This is a list of books I’ve been reading over the past few years that inform my writing and inspire me and may be useful to our discussions.

Social Science

• Bowling Alone – Robert Putnam
• Social – Matthew D. Lieberman
• The Left Behind – Robert Wuthnow
• Meaningful Work – Shawn Askinosie
• The Gift – Lewis Hyde
• The Righteous Mind – Jonathan Haidt

Life

• Culture Care – Makoto Fujimura
• The Benedict Option – Rod Dreher
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry – John Ortberg

Big B Beauty

• The Sound of Life’s Unspeakable Beauty – Martin Schleske
• On Beauty and Being Just – Elaine Scarry
• Beauty: The Invisible Embrace

Christianity

• Life Together – Deitrich Bonhoeffer
• Pollution and the Death of Man – Francis Schaeffer
• Art & Faith – Makoto Fujimura

Earth

• Restoration Agriculture – Mark Shepard
• Building Soils Naturally – Phil Nauta
• Braiding Sweetgrass – Robin Wall Kimmerer
• California Collection – John Muir
• Greenhorns – Ida Bradbury
• Companion Planting – Dale Mayer
• Growing a Revolution – David Montgomery
• The Soil Will Save Us – Kristin Ohlson
• Folks, This Ain’t Normal – Joel Salatin
• The Wild Places – Robert MacFarlane
• Practical Permaculture – Jessi Bloom