We regularly add new books to our Resource Collection. Here are the books we’ve added in the last three months.
| Title | Author | Publisher | Year | Comments | Date added | ||
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| wdt_ID | Cover | Title | Author | Publisher | Year | Comments | Date added |
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| 130 |  |
God and the pandemic : a Christian reflection on the coronavirus and its aftermath | N.T. Wright | Zondervan Reflective | 2020 | Expanded from a TIMES article, this slim reflection encourages lament, noting that grief is a part of love, but notes that out of lament comes action as well as prayer and hope. | 08/31/2020 |
| 131 |  |
Little book of race and restorative justice : Black lives, healing, and US social transformation | Fania E. Davis | Good Books | 2019 | Restorative justice embraces the indigenous concept of Ubuntu in its understanding of interrelatedness and responsibility. Chapters consider integrating racial and restorative justice, applies the concept to schools, mass incarceration, police violence and suggests a way forward. Davis is a civil rights trial attorney who has received national honors for her work. | 08/31/2020 |
| 132 |  |
Jesus through Middle Eastern eyes : cultural studies in the Gospels | Kenneth E. Bailey | IVP Academic | 2008 | Although this is not a new book, it is new to our collection and looks at various passages, especially the parables, through the lens of culture, providing both interpretation and context. | 08/31/2020 |
| 138 |  |
Jesus and Buddha meet in stillness | Paul Rietmann | Independently published | 2020 | Offering teaching from Christianity and Buddhism, exploring mindfulness meditation and contemplative prayer through the lens and experiences of his own spiritual journey. | 10/20/2020 |
| 144 |  |
Building resilience : when there's no going back to the way things were | Alice Updike Scannell | Morehouse Publishing | 2020 | "How do we develop the resilience that empowers us to be ourselves in the face of change? How do we learn to be courageous when days are difficult?" So asks Stephanie Spellers in her forward and such is the question for our times. Not only for the pandemic times but for the radical changes and upheavals in our personal lives. | 01/04/2021 |
| 145 |  |
We shall be changed : questions for the post-pandemic Church | Edited by Mark D.W. Edington | Church Publishing, Inc. | 2020 | There is no doubt that 2020 has changed us, and this collection of essays from around the church presents some responses to our increased awareness of systemic racism and in preparation for the eventual end of the COVID-19 pandemic. The essays are to encourage conversation in clergy and parish groups as we move forward together. | 01/04/2021 |
| 146 |  |
Preaching Black Lives (Matter) | Edited by Gayle Fisher-Stewart | Church Publishing, Inc. | 2020 | Prophetic imagination sees a world of the future in which all Christians are free of racism, and specifically looks at the role of the Anglican Church and Episcopal Church, in ending systems of injustice and the ability to preach it from the pulpit |
01/04/2021 |
| 147 |  |
Caste : the origins of our discontents | Isabel Wilkerson | Random House | 2020 | America has an unseen caste system; Wilkerson claims that we have an unspoken race-based caste pyramid, that "caste is the infrastructure of our divisions, " and that it is about a hierarchy of power and which groups have or lack it. She describes this as the bones of our discontent, "race is the skin." | 01/21/2021 |
| 148 |  |
Oscar Romero : a man for our times | Julio O. Torres | Seabury Books | 2021 | A word portrait of Romero, the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador, based on published work and interviews with colleagues and family to provide a deep look at this complicated, and prophetic, leader. | 01/30/2021 |
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| 150 |  |
Racial healing handbook : practical activities to help you challenge privilege, confront systemic racism & engage in collective healing | Anneliese A. Singh | New Harbinger Publications, Inc. | 2019 | Tools and worksheets to lead readers to explore the history of racism, begin to understand racial identity, examine experiences in the light of concepts such as intersectionality, and ways to become an ally. Additional material is available for download at www.newharbinger.com |
01/30/2021 |
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| 152 |  |
Hopeful family : raising resilient children in uncertain times | Amelia Richardson Dress | Morehouse Publishing | 2021 | Guidance for raising resilient, tolerant and spiritually healthy children through exploring nine spiritual practices such as sacred reading, forgiveness, Sabbath, and generosity. Study questions in each chapter increase the practical value for individual and group study. | 01/31/2021 |
| 153 |  |
Unsettling truths : the ongoing dehumanizing legacy of the doctrine of discovery | Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah | IVP, an imprint of InterVarsity Press | 2019 | Blending history, theology, and cultural commentary, the authors look at the doctrine of discovery from the fifteenth century, in which Christian explorers were given the right to claim territories, and claim that the history extends tentacles into present understanding | 02/08/2021 |
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| 155 |  |
