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Meaning, Money, and Affection: What We're Reading


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Welcome back to the quarterly books episode of The Russell Moore Show!

Listen in as Russell and producer Ashley Hales talk about the bookstores, newsletters, and reviews that help them find great reads. The two discuss everything from classic stories to new titles and Christian imagery to transhumanist fantasies. Their conversation also covers family, political history, and engaging the Scriptures imaginatively. 

Books mentioned in this episode include: 

  • How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South by Esau McCaulley
  • Escape into Meaning: Essays on Superman, Public Benches, and Other Obsessions by Evan Puschak
  • The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
  • Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis
  • The Singularities by John Banville
  • Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires by Douglas Rushkoff
  • God with Us: Lived Theology and the Freedom Struggle in Americus, Georgia, 1942–1976 by Ansley L. Quiros
  • The Inconvenient Gospel: A Southern Prophet Tackles War, Wealth, Race, and Religion by Clarence Jordan 
  • Clarence Jordan: A Radical Pilgrimage in Scorn of the Consequences by Frederick L. Downing
  • It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays by Wendell Berry
  • Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America by Russell Moore


    Resources mentioned in this episode include:

    • Carmichael’s Bookstore
    • The New York Review of Books
    • Englewood Review of Books
    • The Nerdwriter
    • Writing for the Heart Workshop with Ashley Hales and Mike Cosper
    • Russell’s newsletter

    • Do you have a question for Russell Moore? Send it to [email protected].

      Ashley Hales is the producer of The Russell Moore Show, founder of Willowbrae Institute, and an author. Find out more at aahales.com.

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