Books on Religion That You Will be Glad you Read

A year ago, I made a list of books on religion that I found very engaging when I read then.  I wanted to share those with you, but it took me a year to get the podcast ready.  These are not books on religion in a conventional sense, the kind of thing that might remind you of your religion class when you were 12.  These are serious books by scholars and intellectuals.  They are intellectually provocative.   They are the kind of books I might have mentioned during my class on Religion and Politics.  There are twelve of these.  Three deal with Islam, two are by Garry Wills, one of my favorite writers, and six focus upon Christianity in one way or another.  And as I say in the podcast, please remember that I am a political scientist, not a theologian or a minister. I hope you consider reading one or more of these.  You will be glad you did. And my wife thinks this is the best podcast I have ever done.  But she is my Number One Fan.