so i figured i'd sync up my palm pilot and work on some writing.

here's a list of all the books i've found over the last six months while working at the library that i want to read at some point (sorry, lots of truncated words, but should be basically readable):

BOOK LIST

1. protestantism, capitalism, & nature in amer (bt 695.5 s75)
2. letter from th birmingham city jail (mlk)
3. jesus' walkin on th sea (bs 2280 z4 v.81)
4. a critical study of th communicative dyn of rock programminq w/ implic 4 th communic of th gospel in th 1970s (bv 4447 j6)
5. great painters & their famous bible pics (nd 1430 q875, size 2)
6. universal salv: th current debate (bs 680 u55 u55)
7. 100 q's tht non-membrs ask about UU (bx 9841.2 s52)
8. faith of a heretic (bl k34 1963)
9. native amer strytllg (e 98 f6 n386)
10. rave culture & relig (hq 796 r3683)
11. th executed god: (lockdwn amer) (hv 8687 t38)
12. how to tell god from th devil (bt 160 e26)
13. reordering nature (qh 438.7 d43)
14. dharma gaia (bq 4570 e23 d48)
15. buddha, marx & god (bl 51 L52)
16. th figures/types of th OT (bs 478 m3)
17. liberation theology (bt 83.97 L56)
18. process theo (bt 83.6 p76)
19. atonemcnt of th death of x (bt 263 m34)
20. exorcism (bv 873 e8 e9)
21. th xtian revolutionary (bt 738.2 b76)
22. living in hell: th dilemma of african-american survival (bv 4241.5 L58)
23. th jazz of prching (bv 4211.3 j66)
24. all god's chillun (bv 4832.2 o9)
25. love meets th dragons (bv 4011 o95)
26. school of assassins: guns, greed, globalization (u 248 a75 n45)
27. waging nuclear peace (u263 e47)
28. freedom of speech in th roman republic (dg 231.3 r6)
29. th anti-x, ecce homo, twilight of th idols - nietzsche (b 3312 e5 r53)
30. postmission (bv 2063 p67)
31. th 2nd coming (bt 821.2 s385)
32. parables for preachers (bt 375.2 r45)
33. the trial of jc contin (bt 440 p4713)
34. did jc survive th cross? (bt 453 n52)
35. tools for bible study (bs 417 i5)
36. roget's thesaurus of th bible (bs 440 d39)
37. jesus in disneyland (br 115 p74 L96)
38. after xtianity (br 121.3 v38)
39. th buddha & th x (br 128 b8 L44)
40. hindu god, xtian god (br 128 h5 c57)
41. hinduism & xtianity (br 128 h5 d46)
42. saccidananda (br 128 h5 L4413)
43. th unity of reality (br 128 h5 b7813)
44. gravity's rainbow (ps 3566 y55 p9)
45. th best spiritual writing (ps 509 s62 b47)
46. perelandra - c.s. Lewis on Mars (pr 6023 e926 p4)
47. th gospel of dostoevsky (pg 3326 a15)
48. sexuality & spirituality: th interplay of masc & fem (bf 13 m67)
49. apocalypse: a people's commentary on revelation , bs 2825.3 r497
50. th attraction of peyote, e 98 r3 h789
51. systematic theology (bt 75.3 g45)
52. studies on th early papacy (br 162 c45)
53. a heart as wide as th world (bq 5395 s25)
54. th liturgies of quakerism (bx 7737 d36)
55. signs & symb of xtian art (n 7830 f37 (ref))
56. god & time (bt 153 i47 g64)
57. encyclopedia of islam & th muslim wrld (bp 40 e525 (ref))
58. historical dictionary of sufism (bp 188.48 r46 (ref)
59. symbls of xtian faith (bv 150 s77 (ref))
60. th lord's prayer (bv 230 L53)
61. iconoclash, (n 8217 i26 i26)
62. why ppl do bad thnqs in th name of relig (bl 85 w44)
63. a letter frm jc (bx 2349 L3513)
64. responding to evil (bx 2350.3 k45)
65. canons & decrees of th council of trent, bx 830 1545 a3 s35
66. conversations about th end of time , bl 503 c66
67. th nuclear weapons industry (uf 767 b47)
68. above all earthly powers: x in a po-mo wrld, br 115 p74 w45
69. idiot public speak (pn4121 r73)
70. crucifixion of th intellectual man, pa 3825 p8 h47
71. catechism of council of trent, bx 1958 e5
72. multiply th ministry (bx 1920 r46)
73. love it or leave it? (jk 1759 j85)
