First up, my religion and history sections.

Books read

• Reza Aslan, Zealot
• Marcus Borg, The Heart of Christianity
• Stephen Mitchell, The Gospel According to Jesus
• N.T. Wright, Simply Christian
• N.T. Wright, After You Believe
• Brian Zahnd, Sinners In the Hands of a Loving God
• Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States

Books to read

• The Paston Letters
• America’s History to 1877
• Alexander, Everyday Spiritual Practice
• Stephen Ambrose, Undaunted Courage
• Stephen Batchelor, Buddhism Without Beliefs
• Bonhoffer, The Cost of Discipleship
• Bridenthal/Koonz, Becoming Visible
• Buerhens, Understanding the Bible
• Cassara, Hosea Ballou
• Chamberlin-Feldman, The Dartmouth Bible
• John Dominic Crossan, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography
• Dalai Lama, Beyond Religion
• Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle
• Kenneth Davis, Don’t Know Much About the Civil War
• Rachel Held Evans, Inspired
• M. Guizot, The History of France
• Josephus, The Works of Josephus
• Brian D. McLaren, We Make the Road By Walking
• James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom
• Edmund Morgan, Benjamin Franklin
• Allan Nevins, Ordeal of the Union (8-volume set)
• Eugene Peterson, The Message
• John Richardson, The Annals of London
• David Rosenberg, A Literary Bible
• Howard Saalman, Medieval Cities,
• I. F. Stone, The War Years 1939-1945
• I. F. Stone, The Haunted Fifties, 1953-1963
• Thich Nhat Hanh, Essential Writings
• Paul Tillich, A History of Christian Thought
• Barbara Tuchman, A Distant Mirror
• Wilson-Hartgrove, God’s Economy