What we’re reading: Lent

We thought some readers might find themselves subject to a few “fits and starts” at the beginning of Lent, to borrow Fr. Calvin Lane’s fine and recent phrase about faltering Lenten discipline. So, herewith, a few book ideas for those of you still struggling to find the “perfect” volume. You’ll notice a some commonalities (Rowan Williams, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Joseph Ratzinger, Gary Anderson) and surprising divergences.

John Bauerschmidt

• Billy Collins, Horoscopes for the Dead
• Gerhard von Rad, Deuteronomy
• Ephraim Radner, Hope among the Fragments

Charlie Clauss

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• Rowan Williams, The Lion’s World: A Journey into the Heart of Narnia

Stewart Clem

• Markus Rathey, Bach’s Major Vocal Works: Music, Drama, Liturgy 
• Calvin Stapert, My Only Comfort: Death, Deliverance, and Discipline in the Music of Bach

Zachary Guiliano

• Hans Urs von Balthasar, Mysterium Paschale: The Mystery of Easter, trans. by Aidan Nichols
• Joseph Ratzinger, Jesus of Nazareth
• Justin Welby, Dethroning Mammon

Benjamin Guyer

• Psalms

Cole Hartin

• George Herbert, The Temple
• St. Macarius the Spiritbearer: Coptic Texts Relating to St. Macarius the Great, translation by Tim Vivian

Wesley Hill

• Christopher Ash, Job: The Wisdom of the Cross
• Rowan Williams, The Sign and the Sacrifice: The Meaning of the Cross and Resurrection

Jordan Hillebert

• Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love
• Rowan Williams, The Sign and the Sacrifice: The Meaning of the Cross and Resurrection

Richard Kew

• Julia Baird, Victoria: The Queen.
• Douglas Harink, 1 & 2 Peter, Brazos Theological Commentary
• John Moorman, History of the Church in England (3rd edition)

Calvin Lane

• Thomas à Kempis, The Complete Imitation of Christ, translation and commentary by Fr. John Julian, OJN

Jean Meade

• Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Neal Michell

• C.H. Dodd, Benefits of His Passion
• Niall Ferguson, The Rise and Decline of the British Empire
• David Goodhew (ed.), Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion, 1980 to the Present
• Mark Schweizer, The Alto Wore Tweed

Jonathan Mitchican

• Alexander Schmemann, Great Lent: Journey to Pascha
• P. Mellick Belshaw, Lent with Evelyn Underhill

Bryan Owen

• N.T. Wright, The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus’s Crucifixion

Andrew Petiprin

• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables
• Roger Scruton, On Human Nature

Sarah Puryear

• Tim Muldoon, The Ignatian Workout for Lent: 40 Days of Prayer, Reflection, and Action

Joey Royal

• Gary Anderson, Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition
• Gary Anderson, Sin: A History

Christopher Yoder

• Rowan Williams, The Sign and the Sacrifice: The Meaning of the Cross and Resurrection.

Paul Wheatley

• Gary Anderson, Sin: A History
• Fleming Rutledge, The Crucifixion

Clint Wilson

• Hans Urs von Balthasar, Mysterium Paschale: The Mystery of Easter, translation by Aidan Nichols
• Joseph Ratzinger, Jesus of Nazareth
• Donna Schaper (ed.), 40-Day Journey with Howard Thurman