74. law of love - gandhi (hm 278 g3246)
75. econ globl alts (hf 1359 a574)
76. keynes gen thry of employment, intrst, & money (hb 171 k45)
77. arapahoe myths - e 98 r3 g38
78. budd & Xtianity (br 128 b8 f47)
79. th art of contemplation (bq 5612 w38
80. fundamentalisms & state (bl 235 f83)
81. kirpal singh (bl 624 k57)
82. earth festivals (bf 1999 L15)
83. In Search of the Christ Sophia - Jann Aldredge-Clanton
84. Global Transformations (D 32 G46 1999b) - David Held
85. the abolition of poverty (hd 6955 h6)
86. will the real god pls stand up (bs 544 t47)
87. crazy pigs (bs 551.2 w4)
88. queering christ (br 115 h6 g665)
89. seize th book, jail th author (bs 1224 g43 s63)
90. king solomon & his magic ring, bs 580 s6 w45
91. psychology & the bible: from x to jesus, bs 645 p89 v.4
92. th curse of ham, bs 580 h27 g65
93. not counting women & children ,bs 575 m44
94. teachings on love, thich nhat hanh, bq 4360 n43
95. jesus & jim jones, or six yrs w/ god (bp 605 p46)
96. secret societies of amer elite (hs 61 s67)
97. scripture on silver scrn (pn 1995.5 r45)
98. foundations of systematic theo (bx 1751.3 g83)
99. structural theology (bt 78 h89)
100. aristotle on ethics (b 430 w28)
101. leisure: theory & policy (gv 14 k34)
102. a history of unitarianism (bx 9831 w49 1945 v1&2)
103. th journl of uu history (bx 9803 u77)
104. joseph priestly: a comet in th system (bx 9869 p8 c52)
105. nomi & th magic fish (gr 359.2 x64 p59)
106. centrality & commonality (pl 2473 z7 t8)
107. how to read a book (pn 83 a43)
108. john courtney murray: contemp church-state theory (bx 4705 m977 L6)
109. martial arts: th spiritual dimension (gv 1112 p39)
110. god's phallus (bm 610 e44)
111. xformation & health (bq 1320 s2522 e5)
112. *awaitinq apocalypse (bs 646 c67)
113. i-sight of rastafari (bj 1290.3 j64)
114. god's bullies (br 115 p7 y68)
115. relig & mass media (bv 652.95 r43)
116. mass media relig (bv 656.3 h66)
117. stations of th cross (bv 656 a66)
118. a storytllrs omnibus (gr 76 h37)
119. and th poor get welfare (hv 95 c649)
120. *good goats: healing our img of god (bt 140 L53)
121. living in th lap of th goddess (bL 625.7 e45)
122. ecstatic relig (bL 626 L48)
123. th paradox of existentialist theo (bt 84 s57)
124. th princip of autho (bt 88 f6)
125. aristotle's theo (b434 e49)
126. th 7 last wrds (bt 456 c76)
127. th parables of jc (bt 375.2 f67)
128. entering into th mind of god (bt 457 p55)
129. preservin th cre8ion: environmental theo & ecol (bt 695.5 p74)
130. th wrks of john wesley (bx 8217 w5 1975)
131. th black x (bt 304.912 d68)
132. dare 2 b x: homilies 4 th 90s (bx 1756 b828 d37)
133. mystical healinq (bx 2179 L8 h67)
134. *bible basics: mastring th content (bs 417 f47)
135. *is th bible tru? (bs 480 o736)
136. "sweet dreams in amer" - sharon welsch(sp?)
137. christ's farewell discourse (bs 2615.2 L87)
138. god, humn nature, & educ fr peace (bt 736.4 n56)
139. journal of calendar reform (periodicals)
140. th feminization of amer culture (ps 152 d6)
141. th codes of hammurabi & moses (pj 3871 d38)
142. symbols of faith bv 150 s79)
143. engaging anabaptism (bx 8122 e54)
144. tehillum treasury (bs 1430.3 f48)
145. dying fr water (td 345 m22)
146. sharing possessions (bs 2589 j64)
147. th 5 aggregates: undstndng theravada psych & soteriology (bq 7235 b636)
148. possessns & th life of faith (bs 2589.6 w37 g555)
149. th strange gospel: pov in john (bs 2615.52 r47)
150. th conversion of th imaginatn: paul (bs 2655 r32 h38)
151. systematic theology: tillich (bt 75.2 t5)
152. th trinity guide to th trinity (bt 109 L223)
153. angels: ministers of grace (bt 966.2 m25)
154. between two gardens (bt 708 n43)
