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May 18, 2012 - 12:47 pm
- Todd Hunter – Our Favorite Sins [Feature Review]
Loving Desire, Desiring Love A Feature Review of Our Favorite Sins: The Sins We Commit And How You Can Quit Todd Hunter Hardback: Thomas Nelson, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Seth Forwood Our Favorite Sins is the newest book from former Vineyard pastor now Anglican bishop, Todd Hunter. Hunter’s past in evangelicalism and high church conversion provide a good picture of what one should expect from his book on temptation – an evangelical heart with the blood of liturgy, sacrament and ancient prayers flowing through it. [...]
- ERB New Print Issue – Eastertide 2012
The next ERB print issue is at the printer now and will be mailed next week… If you are not a subscriber, now is the perfect time to subscribe and make sure you get this issue as quickly as possible. CLICK HERE to subscribe: $18.95 for 1 Year (4 issues) / $35 for 2 Years (8 issues) If you live outside North America, you can receive our print edition for FREE via email… CLICK HERE for more info… Click the cover image on the left to view a larger version. Below you will find the ERB Table of Contents for this issue […]
- Paul Martens Responds to Branson Parler’s Review of THE HETERODOX YODER
More Apotropaic Arboreal Adventures: A Response to Parler By Paul Martens This response is directed at the longer ebook version of Branson Parler’s review. [ Click here to read/ download (PDF) ] CLICK HERE for the shorter version of Parler’s review of: The Heterodox Yoder Paul Martens. Paperback: Cacade Books, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon [...]
- Jonathan Merritt – A Faith of Our Own [Review]
Full of Hope for the Future of Christianity. A Review of A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars. Jonathan Merritt. Hardback: Faithwords, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Scott Elliott. One of my favorite quotes is by David Lipscomb. He once wrote, “We are satisfied that [...]
- Studs Terkel – 2 Book Excerpts for his 100th Birthday!
Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of journalist Studs Terkel… Renowned for his oral history work, Terkel won a Pulitzer prize for non-fiction in 1985. Here are excerpts from two of his best known books: Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do. Paperback: [...]
- Jane Jacobs – Death and Life of Great American Cities [Video]
Here’s a nice book trailer that introduces Jane Jacobs’s classic book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Which, incidentally, is the classic book we review in our coming print issue! Death and Life of Great American Cities. 50th Anniversary Edition. Jane Jacobs. Hardback: Modern Library 2011. Buy now: [ Amazon ] And while [...]
- Emily Dickinson – “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” [Poem]
HOPE is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
- Adam Johnson – The Orphan Master’s Son [Review]
Freedoms Often Taken For Granted A Review of The Orphan Master’s Son: A Novel Adam Johnson Hardback: Random House, 2012. Buy now: [ Hardback ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Leslie Starasta. Opening the pages of The Orphan Master’s Son whisks the reader far away from the comforts and familiarity of modern day America to [...]
- Marilyn Chandler McEntyre – Reading Like a Serpent [Review]
A Careful and Nuanced Reading A Review of Reading Like a Serpent: What the Scarlet A Is About Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Paperback: Cascade Books, 2012 Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Mary Bowling Well, I admit it. I never had to read The Scarlet Letter in high school. Consequently, I didn’t [...]
- Anne Lamott – Some Assembly Required [Excerpt]
An excerpt from Anne Lamott’s newest memoir Some Assembly Required: A Journal of my Son’s First Son. Anne Lamott. Hardback: Riverhead Books, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Watch for not one, but two reviews of this book in our next print issue! Also watch a short video of Lamott talking about [...]
- Walter Wink – The Powers that Be [Excerpt]
Walter Wink passed away on Thursday May 10 at the age of 76… R.I.P. A brief obituary from The Fellowship of Reconciliation. Wink is best known for his biblical and theological work on the powers. Here’s an excerpt from the book that gives an accessible introduction to his work on the powers: The Powers that [...]
