After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, Second Edition25 reviews Alasdair Mac Intyre University of Notre Dame Press, 1984 a moral thriller + Philosophy and History + A Must-Read Groundbreaking Treatise of Our Civilization's Thought I read this book conflicted. On the one hand the book contained sentences, frequent sentences, of such numbing bodilessness as "For beside rights and utility, among the central moral fictions of the age we have to place the peculiarly managerial fiction embodied in the claim to possess systematic ...             The Hip-Hop Church: Connecting With the Movement Shaping Our Culture10 reviews Efrem Smith, Phil Jackson IVP Books, 2006 Eye Opener + Simply The Best + An inspirational survey of how to reach out in an alternative manner. + must read...             Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage17 reviews Kathryn Edin, Maria Kefalas University of California Press, 2007 Fantastic book about a not-so-fantastic phenomenon + Sets a high standard for ethnographic research + Sheds light on an important subject + Promises I can Keep: + Promises I Can Keep             Beyond Charity: The Call to Christian Community Development4 reviews John M. Perkins Baker Books, 1993 The Call + Watch for charitiesand their people + A Helpful and Inspiring Guideline for Social Ministry + identifying motives for inner-city ministry             Multicultural Ministry: Finding Your Church's Unique Rhythm4 reviews David Anderson Zondervan, 2004 No Better Work + Excellent Church Resource + Good book to read + BEST RESOURCE FOR MULTICULTURAL MINISTRY             Urban Ministry: The Kingdom, the City, & the People of God3 reviews Harvie M. Conn, Manuel Ortiz InterVarsity Press, 2001 Read this book!!! + Good for its purpose + Wow This book is THE text book that everyone involved in urban ministry needs to read. Conn & Ortiz have worked together to create a book that covers almost every aspect of urban ministry, not only informing the reader of the challenges of urban ministry, but equipping the reader to face those ...             Letters Across the Divide: Two Friends Explore Racism, Friendship, and Faith7 reviews David Anderson, Brent Zuercher Baker Books, 2001 Groundbreaking + Excellent Book On Racism + I need to read this book! + Example of How And Why We Need To Heal + Bridgeway Partner             A Heart For the City: Effective Ministries to the Urban Community3 reviews Moody Publishers, 2000 Encouraging and practical + Excellent Book This is a great book. It's encouraging because it gives you a chance to find out about some of the dynamic ministry that is going on in cities today, and it is practical because the authors are doing it day in and day out. Each chapter deals with a different issue related to urban ministry. The ...             Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America20 reviews Michael O. Emerson, Christian Smith Oxford University Press, USA, 2001 What You Never Knew + Powerful, Yet at Times Missing the Ultimate Power Source This book gets you out of your own hide and context and helps you better understand your context as opposed to the context of others from another type of family, neighborhood, race. We in america have a terrible bias that makes us think of ourselves as the best in the world. We base that mostly on ...             School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism (New Monastic Library: Resources for Radical ...1 review Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2005 An ancient breeze... An ancient breeze is beginning to blow in unexpected places in North America. While monastic spirituality and institutions have been part of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox communions for centuries, some North American Protestants are beginning to explore this approach to spirituality and ...             Revolution & Renewal4 reviews Campolo Westminster John Knox Press, 2004 Awesome Book + Hopeful and Helpful + Campolo's new book As someone who has heard Tony Campolo speak many times, and as someone who doesn't enjoy reading, this book opened my eyes. It only took me 2 days to read this book. I couldn't put it down. Tony Campolo obviously cares for the inner city missions of Camden and Philadelphia. This book is a ...             NASB Large Print Pew Bible (Black, Hardcover Cloth)19 reviews The Lockman Foundation Foundation Publications, 2005 Good Bible + Not exactly what I was looking for... + A+++ ALL THE WAY I really like the NASB translation. As for the bible itself, the letters are nice and big, and the hardcover is nice too. The only problems would be that the pages are a little on the thinner side and the words of Christ are not in red lettering. But despite this, I am very satisfied witht the ...             How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture45 reviews Francis A. Schaeffer Crossway Books, 2005 Thoughtful review of worldviews + A question we all have to ask ourselves + The Misery of Modernity and Post-Modernity This is a very thoughtful and penetrating book about different worldviews, especially modernism or post-modernism and Christianity. Helpful for helping those influenced by current Western culture.             Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy20 reviews Kevin Bales University of California Press, 2004 Buy this book and see how slavery still exists in the World Today. + The Archetype of Liberal Problem Solving + book review + Understanding Modern Slavery             Pedagogy of the Oppressed33 reviews Paulo Freire Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000 Change your mind + Critical Solutions for Five Billion Poor Including US Poor + Education for the Poor + A must-read one if you are keen on Education             Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City16 reviews Elijah Anderson W. W. Norton & Company, 2000 A New Lens to See Through + An Interesting and Realistic Book + Good stuff + A winner + A very insightful book on inner city culture             There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America92 reviews Alex Kotlowitz Anchor, 1992 The other America indeed + There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America + Incredible book to read depicting subsidized housing in Chgo + Riveting look at poverty + a sobering account of the horrendous state of America's impoverished             The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization405 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Anchor, 2000 The Lexus and the Olive Tree + Tons of theories, and examples, good read for learning about Globalization This book provides a very good understanding of globilisation by integrating various issues and concepts with critical, illustrative and at times poignant examples. This helps appreciate what globilisation means currently and the historical summary helps explain how we got to where we are today. ...             The Urban Christian: Effective Ministry in Today's Urban World2 reviews Ray Bakke, Jim Hart InterVarsity Press, 1987 FROM THE PULPIT TO THE PEW TO THE PAVEMENT. + Capturing God's Heart for the City this book is very effective in letting the christian leader be equipped in ministry, to know his environment and reach the masses with the gospel. This book can help Christian Ministries transform people not only spiritually but economically and educationally.             The Politics of Jesus17 reviews John Howard Yoder Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1994 Worth revisiting. + Greatest proponent or adversary + THE POLITICS OF JESUS by John Howard Yoder + Classic of 20th Century Theology