155. th unveiling of love (bp 189.2 o9713)
156. an exploration in understanding (bd 161 h285)
157. fear: man's worst enemy - smile, smile, smile (bf 575 f2 b87)
158. world wo/ end, xtian eschat frm a process persp (bj 1406 w68)
159. meher baba on love (bp 610 m4315)
160. alien sex (body & desire in cinema & theo) (bt 741.3 L68)
161. hate work: working thru th pain & pleasures of hate (bv 4012.2 a873)
162. th miracle of dialogue (bv 4012.2 h6)
163. sermon on man's 1st moon landinq (fBV 4316 a8 g7)
164. purple violet squish (bv 4470 w5)
165. in defense of revolution: th elohist history (bs 1181.2 c66)
166. angels & ministers of grace (bs 1199 a5 f5)
167. thinking from th han (b 126 h255)
168. begone, satan! (bf 1555 b35)
169. th light of th gods (bl 795 L54 p37)
170. th papers of MLK, jr (e 185.97 k5 a2)
171. th universal gita (bl 1138.67 s53)
172. primitive existentialism (b 819 m597)
173. seeing krishna (bl 1285.392 p87 c37)
174. eschatology in th quran (bp 134 e7 o82)
175. th way of mindfulness (bq 1320 s2522 e5 t53)
176. th spectre of speciesism (bq 4570 a53 w35)
177. selctd writngs of luther (br 331 e5 t32 v.4)
178. th media revolution of early xtianity (br 160 e55 m46)
179. conversion (bt 780 c58)
180. promised land (ds 126.5 e22, size 3)
181. dharma art (bq 4570 a72 t78)
182. on reliq : marx & engels (bl 2775 m3983)
183. 3 min discourses on kaballah (bm 526 a13)
184. in god we trust? (bl 2525 i55)
185. th everything philosophy book (bd 21 m25)
186. witchcraft (bf 1581 r6)
187. zen classics (bq 9264.2 z455)
188. byzantine daily worship (bx 350 a5 r3)
189. th authority of exprnc (bq 4570 p76 a88)
190. a heart as wide as th world (bq 5395 s25)
191. moksha: huxley (bf 1051 h8)
192. thoughts wo/ a thinker (bq 4570 p76 e67)
193. th way of non-attachment (bq 5630 v5 d48)
194. beinq bodies: buddhist wmn on prdx of embod (bq 4570 w6 b45)
195. essence of buddhism (bq 156 m59)
196. +david l. Bach, "preg wman, rev 12"
197. +michael delashmutt, "betr life thru IT, posthumn"
198. th "satan" of milton (pr 3562 a5)
199. notes on virginia, by t jefferson (find in other lib)
200. sadomasochism: rc 560 s23 s3
201. th wealth of nations (adam smith): hb 161 s65
202. th branch davidians of waco: bp 605 b72 n49
203. why?: hm 1076 t55
204. god is not...: bt 103 g626
205. th crucified god: bt 202 m5513
206. re-ordering nature: qh 438.7 d43
207. arguing about sex: bt 708 m64
208. th gestalt therapy primer: rc 489 g4 r67
209. subverting greed: hf 1359 s8665
210. th cap'n amer complex: e 175.9 j48
211. kything: th art of spiritual presence: bx 2350.2 s266
212. 100 yrs of upstart unitarianism in th bibl belt: bx 9833.6 o384 h37 (sz 2)
213. yr guide to a group experience: hm 134 s66
214. th woman's bible: hq 1395 s72
215. basic xtian ethics: bj 1241 r3
216. narnia beckons (w/ pencil drawings): pr 6023 e926 z583 (sz 2)
217. at jerusalem's gate: poems of eastr(woodcuts): bt 482 g75 (sz 2)
218. th mandala: sacred circ in tib buddh: bq 5125 m3 b7313 (sz 2)
219. i am a bullet: scenes frm an accel culture: bd 638 k78 (sz 2)
220. th basic scientology picture book: bp 605 s2 h765 (size 2)
221. buddhism & th mythology of evil: bq 4900 L56
222. catechism of th catholic chrch: bx 1959.5 c384
223. th catechism: 100 q's & a's: bx 1959.5 p37
224. an essay on theo method: br 118 k38
225. th confessions of St. Augustne: br 65 a6 e5
226. a cosmic bk on th mechanisms of creation: bf 1999 b3975
227. *eight theories of religion: bL 41 p36
228. three msngrs for 1 god: bL 410 a7613
229. coming t peace w/ sci: bridging tween faith n biol: bs 651 f35
230. what does th bible really say about hell?: bs 680 h43 k57
231. th man who was a woman & othr queer tales frm hindu lore: bL 1215 s49 m36
