Part of my Sabbatical involves reading – books about Tamil language and culture, cross-cultural ministry, world Christianity, the church in general. Some novels too.
Here is my current list but I’d love to hear other suggestions …
The Next Christendom, Philip Jenkins
Turning the Tables on Mission, Olofinjana, Edwards, Gidoomal
Liberating the Gospel, David Smith
Desiring the Kingdom, James Smith
How (not) to be secular, James Smith
Anil’s Ghost, Michael Ondaatje
Cry, the beloved country, Alan Paton
Between the assassinations, Aravind Adiga
In the shadow of the Sword, Tom Holland
The book that made your world, Vishal Mangalwadi
Between Worlds, Marilyn Gardiner
History and fallacies, Carl Trueman
Battling the Gods, Tim Whitman
The Moral Vision of the NT, Richard Hays
Galileo’s middle finger, Alice Dreger
This weekend I read the obituary of Lakshmi Holmstrom. She was known for her translations of Tamil writings, mainly poetry, into english.
You may like to check out her highly acclaimed ‘Lost Evenings, Lost Lives’
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/18/lakshmi-holmstrom-obituary
Ta – I’ll have a look into that.
Thanks to Amazon it arrived this morning!
You could also add “The Heavenly Man” by Brother Yun to the list. Whilst I haven’t read it as yet I’m told it is really inspiring.
Thanks Pete – read it a few years ago!