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May 11, 2012 - 1:14 pm
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- Jonah Lehrer – Imagine: How Creativity Works [ Feature Review ]
The Imagination of Faith A Feature Review of Imagine: How Creativity Works Jonah Lehrer Hardback: HMH Books, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Greg Schreur. [ Watch the Book Trailer for Imagine here.. ] THE IMAGE As Christians, we believe we are created in the image of the Creator, meaning we ourselves are creators, instilled with seemingly endless creative potential. [...]
- Amy Sherman – Kingdom Calling [Feature Review]
Giving Ourselves Away.A Feature Review of Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good. Amy Sherman.Paperback: IVP Books, 2011.Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Mark Eckel. As a reviewer, I decided to put my money where my mouth is: I ordered a box of Amy Sherman’s books and am giving them away. Amy L. Sherman’s latest volume, Kingdom Calling, is a catalyst for generational change. [...]
- Alberto Barrera Tyszka – The Sickness – A Novel [Review]
There is Nothingness. A Review of:The Sickness: A Novel Alberto Barrera Tyszka Paperback: TinHouse, 2012.Reviewed by Jessica A. Kent “Why do we find it so hard to accept that life is pure chance?” So states the overarching philosophy of Alberto Barrera Tyszka’s short novel The Sickness. The Venezuelan poet and novelist slices a portion out of the lives of his characters to present to the reader [...]
- L.L. Samson – Facing the Hunchback [Book Trailer]
Just received this book in the mail today, and despite the apparent plot similarities to The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, I’m looking forward to it. Facing the Hunchback of Notre Dame. (Enchanted Attic Series) L.L. Samson Paperback: Zonderkids, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Watch for our review in the [...]
- Lloyd Pietersen – Reading the Bible After Christendom [Featured Review]
A Catalyst to Reevaluate our Traditional Interpretations of Scripture A Feature Review of Reading the Bible After Christendom Lloyd Pietersen Paperback: Herald Press, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Andy Johnson. A seismic shift has shaken the Western world in recent decades, pushing Christianity and the church out of the [...]
- Gary Snyder – “The Uses of Light” [Poem]
A poem for Gary Snyder’s birthday from his classic collection Turtle Island: Poems. Gary Snyder Paperback: New Directions, 1974. Buy now: [ Amazon ]
- Alan Hirsch and Michael Frost – The Faith of Leap [Excerpt]
An excerpt from the recent book The Faith of Leap: Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure and Courage. Alan Hirsch and Michael Frost. Paperback: Baker Books, 2011. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] *** The Kindle ebook of this book is only $3.79 through May 31, 2012!!! [ CLICK HERE to read an [...]
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May 4, 2012 - 12:55 pm
- Daniel Hedrick – Power Over Peoples [Featured Review]
When Technologies Take on a Life of Their Own.A Featured Review of Power over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present Daniel Hedrick.Paperback: Princeton UP, 2011. Byy now: [ Amazon ] Reviewed by Myles Werntz.In an age of iPads, digital uploads, drone surveillance, and debates over the limits of the Internet, the question of whether or not “technology” is an unlimited good remains an open question. [...]
- Jonathan Safran Foer – Eating Animals [Review]
Putting Meat in the Middle of the Plate of our Public Discourse. A Review of Eating Animals Jonathan Safran Foer. Paperback: Back Bay Books, 2010. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Melody Harrison Hanson. [Editor's Note: Although this book is older than most we review, I decided to run this review given the combination of the author's heralded appearance at the recent Festival of Faith and Writing and the vast interest of our readers in food issues. ] “99% of the meat sold in the United States today comes from a factory farm.” [...]
- Hilaire Belloc – “May” [Poem]
May Hilaire Belloc [ Bio ] This is the laughing-eyed amongst them all: / My lady’s month. A season of young things./She rules the light with harmony, and brings / The year’s first green upon the beeches tall. [...]
- Ched Myers and M. Colwell – Our God is Undocumented [Feature Review]
A Promise Even Greater than that of Lady Liberty A Featured Review of Our God is Undocumented: Biblical Faith and Immigrant Justice. Ched Myers and Matthew Colwell. Paperback: Orbis Books, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] Reviewed by Jonathan Felton. A Church without Borders One could be forgiven for expecting this book to be a [...]
