This book looks interesting: “God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World?and Why Their Differences Matter” by Stephen Prothero

I loved the Joel Green book.

Judging from your reading list, I’m wondering if you plan to attend the BioLogos Foundation’s summer workshop at Gordon College (I think it’s June 9-12). I’d like to go myself.

RJS, what an interesting list! I look forward to reading your reflections on these books>

Rachel,
No I won’t be at the BioLogos workshop – although I will be in the vicinity at a science conference that week.
The workshop does look interesting.

For a book that would fall in the same genre as those above–written by a Catholic Bishop some predict to be the next Pope–check out:
“Chance of Purpose? Creation, Evolution, and a Rational Faith” – Cardinal Christoph Schonborn (Bishop of Vienna, Austria)
http://tinyurl.com/2cmjt75

Hey Scot,
I just saw this one today. Robert Wuthnow BE VERY AFRAID: THE CULTURAL RESPONSE TO TERROR, PANDEMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION, NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION, AND OTHER THREATS (Oxford, Univer. Press, 2010).

RJS,
Brown’s book seems an extraordinary one to me, as he is a leading O.T. scholar (with major works on Genesis, Psalms, wisdom literature, and O.T. ethics) who has also read and consulted rather widely in the pertinent scientific fields and thought about all this deeply. Most of the many worthwhile books that have come out in the last decade or so on evolution and Christian faith/the Bible have been written by scientists, some by theologians who specialize in “theology and science.” There have also been quite a few works from biblical scholars treating Genesis in its ancient near eastern context. Brown also provides contextual exegesis of Genesis and reports or explanations of recent scientific research, but I think this book moves beyond either of those types of books to give us something different. Brown advances the conversation by bringing his O.T. expertise, curiosity about the sciences, and creativity to bear on the task of considering parallel, intersecting, and disjunctive concerns and understandings in contemporary science and the Bible (more specifically, 7 major texts about creation from throughout the O.T.). I am glad this book will be getting wider exposure and discussion here. I had been thinking about calling it to your attention.
Green’s book is similar in that he is a leading N.T. scholar who in recent years has done mid-career graduate study in the neurosciences.

RJS,
They all look pretty good. I’m particularly excited about the Ecklund and Haught books. Even though I’m more of a lurker than a commenter I appreciate you leading these discussions.

What is the status of the expanded version of John Wallace’s The Lost World of Genesis One?