194  ATL A 2018 PROCEEDINGS

Contemporary  
Religious Literature 
Conversation Group
By Jennifer Ulrich, Eastern Mennonite University; Donna Wells, Southeastern Baptist 
Theological Seminary

The Contemporary Religious Literature Conversation Group has been 
a staple at the ATLA Annual Conference for many years. We see this 
group as a place to talk about what we are reading. We are interested 
in both fiction and non-fiction, along with many different genres. 
While generally a small conversation group, we enjoy hearing from 
each other and hope to obtain new titles for our reading lists or even 
for our libraries.  

Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. The War I Finally Won. New York: 
Penguin, 2017.

Brock, Laurie M. Horses Speak of God: How Horses can Teach Us to 
Listen and Be Transformed. Brewster, Massachusetts: Paraclete 
Press, 2018.

De Lisle, Leanda. White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr. 
London: Vintage Publishing, 2018.

Edwards, Paul M. Murder by Sacrament: Another Toom Taggart 
Mystery. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2014.

Halpern, Sue. Summer Hours at the Robbers Library: A Novel. New 
York: Harper Perennial, 2018.

Isay, Dave. Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work. New York: 
Penguin Books, 2017.

Iturbe, Antonio. The Librarian of Auschwitz. Translated by Lilit 
Thwaites. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2017.

Lee, Min Jin. Pachinko. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 
2018.

Pagels, Elaine. Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the 
Book of Revelation. New York: Penguin Books, 2013.



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Pears, Iain. Arcadia. New York: Vintage Books, 2017.

Rohr, Richard. The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See. 
New York: Crossroad, 2009.

Rohr, Richard, and Mike Morrell. The Divine Dance: The Trinity 
and Your Transformation. SPCK, 2016.

Rutledge, Fleming. The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of 
Jesus Christ. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2017.

Ryan, Jennifer. The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir. New York, NY: Crown 
Publishing Group, 2017.

Weaver-Zercher, Valerie. Thrill of the Chaste: The Allure of Amish 
Romance Novels. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 
2013.