What We’re Reading: Book Recommendations
from Gordon-Conwell Faculty
One frequent request we receive from alumni is for advice from faculty about what you should be reading. Amidst the flood of new books published every year, what books should you be sure not to miss? We asked our faculty to suggest some important recent books, and they definitely delivered!
Below you’ll find links to three pages of recommendations, grouped by general area of study. On each page you can click “Read More” beneath any book to see a faculty quote about the book and why it is worth a read. Clicking on the book itself will take you to the Gordon-Conwell bookshop on ChristianBook.com, where you can purchase it. Several professors across various fields recommended two books that many of our administrators, staff and faculty have been reading and discussing over the last few months. We have featured those two books on this page.
Whether you’re seeking resources on practical or academic theology, ministry in the church or the marketplace, or guidance on modern ethical or contemporary issues, we hope these new reads will be a blessing to you and your ministry!
“GCTS alum Esau McCaulley puts his groundbreaking research into practice for preachers everywhere. This lens of interpretation will equip preachers of all ethnicities with a racially inclusive hermeneutic that draws us all closer to Christ.”
Recommended by Dr. Kirsten Sanders:
“Esau McCaulley’s Reading While Black is a necessary and timely addition to the literature on biblical interpretation. McCaulley’s commitment both to the Christian tradition and to the dignity and value of Black lived experience shines throughout this text and is a unique contribution to a field that often makes you choose one or the other.”
Recommended by Professor Rob Antonucci:
“Written by a Gordon-Conwell alumnus, this book details a personal journey and also raises awareness on how our Scripture reading and exegesis has not considered the African-American perspective on the issues addressed and how white evangelicals are often unaware of and discount their importance.”
Recommended by Dr. Dennis Hollinger:
“A provocative overview of the history of race and the church in America. This book is sobering, convicting, and much needed for our time as we continue to wrestle with racial justice and reconciliation.”
Recommended by Rev. Dr. Nicole Martin:
“From the perspective of a historian, Jemar creates the context for racism in the church today. His thought-provoking insights can help shape reconciliatory conversations that propel the church forward in justice and in truth.”
Recommended by Professor Dean Borgman:
“Jemar Tisby (with a powerful intro from Christian hip-hop’s Lecrae Moore) enlightens us regarding the origin of racial hierarchy in our colonial era, the hypocrisy of our exclusion of slaves, Native Americans, and women in our founding documents, the institutionalizing of race in the antebellum era, the reconstruction of white supremacy in the Jim Crow era, and the organizing of the religious right in our own times.”
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