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January 2019 Books
January 2019 Books
This Worldwide Struggle: Religion and the International Roots of the Civil Rights Movement
By Sarah Azaransky. Oxford University Press, 2017. 296 pages. $34.95/hardcover; $23.99/eBook. The story of the Civil Rights Movement is almost…
Reviewed by Isaac Barnes May
January 2019 Books
The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America
By Frances FitzGerald. Simon & Schuster, 2017. 752 pages. $35/hardcover; $20/paperback; $14.99/eBook. Frances FitzGerald offers a spectacular sweep of the…
Reviewed by Zae Asa Illo
January 2019 Books
Resurrecting Wounds: Living in the Afterlife of Trauma
By Shelly Rambo. Baylor University Press, 2017. 196 pages. $29.95/hardcover or eBook; $24.95/paperback. Christianity was born in trauma, but do…
Reviewed by Tom Paxson
January 2019 Books
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
By Francisco Cantú. Riverhead Books, 2018. 256 pages. $26/hardcover; $17/paperback (available February 2019); $12.99/eBook. Almost four years ago, I reviewed…
Reviewed by David Austin
January 2019 Books
God-Soaked Life: Discovering a Kingdom Spirituality
By Chris Webb. InterVarsity Press, 2017. 192 pages. $17/paperback; $16.99/eBook. On the back cover of the book, the author, a…
Reviewed by William Shetter
January 2019 Books
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
Edited by Paul Hawken. Penguin Books, 2017. 256 pages. $22/paperback; $13.99/eBook. Beautiful and big, with striking color photographs on every…
Reviewed by Pamela Haines
January 2019 Books
The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution: 100 Ways to Build a Fossil-Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night’s Sleep
By Mary DeMocker. New World Library, 2018. 360 pages. $16.95/paperback or eBook. Oh my gosh, what an incredible read this…
Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt
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This Worldwide Struggle: Religion and the International Roots of the Civil Rights Movement
January 1, 2019
The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America
January 1, 2019
Resurrecting Wounds: Living in the Afterlife of Trauma
January 1, 2019
