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August 2019 Books
August 2019 Books
Beating Guns: Hope for People Who Are Weary of Violence
By Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin. Brazos Press, 2019. 288 pages. $19.99/paperback or eBook. hen two Christian gun owners decided…
Reviewed by Tom and Sandy Farley
August 2019 Books
Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution
By Priya Satia. Penguin Press, 2018. 544 pages. $35/hardcover; $22/paperback (available in October); $15.99/eBook. his big book (approximately 420 pages…
Reviewed by Larry Ingle
August 2019 Books
Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion
By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. IVP Books, 2018. 192 pages. $20/hardcover; $19.99/eBook. ack in 1968, I was a 13-year-old seeker and new…
Reviewed by Steve Chase
August 2019 Books
Antisemitism: Here and Now
By Deborah E. Lipstadt. Schocken Books, 2019. 304 pages. $25.95/hardcover; $12.99/eBook. n early March of 2019, news sources across the…
Reviewed by David Austin
August 2019 Books
Richard Rohr: Essential Teachings on Love
By Richard Rohr, edited by Joelle Chase and Judy Traeger. Orbis Books, 2018. 288 pages. $22/paperback; $18.50/eBook. n the classic…
Reviewed by Rob Pierson
August 2019 Books
A History of Cadbury
By Diane Wordsworth. Pen and Sword History, 2018. 176 pages. $39.95/hardcover; $24.95/paperback (available in September); $19.17/eBook. n 1824 John Cadbury…
Reviewed by Beth Taylor
August 2019 Books
The Doctor of Flowers
By Rachel Blum. 3: A Taos Press, 2018. 99 pages. $24/paperback. n her splendid poetry collection The Doctor of Flowers,…
Reviewed by Bob Dixon-Kolar
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Beating Guns: Hope for People Who Are Weary of Violence
August 1, 2019
Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution
August 1, 2019
Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion
August 1, 2019