- Journey to the Heart: Christian Contemplation Through the Centuries [Brief Review]
A Brief Review of Journey to the Heart: Christian Contemplation Through the Centuries. edited by Kim Nataraja, including contributions by Lawrence Freeman OSB, Esther de Waal, Kallistos Ware, Shirley du Boulay, Andrew Louth, and others Paperback: Orbis Books, 2011. Buy now: [ Amazon ] Reviewed by Greg Richardson. Journey to the Heart is a solid, [...]
- NT Wright – How God Became King [Book Trailer]
Our Book Trailer Video of the Week…
How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels.
N.T. Wright.
Hardback: HarperOne, 2012.
- Laura Clawson – I Belong to This Band, Hallelujah! [ Brief Review ]
A Brief Review of I Belong to This Band, Hallelujah!: Community, Spirituality, and Tradition among Sacred Harp Singers Laura Clawson Paperback: University Of Chicago Press, 2011. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Will Fitzgerald. Sacred Harp singing, with its pulsing rhythm, heavy metal loudness, and impassioned 18th century spirituality, attracts a [...]
- Gene Logsdon – A Sanctuary of Trees [Excerpt]
A review copy of this book arrived in the mail today. I look forward to reviewing it! A Sanctuary of Trees: Beechnuts, Birdsongs, Baseball Bats, and Benedictions Gene Logsdon. Paperback: Chelsea Green, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Watch for our review in the near future…
- National Poetry Month Recap.
Here is a recap of our National Poetry Month series of poets reading their poems: April 2 – W.H. Auden April 5 – Allen Ginsberg April 10 – Langston Hughes April 18 – Li-Young Lee April 23 – Scott Cairns / Susanna Childress April 30 – Maya Angelou Plus, two that have been posted to [...]
- Maya Angelou Reading Poems [National Poetry Month]
The final installment in our National Poetry Month Series of Poets reading their poems. Two poems from Maya Angelou, The first, “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” can be found in The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou. Hardback: Random House, 1994. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] “Abundant Hope” (from the 2011 dedication of [...]
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April 27, 2012 - 2:18 pm
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- Wendell Berry – 2012 Jefferson Lecture [Video / Text]
Long-time readers of the Englewood Review will know that we are big fans here of Wendell Berry and his writings. Berry had the honor, earlier this week of giving the distinguished Jefferson Lecture at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
- News: Free Print Issue / May Book Giveaways!
Here are a few bits of news that you might want to know: Through Monday April 30, we are offering a free sample issue of our print edition. …For the whole month of May, we are going to be giving away a different book every day (except Sundays) on our Facebook page!
- Skye Jethani – WITH [ Review ]
How Can We Say that We Love and Commune with God? A Review ofWith: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God Skye Jethani. Paperback: Thomas Nelson, 2011. Reviewed by C. Christopher Smith I picked up Skye Jethani’s new book With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God because it had blurbs recommending it by several authors whose work has been highly reviewed here in the ERB, most notably Scot McKnight and Alan Hirsch. With is a mostly helpful book
- God in Pain by Slavoj Žižek and Boris Gunjević [Excerpt]
An excerpt from the new book: God in Pain: Inversions of the Apocalypse. Slavoj Žižek and Boris Gunjević. Watch for our review by Tripp York
(author of the delightfully-titled The Devil Wears Nada) in our next print issue…
- Erwin McManus – Earth (Film #1 – Signs Series) [Review]
But in Earth, the first film of a five-part series based on elements titled SIGNS, Erwin McManus begins by confessing an urge to agree with the writer of Ecclesiastes, having experienced the same feeling that there’s “nothing new under the sun.” McManus effectively expresses the despair that comes from living a life that lacks any meaning – it can feel empty, futile or vain.
- 15 Days of Prayer With St. John of the Cross [Brief Review]
Reviewing a prayer book is a bit like reviewing a chainsaw. One can take the chainsaw out of the box, admire its design, feel its heft, but if the fuel and bar oil tanks remain empty, and the saw not started, what’s the use? How does one judge the efficaciousness of a prayer book anyhow? To go further, how does one mark the success of a prayer life?
