My leading the Cornwall Alliance entails a great deal of reading, all the time, on economic and, especially, environmental issues—from three or four to ten or twenty articles a day, and multiple books every year. But as a former professor of church history and social ethics who also taught systematic theology, reasons for Christian faith, and political theory, and as a church member committed to ministering to the needs of my brothers and sisters in Christ, and simply as a Christian ambitious to … [Read more...]
32 Books I Read in 2015 (Make that 33)
The vast majority of my time is spent reading or writing. Someone just suggested I tell about the books I’ve read so far this year. (I’d love to tell about the articles, too, but they’re far too many—typically a dozen or two a day, five or six days a week.) Perhaps others will be inspired to read some of them, too. So, here goes, in no particular order—which reflects my typical reading habits: Social Justice Isn’t What You Think It Is, by Michael Novak and Paul Adams, an excellent study of the … [Read more...]
Recommended Readings on the Global Warming Debate
From time to time the Cornwall Alliance receives requests for recommended readings on the debate over catastrophic, anthropogenic global warming (CAGW). Although it takes considerable time, we always send personal replies to such requests, believing that’s one of the ways we can serve people. If you’re a Cornwall Alliance supporter, this is part of what your donations make possible. If you’re not, we hope you’ll consider becoming one. But it also makes sense to make such recommendations … [Read more...]