232. sathya sai speaks - vol1,4(cover pics): bL 1228 s28 a25
233. authentic fakes: relig & amer pop culture: bL 65 c8 c465
234. a concise dictionary of cults & religions: bL 31 w38
235. experimenting w/ truth: th fusion of relig w/ tech, for humanity's survival: bL 240.2 r69
236. survivinq terror (p.109-wiesel): bL 65 t475 s87
237. material objects: bf 1999 b397
238. th sacred prostitute: hq 61 q35
239. cross-cultural educ (planetary perspective): lc 1099 w54
240. queer theory - an intro hq 76.25 j34
241. who's afraid of th freemasons? hs 403 p53
242. gender: hq 1075 m384
243. ecologicl femnism: hq 1233 e28
244. cicero's lettrs to friends: pa 6156 c6 e3
245. a hist of ancient persia: ds 275 r6
246. th religion of thomas jefferson: e 322 f66
247. thesis - hile(1994, psr): e 332.2 h54
248. angelwalk: ps 3555 L85 a54
249. th invisible man: ps 3555 L625 i5
250. th i chinq or book of changes: pL 2478 d87
251. religions of star trek: pn 1995.9 s694 k72
252. a theory of justice: jc 578 r38
253. in u don't go, dont hinder me: mL 3187 r3187
254. th quiet rebels: th story of quakers in amer: bx 7635 b13
255. th vision of th lord's recovery: bx 7990 L63 L448
256. th best spiritual writing (1999-2004): ps 509 s62 b47
257. th laying on of hands in th parish healing ministry: bx 5141 g76 v.104
258. rock, bach, & superschlock: mL 3865 m97
259. power in buildings: na 712 f47
260. shaw & xtianity: pr 5368 r4 a2
261. sacred choices (th right to contraception in 10 relig): hq 767.2 m34
262. making abortion rare: hq 767.5 u5 r385
263. sex & heaven: bx 1795 s48 p67
264. theodore parker series: bx 9815 p3 1907 v.1-14
265. william ellery channing series: bx 9815 c4 1903 v.1-6
266. plan b: further thoughts on faith (ps 3562 a4645 z467)
267. th man born to b king (pr 6037 a95 m3)
268. aisha's moonlit walk (pz 7 s779 a1)
269. systematic theo: bx 1751.2 s888
270. peace or atomic war (schweitzer): jx 1974.7 s3
271. god & th gangs: hv 6437 b43
272. uses of marijuana: hv 5822 m3 s58
273. turned on by god: hv 5822 m7 c65
274. pipe, bible, & peyote among th oglala lakota: e 99 o3 s83
275. equations of eternity: qc 171.2 d36
276. marx's concept of man: hx 39.5 f7
277. wht editors look fr: pn 161 a32
278. th case for christ: bt 203 s77
279. th radical kingdom: bt 738.3 r8
280. 90,000 hrs: managing th world of work: bt 738.5 g728
281. th last days r here again: bt 876 k95
282. th story of th devil: bt 980 g75
283. th gendered new wrld order: hq 1236 g4625
284. pedagogy of th oppressed: Lb 880 f73 p4313
285. critical terms fr art history: n 34 c75
286. heavn below: br 1644.5 u6 w33
287. th ordering of time (ce 6 b6713)
288. th built environmnt: na 2543 s6 b77
289. imagine all th ppl: a conv w/ th dalai lama: $, polit, life
290. godspeech: putting divine disclosures into human words: bt 180 w67 j65
291. th improbability of god: bL 2775.3 i47
292. love, wages, slavery: th lit of servitude in th u.s.: hd 6072.2 u5
293. topologies of th flesh: b 829.5 r67
294. living w/ paradox(p 131-135): bv 652.1 m35
295. th complete idiot's guide to public spking: pn 4121 r73
296. globalisation fr th common good: hf 1418.5 m64
297. pacific rituals (kava): gn 663 p32
298. opening a mountain: koans of th zen masters: bq 9289.5 h438
299. beyond thinking: a guide to zen medit / zen mstr dogen: bq 9449 d652
300. a concise overview of swedenborg's theo: bx 8721.3 k579
301. 10 habits for effctv ministry: a guide fr life-giving pastors: bv 660.2 e73
302. getting things done: concepts & skills fr leaders: bv 652.1 s34
303. th intrusive word: prchng to th unbap: bv 4211 w 524
304. th later roman empire: dg 311 j6 v.1-2