- Imagine – How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer [Book Trailer]
Book Trailer for
Imagine: How Creativity Works
Jonah Lehrer.
Hardback: HMH Books, 2012.
Watch for our review in the near future…
- Shaping the Journey of Emerging Adults – Sundene and Dunn [ Review ]
Disciple-making in every generation is an important work – a life’s work. Disciple-making among the Millennial Generation requires a discerning, intentional, reflective, and relational journey to help emerging adults shape their craft of life and become disciples and future disciple-makers for emerging adults to come.
- Scott Cairns, Susanna Childress Reading Their Poems
Continuing our National Poetry Month theme of poets reading their poems, here are two poets who spoke at the Festival last week:
Susanna Childress and Scott Cairns
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April 20, 2012 - 12:29 pm
- Julia Spicher Kasdorf – Poetry in America [Featured Review]
Reflecting on Nostalgia, Loss, and Flight A Featured Review of Poetry in America Julia Spicher Kasdorf Paperback: U of Pittsburgh Press, 2011. Buy now: [ Amazon ] Reviewed By Alex Dye. There is a universal longing, a part of the human condition, which causes one to reflect on and desire for the past. Whether a [...]
- Li-Young Lee. “This Room and Everything in it” [Poem]
Continuing our National Poetry Month series of poet’s reading their own work…Another Festival of Faith and Writing speaker, Li-Young Lee, reading his poem “The Room and Everything in it”
from the collection:
The City in Which I Love You.
- Crafting a Rule of Life – Stephen Macchia [Review]
Crafting a Rule of Life would be an effective adult education study, seasonal endeavor, or personal exercise in pausing to organize one’s thoughts and feelings around a central calling from God. While it provides a taste of Benedictine thought, the Rule of St. Benedict is not the featured flavor of the month. Instead, it is a quiet, historic partner in the background and is accompanied by other classic and traditional flavors meant to provide accompaniment for a modern person of faith’s journey.
- Abba, Give Me a Word – L. Roger Owens [Brief Review]
It’s hip to be a monk. Monastic practices have become the rage in North American Christendom and not just among Catholics and Anglicans. It would not be surprising to find a young Southern Baptist for whom the praying of the hours has taken a significant place in their life with God. Or a Vineyard pastor organizing a retreat for solitude and silence.
- Habibi – Craig Thompson [Book Trailer]
Another book from a noted Festival of Faith and Writing speaker that slipped past us in the last year… Habibi: A Graphic Novel. Craig Thompson. Hardback: Pantheon, 2011. Buy now: [ Amazon ] This is not an official trailer for Habibi, but it is a good introduction to Thompson and his graphic novels…
- Pam Hogeweide – Unladylike [Feature Review]
“The insistence to relegate church roles based on gender, rather than gifting has meant the minimizing of untold numbers of women solely because of their femininity.” So says writer Pam Hogeweide, both from personal experience and from hearing the stories of many other women. Those are the stories she tells in Unladylike: Resisting the Injustice of Inequality in the Church.
- Luci Shaw – “April” [Poem]
An appropriate poem from another noted speaker at the Festival of Faith and Writing, Luci Shaw. From her book: The Green Earth: Poems of Creation. Luci Shaw. Hardback: Eerdmans, 2002. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Read our review of Luci’s recent book of poetry, Harvesting Fog…
- Maurice Manning – THE COMMON MAN: Poems [Excerpt]
An excerpt from the recent book The Common Man: Poems by Maurice Manning Hardback: HMH Books, 2010 Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] If you are going to the Festival of Faith and Writing this week, be sure to check out Maurice’s talks!
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April 13, 2012 - 12:02 pm
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- The Creative Society – Louis Galambos [Feature Review]
History from the Middle— Can Experts Lead Us to the Promised Land? A Featured Review of The Creative Society– and the Price Americans Pay for It Louis Galambos Paperback: Cambridge University Press, 2012.Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] By Jess O. Hale, Jr. Historians often serve as a society’s quasi-official storytellers as they narrate the story of a society or its neighbors or its ancestors in ways that give a society, or at least relevant parts of one, an interpretive framework for understanding the world (or at least part of it). [...]
