Union Seminary Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Union Professor Emeritus Larry Rasmussen’s new book “The Planet You Inherit: Letters to My Grandchildren When Uncertainty’s a Sure Thing” asks: “What kind of planet do our children and grandchildren have a right to expect from us?” https://t.co/izydKYoLYH https://t.co/a8INLM5YrU

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On Oct. 29th, @DeanKBD will teach the 2-day course "On James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree". The online class will incorporate short lectures, panel discussions + interviews w/ Black Theology & African American history scholars. Register: https://t.co/h3gHAGYP3S https://t.co/FMOpivxP3n

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Join @Kairos_Center & @PeoplesForumNYC on Tuesday, Oct. 12th at 7pm ET for an in-person and virtual book launch event for #WeCryJustice. You’ll hear from @liztheo and other contributors as they read and discuss the book. @CornelWest review is below. RSVP: https://peoplesforum.org/event/book-talk-we-cry-justice-reading-the-bible-with-the-poor-peoples-campaign https://t.co/WlNRHRVgpi

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In this review of Union Professor Rev. Dr. Gary Dorrien’s “American Democratic Socialism”, @curaffairs writes, “He has written a masterpiece. American Democratic Socialism will be the definitive history for some time.” https://t.co/r2kT5G1mE9

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Congratulations to Union Professor Rev. Dr. Pamela Cooper-White, whose book "The Psychology of Christian Nationalism" has been named a finalist in the 2022 @ForewordReviews Indies Book of the Year Awards! https://t.co/6Pbg2i94ah

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Democratic socialism is ascending in the United States, and Gary Dorrien's new book "American Democratic Socialism: History, Politics, Religion, and Theory" helps us understand the past, present, and future of the movement. Watch last night's event here: https://t.co/Rv3Qka67HF https://t.co/aPr6FbuMeq

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On Oct. 29th, @DeanKBD will teach the 2-day course "On James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree". The online class will incorporate short lectures, panel discussions + interviews w/ Black Theology & African American history scholars. Register: https://t.co/h3gHAGYP3S https://t.co/FMOpivxP3n

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#1836Day is in 1 week! Celebrate Union’s founding year, when seeds were planted for the seminary to grow into a beacon of justice centered education where luminaries like Paul Tillich, Reinhold Niebuhr, Phyllis Trible, & James Cone have walked the halls. https://t.co/BKH1ju2u7G

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On Thursday, March 23 join @EDSatUnion at Union for their Spring Community Read Lecture, featuring @aliciagarza and her book “The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart.” https://t.co/tqoixwU68Q

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Don took Martin Luther King's "Letter From Birmingham Jail," & its call to white ministers deeply to heart. His first book "The Unsilent South: Prophetic Preaching in Racial Crisis" collected sermons across the Presbyterian South speaking out against the evil of white supremacy.