Indigenous peoples' history of the United States | Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz | Beacon Press | 2014 | Although not a new book, it is new to our collection and is one of the Bishop's books for Lent this year. The history of the more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations has largely been omitted from history. This work spans more than 400 hears, told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples. | 02/08/2021 |
| 157 |  |
Mediocre : the dangerous legacy of white male America | Ijeoma Oluo | Seal Press | 2020 | One of the Bishop's Books for Lent this year, Oluo looks at the history of being a white male in this country, and the baggage they carry because of the mythic stories that are passed from generation to generation. | 02/08/2021 |
| 158 |  |
Great conversation | Belden C. Lane | Oxford University Press | 2019 | Pairing his own experiences in the wilderness with the writings of saints and authors, Lane explores spiritually centered environmentalism in which the world is our teacher. | 02/08/2021 |
| 159 |  |
Sacred time : embracing and intentional way of life | Christine Valter Paintner | Sorin Books | 2021 | "Through scriptural guidance, spiritual practices, creative exploration, and wisdom from sacred tradition and the saints, Paintner introduces the eight cycles of sacred time" that help us move beyond our daily pressures into an intentional life. | 02/22/2021 |
| 160 |  |
Every thing is sacred : 40 practices and reflections on the Universal Christ | Richard Rohr and Patrick Boland | Convergent / Random House | 2021 | In partnership with psychotherapist Patrick Boland, Rohr expands on the these introduced in Universal Christ, pairing reflection with prayers and exercises. | 02/22/2021 |
| 161 |  |
Me and white supremacy : combat racism, change the world, and become a good ancester | Layla F. Saad | Source Books | 2020 | Using a step-by-step reflection process, Saad asks those with white privilege to examine their racist thoughts and behaviors and change their lives. When asked what a person can do to help dismantle white supremacy and where to begin, Saad counsels us to begin with ourselves. | 02/22/2021 |
| 162 |  |
With gladness : answering God's call in our everyday lives | Christopher H. Martin | Forward Movement | 2020 | Martin founded the renewal movement called the Restoration Project. Here he continues to explore new and ancient ways of being Christian in the world through a series of gentle practices. | 03/08/2021 |
| 163 |  |
Ethical leadership : the quet for character, civility, and community | Walter Earl Fl uker | Fortress Press | 2019 | Looking at the intersection where seemingly incompatible worlds collide, Fluker writes of the need for personal integrity, spiritual discipline, intellectual openness and moral anchoring, specifically highlighting the work of Howard Thurman and Martin Luth King, Jr. | 03/08/2021 |
| 164 |  |
Planning sabbaticals : a guide for congregations and their pastors | Robert C. Saler | Chalice Press | 2019 | Taking its place beside the Alban handbook on sabbatical planning, this looks at the sabbatical time as a shared journey and expands the understanding of both with practical suggestions and advice. Saler directs the Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs, a source of funding for a number of sabbaticals. | 03/08/2021 |
| 165 |  |
Last pastor : faithfully steering a closing church | Gail Cafferata | WJK: Westminster John Knox Press | 2020 | An Episcopal priest, Caffrata could not imagine presiding over the closing of her church. But she did, and speaks of the grief, loss and hope involved through her own story and those of others from mainline congregations whose churches closed. Her background in sociology informs her work as well. | 03/08/2021 |
| 166 |  |
We carry the fire : family and citizenship as spiritual calling | Richard A. Hoehn | Church Publishing, Inc. | 2021 | Tangible outcomes, based on our articulated values, as "action-spirituality" works in solidarity with people around the world on a variety of personal, social, political and religious activities. | 03/15/2021 |
| 168 |  |
Church cracked open : disruption, decline, and new hope for Beloved Community. | Stephanie Spellers | Church Publishing, Inc. | 2021 | Eagerly awaited since hearing Spellers speak at the FORMA conference this year, she draws our attention to the contextual diversity in our world, and the subsequent unraveling of our past understanding of white Christianity, inviting us to reimagine, renew and even repent as this cracking open calls us to new and deeper community. |
03/15/2021 |
| 169 |  |
Ladder to the light : an indigenous elder's meditations on hope and courage | Steven Charleston | Broadleaf Books | 2021 | Using the kiva as a metaphor for our contemporary spiritual situation, Charleston has arranged these meditations, many from his Facebook posts, into rungs on a ladder. He notes that when one is in a kiva one is in darkness and has to climb toward the light, a process he sees as birth and rebirth, of resilience and hope. | 03/15/2021 |
| 170 |  |
Contemplative knitting | Julie Cicora | Morehouse Publishing | 2021 | Full of practical information and inspirational wisdom. Some specific seasons are mentioned, such as Advent, and some specific situations such as grief. There are questions for reflection included in each chapter. This is not a pattern book. | 03/15/2021 |
| 171 |  |
Long, long way : Hollywood's unfinished journey from racism to reconciliation | Greg Garrett | Oxford University Press | 2020 | Examining the tortured history of race in American motion pictures, beginning with Birth of a Nation, he offers a sort of theologically focused cinematic critique on the reach of motion pictures into our consciousness. | 03/15/2021 |