- Marilynne Robinson – When I was a Child, I Read Books [Excerpt]
Marilynne Robinson is one of the keynote speakers at next week’s Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College. We are very excited about her newest book, which was reviewed by David Johnson in our current print issue. We will be giving away a few copies of her book at our booth at the Festival, so if you are going to be there, stop by and enter to win a copy[...]
- STUFF – Gail Steketee / Randy Frost [Book Trailer]
Never got a review of this intriguing book when it first came out,
but the Kindle ebook is on sale for $3.99 for the rest of April,
so it seemed like a good time to run this engaging trailer for the book.
- Gandhi and the Unspeakable – James Douglass [Feature Review]
Those of us who follow Christ would do well to meditate on the teaching and example of our Lord, who for the joy set before him ultimately suffered and died out of love for his enemies. For Gandhi, the cross-shaped life and death of Jesus provided a formative example to follow, and the world was never the same because of it. But for those who have died with Christ and have been raised with him, we have more than an example to guide us; we have the gift of resurrection life itself. I pray that we, by the grace of God, would look more and more like our Jesus every day.
- A Silence of Mockingbirds – Karen Spears Zacharias [Review]
I knew two things about the subject of Karen Spears Zacharias’ new book A Silence of Mockingbirds: The Memoir of a Murder going in: it was about the brutal murder of an innocent child, and this murder was preventable. This wasn’t going to be light reading, but I knew it was necessary. Especially as a former educator, I felt the weight of responsibility to see signs of abuse others had missed. This wouldn’t be pleasant, but hopefully it would be informative and in that sense, redemptive.
- Cheryl Strayed – Wild [Book Trailer]
This book has been getting quite a bit of praise recently — reviewed in the NY Times Book Review, on Amazon’s Best Books list for March, etc. It’s a pretty amazing story, but I’m always a bit skeptical of the value of these sorts of individual versus nature stories (She’s lucky her story didn’t end [...]
- Langston Hughes Reading his Poems [National Poetry Month]
In our continuing National Poetry Month series of poets reading their poetry, here’s Langston Hughes reading two poems: These recordings can be found on: The Voice of Langston Hughes. Audio CD: Smithsonian, 1995. Buy now: [ CD - Amazon ] [ MP3 - Amazon ] The Weary Blues: Dreams: “…And that is what poetry may [...]
- Mennonite Literature As Genre
Mennonite Literature, not a term often spoken of or written about in literary circles, nor is it a section that one might find at the neighborhood Barnes and Noble. I would venture to say that the average reader in North America would either scratch their heads at this genre or recall authors like Beverly Lewis and Wanda Brunstetter and the abundant industry of Amish/Mennonite romance novels.
- TOGETHER – Richard Sennett [Excerpt]
An Excerpt from: Together: The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation Richard Sennett Hardback: Yale UP, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Chris Smith in the current print issue of the ERB… Are you a subscriber? If not, you should be. More details here…
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April 6, 2012 - 2:31 pm
- The Sea is My Brother – Jack Kerouac [Feature Review]
Insight into the Adolescent Mind of a Young Beat Writer A Feature Review of The Sea is My Brother: The Lost Novel. Jack Kerouac. Hardback: De Capo Press, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Amber Baker. A young man searches for meaning to his life, trying to find a place for all his philosophies and ideals. Leaving his home for another, he is faced with what it means to act out convictions versus simply discussing them. [...]
- News: Easter Treat / Inhabit Conference.
In celebration of Easter, Download a FREE copy of Chris Smith’s ebook GROWING DEEPER IN OUR CHURCH COMMUNITIES. Our friends, The Parish Collective are again hosting the Inhabit conference in Seattle on April 20-21. I was fortunate enough to participate in the first Inhabit conference last year, and the ERB will have a exhibit table there again this year (run by our friend and collaborator John Pattison). [...]
- N.T. Wright – The Challenge of Easter [Excerpt]
An excerpt for this Easter weekend from The Challenge of Easter N. T. Wright Paperback: IVP, 2008. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [...]
