As summer begins, we want to help you craft the perfect Summer Reading List. We asked Southeastern Seminary professors what books they would recommend, and we’ll share their recommendations in coming weeks.
Today, the Center for Faith and Culture’s own Benjamin Quinn recommends three books for your summer reading list.
Wilson carries the reader on a fascinating journey from the past to the present, all through a distinctly Christian lens.
Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West
by Andrew Wilson (Crossway, 2023)
Andrew Wilson, teaching pastor at Kings Church London, traces the remarkable watershed that was the year 1776. With beautiful and imaginatively written prose, Wilson capably demonstrates how 1776 is the key to unlocking our understanding of the world we currently inhabit in the West. Wilson offers a fresh take on the narrative of how the West became what it is, capably engaging with other contemporary versions of the story, as well as demonstrating great familiarity with the late medieval and early modern ideas and sources associated with the various movements. Utilizing the themes of Roots, Quirks, Maps, Patriots, Lights, Skeptics, Machines, Lovers, Profits, Christians, and Opportunities (each of which serve as chapter titles), Wilson carries the reader on a fascinating journey from the past to the present, all through a distinctly Christian lens. A must read (or listen, as it’s available on Audible).
Attentive Church Leadership: Listening and Leading in a World We’ve Never Known
by Kevin Ford and Jim Singleton (IVP, 2024)
Attentive Church Leadership is a fresh, thoughtful, and practical guide to ministry leadership in our ever-distracted world. Ford and Singleton offer helpful and timely suggestions for attending to people, processes, culture, and the mission of ministry.
The Spirit of our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life
by Michael Wear (Zondervan, 2024)
Wear weds the importance of politics (broadly speaking) with careful attention to personal character and spiritual formation. In the vein of Dallas Willard, Wear diagnosis our current political condition, then offers solutions that begin with a renewed focus on the Kingdom and the spiritual disciplines necessary for God-honoring public life. The Spirit of our Politics is a timely and worthwhile read.
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