| 172 |  |
Faith after doubt : why your beliefs stopped working and what to do about it | Brian D. McLaren | St. Martin's Essentials | 2021 | Using his own story, and the stories of a diverse group of others, McLaren examines the positive role of doubt, not as an opposite of faith but a companion to it. Each chapter concludes with a section on reflection and action, so this might be useful for group study. The target audience appears to be teens/young adults. | 04/12/2021 |
| 173 |  |
Legacy of a lifetime : a planned giving implementation resource | Robert L. Sessum and L. Pendleton Armistead | Church Publishing, Inc. | 2021 | Planned giving is one of the funding strategies used by many churches as they develop ways to provide a formalized and sustainable implementation model for parishioners. Both authors are successful fundraisers. | 04/12/2021 |
| 174 |  |
As long as grass grows : the Indigenous fight for environmental justice, from colonization to Standing Rock | Dina Gilo-Whitaker | Beacon Press | 2019 | An "accessible history of Indigenous resistance to government and coprorate incursions on Indigenous land" through its fraught history of treaty violations, and battles for food and water security. | 05/03/2021 |
| 175 |  |
Think Indigenous : Native American spirituality for a modern world | Doug Good Feather | Hay House, Inc. | 2021 | For generations the Lakota have handed down spiritual knowledge, and the spiritual intelligence centered around the Seven Sacred Directions in the Hoop of Life. Spiritual leader Doug Good Feather shares that knowledge here. Lakota Way Healing Center is online at Lakotaway.org |
05/03/2021 |
| 176 |  |
Native : identity, belonging, and rediscovering God | Kaitlin B/ Curtice | Brazos Press | 2020 | Shared faith experience through the lens of her Indigenous heritage as well as her citizenship in the Potawatomi Nation as she tells creation stories and encourages us all to face and embrace our own roots. |
05/03/2021 |
| 177 |  |
Minor feelings : an Asian American reckoning | Cathy Park Hong | One World (an imprint of Random House) | 2020 | What is it like when American optimism contradicts your own reality, ask Cathy Park Hong. This daughter of Korean immigrants believed the lies about her own racial identity, the shame, suspicion and depression that ensued. What has been called "part memoir and part cultural criticism." | 05/03/2021 |
| 178 |  |
We all go back to the land : the who, why, and how of land acknowledgements | Suzanne Keeptwo | Brush Education Inc. | 2021 | A look at the purpose (communication and reconciliation) of Land Acknowledgements, written to non-Indigenous people and speaking of the "interconnection to the well-being of the human species" through these words that may have lost meaning through frequent use. | 05/10/2021 |
| 179 |  |
Behold what you are : becoming the Body of Christ | Lisa G. Fischbeck | Church Publishing | 2021 | For some a refresher, for others new information, for all an emphasis on the fact that we don't just worship God, we do so together. She looks at our liturgy now, but also what it might mean to go forward to become more fully the body of Christ. | 05/10/2021 |
| 180 |  |
Desmond Tutu : a spiritual biography of South Africa's confessor | Michael Battle | Westminster John Knox Press | 2021 | Tutu's spiritual life and contemplative practices, especially his understanding of Ubuntu theology which finds identity in community shaped his commitment to restorative justice and reconciliation and is the subject of this biography. |
05/17/2021 |
| 181 |  |
Liturgies from below : praying with people at the ends of the world | Claudio Carvalhaes | Abingdon Press | 2020 | The "culmination of a project organized by the Council for World Mission (CWM) collaborating to create indigenous prayers and liturgies. The author and others lives in each of four continents, gathering prayers and liturgies that they present here. | 05/17/2021 |
| 182 |  |
Decolonizing Christianity : becoming badass believers | Miquel A. De La Torre | William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | 2021 | Echoing James Cone's assertation from the 1970s, De La Torre claims that the white American Christians have aligned themselves with the oppressors. Neither evenhanded nor restrained, he states that "timid white liberalism" is just another form of complicity. | 05/17/2021 |
| 183 |  |
Embodied liturgy : virtual reality and liturgical theology in conversation | C. Andrew Doyle | Church Publishing, Inc. | 2021 | Claiming that the Eucharist is more than a formulaic rehearsal of words and rituals but instead an embodied and shared experience to create intimacy with God and with each other. It is particularly appropriate to consider in our digital age. | 06/07/2021 |
| 184 |  |
Christian minimalism : simple steps for abundant living | Becca Ehrlich | Morehouse Publishing | 2021 | What might it mean to live life "intentionally, free of physical, spiritual and emotional clutter." Ehrlich has simplified her own life and invites us to another way to live into our faith. She speaks of stewardship, spiritual growth, vocation and more through the lens of minimalism. |
06/07/2021 |
| 185 |  |
Creating financially sustainable congregations | James L. Elrod, Jr. | Church Publishing | 2021 | Certain financial principles always apply when creating a budget or financing a new project, according to Elrod, and he seeks to facilitate more productive conversations about what is required to create a sustainable church in the financial climate of today. | 06/21/2021 |