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October 2015 Books
October 2015 Books
Leading in the Light: Celebrating 325 Years of Quaker Education in America
Edited by Deborra Sines Pancoe, et al. Friends Council on Education, 2014. 129 pages. $15/paperback. Leading in the Light describes…
Reviewed by Diana Roose
October 2015 Books
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
By Bryan Stevenson. Spiegel & Grau, 2014. 336 pages. $28/hardcover; $16/paperback; $11.99/eBook. “How can people be so mean?” That is…
Reviewed by Patience A. Schenck
October 2015 Books
Thomas Merton, Peacemaker: Meditations on Merton, Peacemaking, and the Spiritual Life
By John Dear. Orbis Books, 2015. 206 pages. $20/paperback; $16.50/eBook. The centenary year of Thomas Merton’s birth in 1915 is…
Reviewed by William Shetter
October 2015 Books
Introducing Evangelical Ecotheology: Foundations in Scripture, Theology, History, and Praxis
By Daniel L. Brunner, Jennifer L. Butler, and A. J. Swoboda. Baker Academic, 2014. 255 pages. $26.99/paperback or eBook. Introducing…
Reviewed by Jim Kessler
October 2015 Books
Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth
By David C. Korten. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2015. 169 pages. $19.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Finally we have a book that brings together the…
Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt
October 2015 Books
Fire and Ice: Soot, Solidarity, and Survival on the Roof of the World
By Jonathan Mingle. St. Martin’s Press, 2015. 400 pages. $29.99/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. The village of Kumik, high in the Himalayas, is…
Reviewed by Pamela Haines
October 2015 Books
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret and Cowed: The Hidden Impact of 93 Million Cows
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret Produced by Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn. A.U.M. Films and First Spark Media, 2014. 91 minutes.…
Two titles reviewed by Margaret Fisher
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Leading in the Light: Celebrating 325 Years of Quaker Education in America
October 1, 2015
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
October 1, 2015
Thomas Merton, Peacemaker: Meditations on Merton, Peacemaking, and the Spiritual Life
October 1, 2015