THE INTERVIEW: SISTER HELEN PREJEAN ON HER NEW BOOK, GETTING RID OF THE DEATH PENALTY AND GETTING JESUS “RIGHT”
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, talks to anti-death penalty compaigner Sister Helen Prejean about how she became involved in social justice, why she thinks the death penalty is on its way out and how she got to “bump into two popes along the way”…
REAPPEARING CHURCH
For August and September, 2019, we’re reading Mark Sayers’ new release, Reappearing Church: The Hope for Renewal in the Rise of our Post Christian Culture. To buy the book, follow this link – Reappearing Church: The Hope for Renewal in the Rise of Our Post-Christian Culture.
BOOKS: ANTI-SEMITISM EXPLAINED
DAVID ADAMS reads Julia Neuberger’s book, ‘Antsemitism: What it is. What is isn’t. Why it matters’…
THE INTERVIEW: TIMOTHY MCMAHAN KING, AUTHOR OF ‘ADDICTION NATION’
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, speaks to Timothy McMahan King about his new book – and the personal experience behind it…
BOOKS: EXPLAINING THE BIBLE, ONE INFOGRAPHIC AT A TIME
DAVID ADAMS is impressed by ‘A Visual Theology Guide to the Bible’…
BOOKS: THE 500 YEAR JOURNEY OF A LANDMARK BIBLE
DAVID ADAMS reads ‘The Lost Gutenberg’…
BOOKS: SHORT STORIES SHINE A LIGHT ON SOCIETY’S MARGINS
DAVID ADAMS reads Hope Shines, an anthology of short stories…
BOOKS: ‘FIVE PEOPLE’ SEQUEL ANOTHER “INTIMATE” PORTRAIT OF THE MEANING OF LIFE
DAVID ADAMS reads the sequel to Mitch Albom’s best-seller, The Five People You Meet In Heaven…
BOOKS: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DISASTER COMES INTO YOUR LIFE
DAVID ADAMS reads disaster psychologist Jamie Aten’s book about the journey his life took when things went wrong in his own life…
Catch them young: Indian writers tell tales of land rights for kids
Thomson Reuters Foundation Deadly disputes over land and indigenous rights are not obvious themes for children’s books, but Indian writers are using real-life conflicts to help the next generation understand their impact on communities across the country. I Will Save My Land by Rinchin is about the impact of coal mining on a village, while […]