mmm books

First of all, today is Tony's birthday. I'm so glad this guy was born. You all don't even know.

Anyway.

There are few things more enjoyable in life for me than a recently acquired book. This means that today was splendid in that regard, as the following books arrived at my door:

American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon
The Beloved Community: How Faith Shapes Social Justice, from the Civil Rights Movement to Today
Bobos In Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There
Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life
The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America
The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion
Body of Power, Spirit of Resistance: The Culture and History of a South African People

Some time in the next few days these two should be coming:

The Future of an Illusion
Making of the English Working Class

I'm not going to bother to link all of those, but if you want to know more about any of them, just ask.

Consider this: by the end of the semester, I will have read all of those. Yikes. Only American Jesus and Bobos in Paradise are pleasure reading (for the CSC reading groups).

I'm also reading Sommerville's latest book, The Decline of the Secular University. It's very insightful.

I love books and I love reading. Sometimes too much. The beginning of the semester is so exciting for me because I have an excuse to buy more books (which is normally a no-no for someone like me who already has way too many).

I guess thats all for now. I have a lot of reading to do this weekend. I'm also going to a Greek Orthodox service in order to write a paper for one of my classes. I'm sure I'll be blogging about it.

Peace,
Sam