We regularly add new books to our Resource Collection. Here are the books we’ve added in the last three months.
| wdt_ID | Cover | Title | Author | Publisher | Year | Comments | Date added |
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Holy envy : finding God in the faith of others | Barbara Brown Taylor | HarperOne | 2019 | "Existential dizziness is one of the side effects of higher education...." claims Taylor, and her books are certainly not for those who want straight lines and limited choices. This is professor Taylor, whose class on Religions of the World opened new windows to her life and faith. Not a primer on other faiths, but an exploration. At least one book group is using it, and a reading and discussion guide is available at SmallGroupGuides.com. Suggestions for further reading are included. |
01/06/2020 |
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Wanted : a spiritual pursuit through jail, among outlaws, and across borders | Chris Hoke | HarperOne | 2015 | Hoke began as a night-shift chaplain at a men's correctional facility, and found there the spiritual experiences he'd been seeking, among gang members and other prisoners. In sharing their stories he shows the reader another vision of the forgotten souls whom society rejects. His work has been featured on NPR and in magazines and this book is being read by folks at Chaplains at the Harbor. If you liked Greg Boyle, try this. | 01/07/2020 |
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Call it grace : finding meaning in a fractured world | Serene Jones | Viking | 2019 | President of the Union Theological Seminary, Jones offers a public theology for our age, frankly dealing with topics such as hatred and love,forgiveness, mercy, justice, and sin and grace through the wisdom of great theological voices such as Reinhold Niebuhr, John Calvin, James Baldwin, James Cone and others. One reviewer calls this book a blessing for a "tired, divided, angry world." | 01/07/2020 |
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Running to resurrection : a soul-making chronicle | Clark Berge | Canterbury Press | 2019 | Berge says, "Running has become a wide-open frontier where my body and spirituality converge, a playground of embodied living." At age 45 he realized that he needed to change his life, and he began to jog. As Minister General of the order of the Society of St. Francis he has run in places around the globe. |
01/07/2020 |
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Welcome to a life of faith in the Episcopal Church | Megan Castellan | Church Publishing, Inc. | 2019 | A new entry in the "Welcome to..." series, this introduces the Episcopal Church's distinctively Episcopal views on topics such as scripture, creeds and sacraments, introduces the various types of clergy and even some issues that concern us. Written for young people this is an accessible guide for a person coming from another tradition or no tradition at all. Suggested books for further reading are included. | 01/07/2020 |
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Spiritual direction 101" the basics of spiritual guidance | Teresa Blythe | Apocryphile Press | 2018 | If yo u are curious about spiritual direction, this practical overview, written from the author's experience, might be a book to investigate. It appears to be written especially for current and potential spiritual directors, but those receiving direction might be interested as well. | 02/14/2020 |
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The Apostles' Creed : a guide to the ancient catechism | Ben Myers | Lexham Press | 2018 | Myers teaches theology, literature and philosophy in Australia. This concise and readable commentary on the Apostles' Creed presents a series of short meditations that reflect respect for the traditions and willingness to come to grips with current issues such as gender, virginal conception and the descent into hell. | 02/14/2020 |
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Acts to action : the New Testament's guide to evangelism and mission | Edited by Susan Brown Snook and Adam Trambly | Forward Movement | 2018 | The early disciples faced enormous challenges in attempts to spread the gospel in a society fraught with failing institutions, theological differences and widespread uncertainty. Here the editors discuss how the experience and lessons from these early followers can inform our efforts today. | 02/14/2020 |
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Surrndered -- the sacred art | Rami Shapiro | Turner Publishing Company | 2019 | Rabbi Shapiro uses twelve-step spirituality, especially the first three steps, as the frame for his exploration of what it means to live a life no longer centered on control and "hence no longer at odds with the ordinary suffering of everyday living." | 02/14/2020 |
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