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A book I like to teach

The Century asked college and seminary professors to write about one of their favorite books to teach. Their replies are linked below.

Scott Samuelson: Discourses and Selected Writings, by Epictetus

Laurie Maffly-Kipp: The Damnation of Theron Ware, by Harold Frederic

Brian Bantum: The Souls of Black Folk, by W. E. B. Du Bois

Alan JacobsUlysses, by James Joyce

Damayanthi M. A. NilesThe Lotus and the Sun, by D. Preman Niles

Richard RosengartenHayy ibn Yaqzan, by Ibn Tufayl

Frederick NiednerSilence, by Shusaku Endo

Jonathan TranThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman

Kendra Weddle IronsWelcome to the Wisdom of the World and Its Meaning for You, by Joan Chittister

Steve YoungThe Dark Interval, by John Dominic Crossan