- Forming Christian Habits in Post-Christendom [Feature Review]
“Expanding the Table” A Review of Forming Christian Habits in Post-Christendom:The Legacy of Alan and Eleanor Kreider. edited by James R. Krabill and Stuart Murray Paperback: Herald Press, 2011.Buy now: [ Amazon ] Reviewed by Josh Wallace. I’ve been to a few weddings. Weddings and other rites of passage (births, anniversaries, retirements, funerals) gather us together. The far-flung corners of the honoree’s social network bump into one another. [...]
- Gil Scott-Heron – The Last Holiday [Feature Review]
Although Gil Scott-Heron is often called “the godfather of rap,” he never wanted that title. Like contemporary rap artists, he spoke biting social commentary, repeating refrains for emphasis, but his performances showcased the musicality of the spoken word, set against an ensemble of bluesmen. Scott-Heron considered himself a “bluesologist,” a verbal Coltrane of poetry, percussion and politics.
- Ballad of the Skeletons – Allen Ginsberg with Paul McCartney
Continuing our National Poetry Month theme of recordings of poets reading their poems, here’s Allen Ginsberg reading “Ballad of the Skeletons,” with Paul McCartney accompanying him on the guitar. RIP, Allen Ginsberg, who died on this day in 1997. Today is the 15th anniversary of his death. Ballad of the Skeletons Allen Ginsberg with Paul [...]
- New American Haggadah – Jonathan Safran Foer, Ed. [Review]
A Beautiful, Bountiful Passover Table New American Haggadah Jonathan Safran Foer, editor Hardcover: Little, Brown &Co., 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] Reviewed by Michelle Van Loon As I read through The New American Haggadah, I had the distinct sense that I was at a beautiful, bountiful Passover table with a lively mix of friends [...]
- Spiritual Rhythms in Community – Keith Meyer [Review]
A Review of Spiritual Rhythms in Community: Being Together in the Presence of God Keith Meyer Paperback: IVP Books, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Peter Stevens. As a drummer, I understand the importance of a good steady rhythm in music. It isn’t very hard to see how the metaphor [...]
- Tree of Codes – Jonathan Safran Foer [Book Trailer]
I have recently been really intrigued with book trailers, short videos that, like their film counterparts, introduce and pique people’s interest about a coming book. Today’s book trailer is for a superb book that was released a little over a year ago and somehow slipped through the cracks here at the ERB. This trailer won [...]
- W.H. Auden Reading “Musée des Beaux Arts” [Audio]
April is National Poetry Month and all month we will be featuring some of our favorite poems. I’m a big fan of listening to poets read their own poems, so we will be featuring some recordings of this sort throughout the month. Today’s recording of W.H. Auden reading “Musée des Beaux Arts” Can be found [...]
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March 30, 2012 - 12:48 pm
- David Bentley Hart – The Devil and Pierre Gernet [Feature Review]
The Elusive Nature of Happiness A Review of The Devil and Pierre Gernet: Stories. David Bentley Hart Paperback: Eerdmans, 2012.Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Todd Edmondson In a world of academic specialists, David Bentley Hart is something of an outlier. With each publication, this Christian intellectual of the highest order has revealed a capacity to excel at a number of different genres within the field of theology.
- Bernard Sesboüé – Gospel and Tradition [Brief Review]
A Brief Review of Gospel and Tradition.Bernard Sesboüé Paperback: Convivium Press, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] Reviewed by C. Christopher Smith Bernard Sesboüé’s Gospel and Tradition is a helpful little book that examines the role of the church throughout its history in propagating the Gospel. But before I say anything further about the content of the book, I should begin by noting that it is a beautiful book. [...]
- Andrew Hedges – Creative Bible Lessons on the Trinity [Review]
Rightly Setting A High Bar for Teens A Brief Review of Creative Bible Lessons on The Trinity: 12 Sessions to Help Students Understand Their Place in God’s Story. Andrew Hedges. Paperback: Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by C. Christopher Smith The Trinity. What a difficult and yet essential [...]
