
In a new Radical Discipleship exclusive series, we are asking radical Christian leaders one question. What are the five books or authors that have seriously shaped your spiritual life? This is how Rev. Dr. Nick Peterson answered.
- Belonging by bell hooks
- Black Poets Lean South ed. by Nikki Finney
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
- How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon
- The Overstory by Richard Powers
Rev. Dr. Nick Peterson is an AME pastor and professor at Emory University in Atlanta. He lives with his partner NaKisha, twin five-year-olds, his nieces, his mother-in-law Tutz and a couple precocious house cats.