{"id":866,"date":"2017-05-15T13:56:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T12:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.com\/?p=866"},"modified":"2017-07-10T14:16:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T13:16:24","slug":"top-reads-may-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/top-reads-may-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Reads: May 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Most months of the year, I try to share a list of things that have\u00a0really<\/em> affected my thinking. This ties in to my 2017 reading challenge – to read, mark and learn a number of texts beyond my normal literary fodder that I should read and care about. The previous post celebrates the things I loved in April 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, without further ado, here are my ‘Top Reads’ for May 2017:<\/p>\n

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  1. Vaughan Roberts’ little book on Transgender – this is a small book, not my normal fare, but something that addresses some of the big questions in our culture. I reviewed it<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Seattle Reboot: Life after Mars Hill<\/a> – a great piece over at the Gospel Coalition about the fall and resurrection of what Driscoll was trying to do.<\/li>\n
  3. Do you struggle connecting your faith with how you use\/experience your body? I linked to this book from IVP<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. How much do you read each year?<\/a> I resonated with this video about the power and practice of reading regularly.<\/li>\n
  5. The Church and Transgender Identity<\/a>. This article from Commonweal Magazine was typically balanced and though-provoking.<\/li>\n
  6. What happens at the end of the world? This blog post from Think Theology<\/a> was brilliant, and echoed my positive thoughts in my review of this Grove Booklet<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. Artificial Wombs and the Abolition of Woman<\/a>. If you haven’t discovered the work and writing of my friend Alastair, you should. This was a typically incisive, thought-producing blog post.<\/li>\n
  8. Evangelical, Sacramental, Pentecostal<\/a>. Probably the best book I read this month – published earlier – I wish we all thought about words a little more…<\/li>\n
  9. Why as a Christian I am voting Conservative<\/a>. This brilliant guest post over at Ian Paul’s blog demonstrates a number of things: a) Ian doesn’t mind entertaining views different to his own, b) why voting ‘NOW’ is different from one’s perspective on the ‘Not Yet’, c) how we could reimagine the future…<\/li>\n
  10. Do you have a book in you?<\/a> I’ve been a friend of this author for years – I was thrilled to see her book published, and\u00a0really<\/em> appreciated her thoughts in this blog post.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So there you go.<\/p>\n

    The best things, broadly speaking, I read in May of 2017.<\/p>\n

    I hope they help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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