- Missional Preaching – Al Tizon [Review]
Carrying out the Missio Dei A Review of Missional Preaching: Engage, Embrace, Transform Al Tizon Paperback: Judson Press, 2012 Buy now: [ Amazon ] Reviewed by Jordan Kellicut. Preaching is a dangerous task, not only because the preacher dares engage the Word of God, but because he would dare to share it as a prophetic [...]
- Spring Pools – Robert Frost [Poem]
Spring Pools Robert Frost These pools that, though in forests, still reflect The total sky almost without defect, And like the flowers beside them, chill and shiver, Will like the flowers beside them soon be gone, And yet not out by any brook or river, But up by roots to bring dark foliage on. The [...]
- The Apple Speaks: Poems by Becca J.R. Lachman [Review]
A Densely Woven Fabric of Faith, Longing, and Embrace A Review of The Apple Speaks: Poems Becca J.R. Lachman Paperback: DreamSeeker Books, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] Reviewed by Caitlin Mackenzie. We are an increasingly nomadic culture, moving into new jobs, new cities, and new technologies every couple years, out of choice or necessity. [...]
- Shusaku Endo – SILENCE (Classic Books)
Today is the birthday of Shusaku Endo, born 1923… In honor of his birthday, we share the brief essay that John Pattison wrote about Endo’s novel SILENCE in Besides the Bible: 100 Books that Have, Should or Will Create Christian Culture. Dan Gibson, Jordan Green, John Pattison. Paperback: IVP Books, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon [...]
- Anne Lamott on Grandmotherhood [Video]
Here’s a recent video of Anne Lamott talking about becoming a grandmother (and mother-in-law) and her brand new book Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son’s First Son Anne Lamott Hardback: Riverhead: 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ]
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March 23, 2012 - 12:53 pm
- Food and Faith in Christian Culture – Albala / Eden, eds. [Feature Review]
The Centrality of Food. Within The Christian Tradition A Review of Food and Faith in Christian Culture. Ken Albala and Trudy Eden, eds. Paperback: Columbia UP, 2012. Buy now : [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Alden Bass. Why is fish not considered a meat during the Lenten fast? This is just one of the questions about food practices which is answered in the new collection of essays entitled Food and Faith in Christian Culture. Unlike Norman Wirzba’s recent volume by the same name[...]
- The Vertical Garden – Patrick Blanc [ Review ]
The Flourishing of All Life in A Generous Urban Form A Review of The Vertical Garden: From Nature to the City. (Revised and Updated Edition) Patrick Blanc. Hardback: Norton, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] Reviewed by Brent Aldrich. You will not forget one of Patrick Blanc’s Vertical Gardens if you’ve seen one, even just in a photograph. Lush and dense, these gardens grow up, climbing the sides of buildings, sprouting off of walls, covering entire facades [...]
- Memento Mori – Billy Collins [ Poem ]
Today is the birthday of Billy Collins, born 1941. The following poem is from his newest collection, which came out in paperback earlier this week: Horoscopes for the Dead: Poems Billy Collins Paperback: Random House, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Memento Mori Billy Collins
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts – Susan Cain [ Review ]
Against the Extravert Ideal A Review of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking Susan Cain. Hardback: Crown, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Jessica A. Kent Chances are, you’re probably familiar with the terms “introvert” and “extrovert.” Our tendency is to think of shyness [...]
- Heron River: A Novel by Hugh Cook [Review]
A Gold Leaf of Faith A Review of Heron River: A Novel Hugh Cook Paperback: Mosaic Press, 2012. Reviewed by Cynthia Beach. Buy now: [ Mosaic Press ] Tragedy happens near the Indian Road driveway between the fourth and fifth spruce. A mother turns from the window to oven and lifts out the rhubarb pie. [...]
- Book Giveaway: Streams of Contentment – Robert Wicks
Our Latest Book Giveaway… We’re giving away 3 free copies of : Streams of Contentment: Lessons I Learned on My Uncle’s Farm Robert J. Wicks Hardback: Sorin Books, 2011. [ Read our Review ] ************ Enter to win a Free copy of this book (It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!) : NOTE: You may [...]
