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Don't Want to Read "The Lost Tomb"?
Thursday, March 1, 2007

But want to read something else on religion? Amazon has posted my list of Top Ten Books on Religion. Here are the top three:

3. Constantine's Sword by James Carroll

Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews -- A History: A rare and beautiful book by a towering, humane writer. Novelist and critic James Carroll explores the 2,000-year history of the Church's battle against Judaism and writes of his own struggles with Catholicism. This may be the best book ever written about one of the central tragedies in Western civilization.

2. The Bible As it Was by James Kugel

The Bible As It Was (Belknap): Clear, simple, and profound. A wonderful companion to the Bible, written by Harvard scholar James Kugel, that shows how ancient interpreters took the central stories of the text--from Creation to the Exodus--and introduced the commentaries that allowed it to survive.

1. The Dignity of Difference by Jonathan Sacks

Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations: At a time when the world braces for religious war, Jonathan Sacks, the chief rabbi of Britain, has written the definitive book on finding common ground through faith. Penetrating, learned, and highly readable, "The Dignity of Difference" belongs on the bookshelf of any thinking believer and could help those struggling to find ways to reach out to others of different religious backgrounds.

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