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