- Chris Smith discusses THE VIRTUE OF DIALOGUE [Video]
Last month, ERB editor Chris Smith did an interview that was part of of Steve Knight’s #MissionalChat series… The interview consisted of two parts, the first an open conversation on Twitter, and the second, a Skype conversation between Steve and myself. Steve has now released the video of our Skype conversation. We mainly discuss my [...]
- Letters to a Future Church – Chris Lewis, ed. [Excerpt]
A review copy of this book hit my desk today… Letters to a Future Church: Words of Encouragement and Prophetic Appeals. Chris Lewis, Editor. Paperback: IVP/Likewise, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Watch for our review of this book in the near future… This book includes pieces by: (Click to browse each [...]
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- The Heterodox Yoder – Paul Martens [ Feature Review ]
A Review of The Heterodox Yoder Paul Martens. Paperback: Cacade Books, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Branson Parler. *** This review has been condensed from the new ebook The Forest and the Trees: Engaging Paul Martens’ The Heterodox Yoder By Branson Parler wnload of this free ebook from the ERB (PDF, should be suitable for most e-readers). For those interested in the thought and legacy of John Howard Yoder, Paul Martens continues to be an engaging and provocative voice. In The Heterodox Yoder, Martens clarifies and crystallizes his overall reading of Yoder, which he began exploring in his earlier work. [... ]
- The End of Sacrifice – John Howard Yoder [Brief Review]
A Brief Review of The End of Sacrifice: The Capital Punishment Writings of John Howard Yoder.John C. Nugent, Editor.Paperback: Herald Press, 2011.Buy now: [ Amazon ] Reviewed by C. Christopher Smith John Howard Yoder’s work is well known for its emphasis on non-violence, and yet until recently little was known about his writings on the important issue of capital punishment. He had written a number of pieces on the topic, but they were scattered in Mennonite publications with limited distribution, in a section of an evangelical book on the issue and in unpublished papers. Thankfully, Yoder scholar John Nugent [...]
- Lazarus Come Forth – John Dear, S.J. [ Review ]
Be Converted. A Review of Lazarus, Come Forth: How Jesus Confronts the Culture of Death and Invites us into the New Life of Peace. John Dear, S.J. Paperback: Orbis Books, 2011. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Stephen Taylor. The Rev. John Dear is no newcomer to the world of peace [...]
- Cullen Murphy – God’s Jury [ Review ]
Torture and the Modern World A review of God’s Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World Cullen Murphy Hardback: HMH Books, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Alex Joyner. Somewhere in the souvenir stack from our family trip to Disney World in the early Aughts is a [...]
- The Lent Lily – A.E. Housman [Poem]
The Lent Lily A.E. Housman ‘Tis spring; come out to ramble The hilly brakes around, For under thorn and bramble About the hollow ground The primroses are found. And there’s the windflower chilly With all the winds at play, And there’s the Lenten lily That has not long to stay And dies on Easter day. [...]
- The New Evangelicals – Marcia Pally [Featured Review]
The State of the Political and Evangelical Landscapes Today A Review of The New Evangelicals: Expanding the Vision of the Common Good Marcia Pally. Paperback: Eerdmans, 2011. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Joshua Neds-Fox. A confession: I have no head for American politics. I recognize the major players, vaguely understand [...]
- The Bible, Disability and The Church – Amos Yong [ Featured Review ]
Sharing in the Blessings of Fellowship. A Review of THE BIBLE, DISABILITY, AND THE CHURCH: A New Vision of the People of God. By Amos Yong. Paperback: Eerdmans, 2011. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Bob Cornwall. [This review originally appeared on the reviewer's blog and is reprinted here with permission.] [...]
- The Fire of the Word – Chris Webb [ Review ]
A Review of The Fire of the Word: Meeting God on Holy Ground Chris Webb Paperback: IVP, 2011 Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Alison Hodgson Ever since an arsonist burned my house down a year and a half ago I have been thinking on the metaphors of fire. When I [...]
- God’s Jury – Cullen Murphy [ Excerpt ]
An excerpt from God’s Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World Cullen Murphy Hardback: HMH Books, 2012. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Watch for our review later this week…
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