that should keep me busy for a little while. or several lifetimes, at the speed i read. if you read any of these, please feel free to send me a synopsis with the main take-home points.


mood: mad, because i'm tired but can't sleep.

pax hominibus,
joel

Labels: book list

Jeremiah: They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying "Peace, peace," when there is no peace.

Kant: All the interest of my reason (speculative as well as practical) comes together in the following three questions:
1. What can I know?
2. What ought I to do?
3. What may I hope?

(from Critique of Pure Reason)


Whitman: Piety and conformity to them that like,
Peace, obesity, allegiance, to them that like...
I am he who walks the States with a barb'd tongue,
questioning everyone I meet,
Who are you that wanted only to be told
what you knew before?
Who are you that wanted only a book to join you
in your nonsense?

(from By Blue Ontario's Shore)


Nietsche: Is it really so difficult simply to accept... what is considered truth in the circle of one's relatives and of many good men, and what, moreover, really comforts and elevates man Is that more difficult than to strike new paths, fighting the habitual, experiencing the insecurity of independence and the frequent wavering of one's feelings and even one's conscience, proceeding often without any consolation... Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire.

(from Letter, 1865)


Tolstoy: I do not believe my faith to be the one indubitable truth for all time, but I see no other that is plainer, clearer, or answers better to all the demands of my reason and my heart; should I find such a one I shall at once accept it... But I can no more return to that from which with such suffering I have escaped, than a flying bird can re-enter the egg shell from which it has emerged. "He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself (his own peace) better than all." said Coleridge.

(Reply to Edict of Excommunication)


Wittgenstein: What is the use of studying philosphy if... (See #10)

Sartre: If a writer has chosen to be silent... (See #16)


I'm going off to seminary soon, and am reading this "Faith of a Heretic" book. I need to return it to the church library before I go. EOM

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