Religion News Service Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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World Council Of ChurchesReligion News ServiceAfter leaders of the World Council of Churches declined to expel the Russian Orthodox Church from membership this summer, a WCC leader met with ROC Patriarch Kirill — who has been widely criticized for his rhetoric on Ukraine — in Moscow this week. https://t.co/mgEvYXSTfu
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Movements, Motions, Moments: Photographs of Religion and Spirituality from the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Judith WeisenfeldReligion News ServiceThe new book “Movements, Motions, Moments: Photographs of Religion and Spirituality from the National Museum of African American History and Culture” includes photos reflecting traditions from Muslim prayer to the Jewish new year. @RNS story: https://t.co/Pz5XQNHyKg
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Following Jesus in a Warming World: A Christian Call to Climate Action
Kyle Meyaard-SchaapReligion News ServiceKyle Meyaard-Schaap's (@kmeyaardschaap’s) 'Following Jesus in a Warming World' is a field guide for Christian climate action. https://t.co/Gm4Tcwicgf
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation
Robyn Henderson-EspinozaReligion News ServiceIn their recently-released book, ”Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation,” @irobyn writes about navigating life as an activist theologian who is transgender, gender nonconforming and who identifies as Latinx. https://religionnews.com/2022/04/18/a-transqueer-latinx-theologian-writes-about-reaching-a-path-to-our-liberation/
Hardcover, 2022
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
No Cure for Being Human: (And Other Truths I Need to Hear)
Kate BowlerReligion News Service.@KatecBowler's new book, "No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear)," is a broadside against a culture obsessed with the power of positive thinking. https://religionnews.com/2021/11/04/kate-bowler-wants-to-take-down-the-self-help-enterprise/
Paperback, 2022
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus
Thomas CahillReligion News ServiceThomas Cahill, a scholar of ancient languages and belief systems with a knack for popular storytelling who engaged history readers with such bestsellers as “How the Irish Saved Civilization” and “Desire of the Everlasting Hills,” has died at age 82. https://t.co/wwpBbq9Fhp
Paperback, 2001
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My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church
Amy KennyReligion News Service“My body, too, is made in the image of the Divine and its crookedness isn’t anything to be ashamed of,” Amy Kenny, a disabled scholar and Shakespeare lecturer, told RNS in an interview about her new book “My Body Is Not a Prayer Request.” https://religionnews.com/2022/05/12/amy-kennys-my-body-is-not-a-prayer-request-imagines-a-disability-centered-church/
Paperback, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dune
Frank HerbertReligion News ServiceLegions of fans of Frank Herbert’s mystical 1965 sci-fi novel have been waiting for someone to get the screen version right. The HBO Max adaptation goes a long way, with a few nods to modern sensibilities. https://t.co/pR3Ewd2goY
Paperback, 2005
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South
Eli N. EvansReligion News ServiceEli Evans was born to a prominent Jewish family in Durham, North Carolina, and wrote endearingly of his family’s minority status in the Christian-saturated South in his book, “The Provincials." He died Tuesday. https://t.co/hzXgg0A3Vd
Paperback, 2005
$36.00$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Crystal Witch: The Magickal Way to Calm and Heal the Body, Mind, and Spirit
Leanna GreenawayReligion News ServiceLeanna Greenaway, the author of the 2019 book, “The Crystal Witch: The Magickal Way to Calm and Heal the Body, Mind, and Spirit,” said young people are reaching out to her. “They’re asking questions about the magical properties of crystals and herbs. https://t.co/DpGky6cAkq
Hardcover, 2019
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