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“One Thousand White Women” and Religious Stereotypes
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Jana Riess
Last month, the Cincinnati library system (which is outstanding, in case you’re not lucky enough to live here) chose One Thousand White Women as the book for the city to read. By happenstance, one of my book clubs chose it too. I was excited to read it because the premise was so promising. This from…
If You Love Books, Take This Survey (You Might Win a Kindle Touch!)
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Jana Riess
A couple of scholars are doing a national study on reading habits, and specifically on why people read. Is it for escape? For education? For social reasons/book club participation? And how does religious belief and practice affect what people read and how often they read? If you’d like to participate in the survey, click here.…
Publish Your Book on Amazon: A Q&A with Tony Jones (Part 2)
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Jana Riess
Yesterday we talked with Tony Jones about the content of his new book, The Church Is Flat. Today we’re doing a behind-the-scenes look at why he decided to self-publish for the first time, and what he learned from the experience. If you’ve ever thought about putting a book on the Kindle, read this. –JKR…
The Church Is Flat: A Q & A with Tony Jones (Part 1)
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Jana Riess
When I think about my favorite folks in the emerging church conversation, one of them is certainly Tony Jones, one of the movement’s founders. It was Tony’s book The New Christians that first introduced me to the idea of church as a wiki, which has been a transformational notion for me. So I was excited…
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