Vote for your top contemporary theology books...

http://shrinkinguni.blogspot.com/2007/01/best-contemporary-theology-final-vote.html

My top 5 are:

1. Marcus Borg, The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith
2. The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann (not on their list)
3. William Placher, The Domestication of the Transcendence
4. Peter Rollins, How (Not) to Speak of God
5. Brian McLaren, A Generous Orthodoxy

Single most important book in the last 25 years for me:
Living Buddha, Living Christ - Thich Nhat Hanh

Tomorrow I'm leaving for St. Simons Island to hear Marcus Borg and Barbara Brown Taylor speak for a couple of days. I'll be at the January Adventure conference until wed.(januaryadventure.org). I'm not 100% sure what it is that draws me to Marcus Borg's books but I guess he articulates my view of faith better than any other person that I've met. I'll never forget the first time I read one of his books. I actually couldn't get past the first chapter. I felt like a heretic for even reading it. Deep inside I knew he expressed everything I've always felt about the Bible, but I didn't want to admit it. Now his books are like home to me. His books liberated me from years of spiritual and intellectual bondage. His clear and articulate interpretation of scripture saved and then transformed my faith. I hate to think where I'd be without him.