A faster treadmill

A season of books on faith and life | Marvin Olasky

This is my catch-up report on worthwhile reads from January to May.

First in war and peace and on my list: Under God: George Washington and the Question of Church and State, by Tara Ross and Joseph C. Smith Jr. (Spence, 2008), is a thoughtful look at Washington's view that biblical faith was vital in war and in peace: If God were not first in the hearts of his countrymen, the American republic would not long survive.

Amy-Jill Levine's The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus (HarperOne, 2006) irenically acknowledges "the grace and friendship that are at the heart of the church" and recognizes reality: "It is sometimes said that Judaism is the mother religion and Christianity the daughter, but church and synagogue are better seen as siblings fighting over the parents' legacy."

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