It seems that everybody is reflecting back on the past decade, over this past week or so. I thought I would throw in my own List of the 2010s from my reading lists (I've been keeping track of my annual readings since 2004). Most of these years I was reading around 30 books/year. A good number of these books have had their own blog post, because they were so outstanding. My criteria for getting on this list is -- do I still refer back to them, personally, (do they still influence my thought and practice?) and have I recommended these books to others?
2010
- The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why (Phyllis Tickle)
- When Helping Hurts (Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert)
2011
- Churches, Cultures and Leadership (Mark Lau Branson & Juan Martinez)
- The Abundant Community (John McKnight & Peter Block)
2012
- Jesus and Community (Gerhard Lohfink)
- Modern Social Imaginaries (Charles Taylor)
- Evangelism After Christendom: Theology and Practice of Christian Witness (Bryan Stone)
- Invitation to a Journey (Robert Mulholland Jr)
- Surprised by Hope (NT Wright)
2013
- Divergent (Veronica Roth)
- Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation (James K A Smith)
- Mink River (Brian Doyle)
2014
- No Great Mischief (Alistair McLeod)
- Summoned From the Margins (Lamin Sanneh)
- The Permanent Revolution (Alan Hirsch & Tim Catchim)
- Quiet (Susan Cain)
2015
- Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius (Ray Monk)
- Pursuing God's Will Together (Ruth Haley Barton)
- Simply Good News (NT Wright)
- The Hare with the Amber Eyes (Edwin de Waal)
- Through Black Spruce (Joseph Boyden)
2016
- The Patient Ferment of the Early Church (Alan Kreider)
- The Meaning of Sunday: The Practice of Belief in a Secular Age (Joel Thiessen)
- Making Disciples: Faith Formation in the Wesleyan Tradition (Sondra Matthaei)
2017
- Patience with God: The Story of Zacchaeus Continuing in Us (Tomas Halik)
- Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines that Shape the Church for Mission (David Fitch)
- A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century (Witold Rybczynski)
2018
- Stranger God: Welcoming Jesus in Disguise (Richard Beck)
- Bonhoeffer's Seminary Vision: A Case for Costly Discipleship and Life Together (Paul House)
- Liturgical Theology: The Church as Worshiping Community (Simon Chan)
2019
- Worship and Mission After Christendom (Alan & Eleanor Kreider)
- The Day the Revolution Began (NT Wright)
- Evangelism After Pluralism: The Ethics of Christian Witness (Bryan Stone)
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