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Betsy Shirley Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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online editor @Sojourners. alumna @YaleDivSchool, @butleru. All tweets, puns my own.

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Book Cover for: Dog Songs: Poems, Mary Oliver

Dog Songs: Poems

Mary Oliver
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I suspect folks think being an editor at @Sojourners is all deep conversations about liberation theology and Mary Oliver poems (sometimes true), but then there's also this: https://t.co/Z4fFqRJcHe

Paperback, 2015

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God, Delores S. Williams

Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God

Delores S. Williams
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Delores S. Williams, author of 'Sisters in the Wilderness,' ¡Presente! Grateful to @emtownes, @SereneJones, @DeanKBD, and @CandiceBenbow for sharing what Williams' "God talk" has meant for their lives and work. https://t.co/FVVA8sc4K3

Paperback, 2013

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Matrix, Lauren Groff

Matrix

Lauren Groff
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We don't get to use "sapphic" often headlines, but @McteerCaroline's review of Lauren Groff's new novel presented the perfect opportunity. https://sojo.net/articles/subversive-sapphic-spiritual-lives-nuns-matrix

Paperback, 2022

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Bringing Up Kids When Church Lets You Down: A Guide for Parents Questioning Their Faith, Bekah McNeel

Bringing Up Kids When Church Lets You Down: A Guide for Parents Questioning Their Faith

Bekah McNeel
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Very pleased to share this excerpt from @BekahMcneel's book "Bringing Up Kids When the Church Lets You Down." Cameo appearance by aforementioned ShamWow! in graph one ;) https://t.co/ciZjEFcP9S

Hardcover, 2022

$26.99Member price:$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Complicated Choice: Making Space for Grief and Healing in the Pro-Choice Movement, Katey Zeh

A Complicated Choice: Making Space for Grief and Healing in the Pro-Choice Movement

Katey Zeh
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I talked with @kateyzeh of @RCRChoice about her new book, "A Complicated Choice: Making Space for Grief and Healing in the Pro-Choice Movement." via @Sojourners. https://t.co/GcTOwdO2hL

Hardcover, 2022

$26.99Member price:$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Blackness: The Life and Times of an Unpopular People, T. Nicole Shockley

Blackness: The Life and Times of an Unpopular People

T. Nicole Shockley
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"Kanye’s story has so much to say about art, faith, Blackness, maleness, materialism, mental illness, class, and even — in light of his mother and his relationship struggles — love," writes @DaShawnKMosley via @sojourners. https://t.co/GG7RCLOHWV

Paperback, 2016

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book