November 2020 Books

November 2020 Books

The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

By Katherine Stewart. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. 352 pages. $28/hardcover; $19.60/eBook. If you want to understand how Christian nationalists helped Donald…

Reviewed by Anthony Manousos

November 2020 Books

Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict

By Marilyn McEntyre. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2020. 212 pages. $21.99/hardcover or eBook. Words matter. We know this experientially.…

Reviewed by Tom and Sandy Farley

November 2020 Books

The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here

By Hope Jahren. Vintage Books, 2020. 224 pages. $15/paperback; $11.99/eBook. As readers of Hope Jahren’s previous bestselling book Lab Girl…

Reviewed by Philip Favero

November 2020 Books

Grassroots Rising: A Call to Action on Climate, Farming, Food, and a Green New Deal

By Ronnie Cummins. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2020. 208 pages. $17.95/paperback or eBook. Grassroots Rising is an invigorating and unapologetic call…

Reviewed by Pamela Haines

November 2020 Books

Humankind: A Hopeful History

By Rutger Bregman. Translated from the Dutch by Erica Moore and Elizabeth Manton. Little, Brown and Company, 2020. 480 pages. $30/hardcover; $18.99/paperback; $15.99/eBook.…

Reviewed by Bruce Hawkins

November 2020 Books

See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love

By Valarie Kaur. One World, 2020. 416 pages. $28/hardcover; $13.99/eBook. When I read that Valarie Kaur, a Sikh, was going…

Reviewed by Rich Van Dellen

November 2020 Books

Addiction Nation: What the Opioid Crisis Reveals about Us

By Timothy McMahan King. Herald Press, 2019. 272 pages. $30.99/hardcover; $17.99/paperback; $13.99/eBook. “Faith is simultaneously a journey and a waiting,…

Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal

November 2020 Books

Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation

By C. Wess Daniels. Barclay Press, 2019. 136 pages. $16/paperback; $3.99/eBook. The Revelation, or Apocalypse, of John of Patmos is…

Reviewed by Rob Pierson

November 2020 Books

Surrendering into Silence: Quaker Prayer Cycles

By David Johnson. Inner Light Books, 2020. 73 pages. $21/hardcover; $15/paperback; $10/eBook. In traditional societies, time is experienced as a…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

November 2020 Books

Spiritual Conversations with Children: Listening to God Together

By Lacy Finn Borgo. IVP, 2020. 192 pages. $17/paperback; $16.99/eBook. As a parent, grandparent, and educator for many years, I…

Reviewed by Claire J. Salkowski

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Sweet Home Monteverde and A Long Walk, a Gradual Ascent: The Story of the Bolivian Friends Church in Its Context of Conflict

Directed by Robin Truesdale, produced by Bill Adler. Self-released, 2020. 56 minutes. For purchase and streaming options: sweethomemonteverde.com. By Nancy J.…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

November 2020 Books

Syria’s Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege

By Mike Thomson. PublicAffairs, 2019. 320 pages. $28/hardcover; $3.99/eBook. Some time ago I reviewed Joshua Hammer’s book, The Bad-Ass Librarians…

Reviewed by David Austin

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The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

November 1, 2020

Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict

November 1, 2020

The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here

November 1, 2020