What We’ll Be Reading
Faith Today asked the lead-
ers of EFC affiliate organiza-
tions to share with us some
of the books they hope to
read this summer. Here’s
what they had to say:
On my reading list during vacation this summer
is Living Jesus by John
Pritchard (SPCK, 2010);
Retro Christianity by Michael J. Svigel (Crossway,
2012) and Ignite Your Life
by David Arrol Macfarlane (Thisway Communications, 2013).
Shawn C. Branch, national director
Threshold Ministries
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nothing like a good summer read! I
can’t wait to get at Words for Readers and
Writers, a new book of criticism by Larry
Woiwode, a Christian, a friend and my
all-time favourite novelist (Crossway,
2013). Woiwode may be the most erudite
Christian working today.
His novel Beyond the
Bedroom Wall (Graywolf,
1997 [Farrar Straus &
Giroux, 1975]) convinced
me that authentic fiction
is possible, and from
there he’s opened up for
me a whole world of fiction and language.
Next it’s a re-read of
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The Scapegoat by René Girard (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989 [1986]), whose
study of the origins and dynamics of violence led him to become a Christian. Girard
sees in the Scriptures, and in the story of
Jesus, the definitive overcoming of the
scapegoat pattern described in all ancient
myths – not to mention in contemporary
domestic violence.
