by Kevin Bauder | Jan 2, 2026 | Bauder's Reading, In the Nick of Time
Each January I write about the most interesting books that I’ve read during the preceding twelve months. To enable this task, I keep a list of every book I’ve read during the year. I review the list to see which books struck me as most interesting—an...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 26, 2024 | Bauder's Reading, In the Nick of Time
Other people issue lists of the best books they’ve read or of the books that they want to recommend. I compile a list of the books I found most interesting. They are interesting for a variety of reasons, and one of those reasons may be that they are...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 21, 2022 | Bauder's Reading, In the Nick of Time
Last week I provided half the list of the books that I found most interesting throughout my reading during 2021. This week I provide the other half of the list. Perhaps I should mention that these books are listed in alphabetical order by the surname of the author....
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 14, 2022 | Bauder's Reading, In the Nick of Time
Every year at about this time I publish an annotated list of the books that I found most interesting during the preceding twelve months. Whenever I publish this list, I explain that I don’t necessarily agree with these books. I don’t even necessarily...
by Kevin Bauder | Mar 5, 2021 | Bauder's Reading, In the Nick of Time
Last week I began listing the “most interesting books” that I read last year. As you can tell, the list is eclectic. While I read mostly in my discipline, much of the reading that I find interesting is outside it. Here’s the rest of my list. Lansing,...
by Kevin Bauder | Mar 8, 2018 | America, Bauder's Reading, Central Blog, Culture, Faculty Publications, Reviews, What We're Reading
Douglas R. McLachlan. Thirsting for Authenticity: Calling the Church to Robust Christianity. St. Michael, MN: Reference Point Publishers, 2017. 394 pages. Back in the 1990s Douglas McLachlan published a helpful critique of fundamentalism entitled Reclaiming Authentic...
